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Show 11a.m. Sat (801) vmw.ticketmaster.com. 741 S. Kilby VENUES AND CLUBS A. BEUFORD GIFFORD (ABG's) Weekly live music private cllub. 190 W. Center St., Provo. 3p.m.-- 2 a.m. daily. 373-120Aug. 1 5: Cavedoll. ATCHAFALAYA NIGHT CLUB Monday: pool tourney; Wednesday: karaoke. 21 0 W. Center St., Provo. 373-901THE AVALON THEATER Live music venue. 3605 S. State St., Salt Lake City. (801)480-5634- . www.theavalontheater.com. Most shows $10; tickets available at www.ktix.net or www. smithstix.com. Fri.: GBH of the UK. Aug. 13: Rx Bandits. Aug. 16: Dance Gavin Dance. BIG EASY Lehi. Ct, Salt Lake City. www.kilbycourt.com. Aug. 9: Cavedoll. Aug. 11: KaiserCartel. Private club for LIQUID JOE'S members featuring live music. 1249 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City. (801)467-5637- MUSE MUSIC . CD shopcafe specializing in local rock music; also a performance venue. 151 N. University Ave., Provo. www.musemuskonline. com. Cover charge generally $5. 8 p.m. Open mic night every Tuesday. Today: Acoustic Night. Sat: Egan's Theory. Aug. 8: Rend. Aug. 9: The Question. live music venue. 996 S. Redwood Rd., Salt Lake city. (801) 688-222www.theouterrimslc.com. OUTER RIM Private club for members. Sundance Village. OWL BAR 310 E. State St., 766-118- BROS. THEATRE 165 N. Main St., Spanish Fork. p.m. Thurs.: Blues, classic country, classic rock or open mic. Fri.Sat. variety. 798-765- BOOTHE BURT'S TIKI LOUNGE 726 S. State St., Salt Lake City. (801) Doors open at 8:30 p.m., and music begins at 9:30 p.m. $10 cover, www.ktix.net. CLUB EGO'S Live music. 668 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Private club. 251 W. 900 South, South, Salt Lake City. (801) 364-320- CLUB www.clubtry-angles.co- 445 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City. (801) 364-834www.clubvegas.org. CLUB VEGAS THE DEPOT Live music venue, N. 400 restaurant and bar. 13 West, Salt Lake City. (801)355-552www.depotslc.com. Mon.: Chris Isaak. Aug. 8: Garratt Wilkin. Aug. 20: Avett Bros. Aug. 24: Ice Cube. Aug. 30: Xavier Rudd. Private club. 250 W. State St., Lehi. 768-907- FLIRTS Live music. 12408 W. Saltair Dr., Magna. (801) 250-620www.myspace. comthegreatsaltair. Most www. shows 8 p.m. $15-$2ktix.net, www.smithstix.com. www.thesaltair.com. GREAT SALTAIR 173 N. GROOVACIOUS 100 West, Cedar City. (435) 867-980Through Aug. 16: Groovefest American Music Festival, www.groovefestutah. com. HARD ROCK CAFE Trolley Square, 505 S. 600 East Salt Lake City. (801) 532-762www.hardrock.com. Live music daflce club. 579 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City. (801) 359-321www.inthevenue.com. THE PALADIUM 61 5 N. 400 West, Salt Lake City. (801) 0' CALL 400 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City. (801) PORT 300 Wakara Way, University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City. www.redbut-tegarden.or(801) 585-055Concert series: Aug. 10: Alejandro Escovedo. Aug. 18: Wilco (sold out). Aug. 19: A Prairie Home Companion. Aug. 20: KT Tunstall. Aug. 26: Bonnie Raitt (sold out). Sept. 3: Al Green. Sept. 1 1 : G. Love & Special Sauce. RED BUTTE GARDEN Live music concerts every Friday at 8 p.m., with a at 7:30 p.m. 165 N. Main St., Spanish Fork. Sponsored by Spanish Fork Arts Council. 798-765- ROYAL PALACE Live music. Country star marches into US AN A on Friday Alan Sculley SPECIAL TO THE DAILY HERALD It's often said that part of Martina McBride's secret to success is that she is just Like her audience. The prevailing thought is that McBride's following, which is more predominantly female than that of probably counany other try artist--, identifies with the singer first of all because of her songs, which can be tender and romantically heartfelt, but often portray a sense of ' strength and independence. ; And as a wife and mother tof ' who three children, McBride is appearing Friday at USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley seems more like she City lives a normal everyday life than other famous singers. Now in her 15th year as a ; recording artist, the singer from the small town of Sharon, Kan., has enjoyed the kind of consistent success that's rare in any music genre. With her current CD, "Waking Up high-profil- It - STUDIO 600 dedicated to 600 South, Salt Lake City. (801)355-9860- . youth. 26 E. Live music venue. 1612 Ute Blvd., Park City. (435) 658-266- SUEDE Live SUGARHOUSE COFFEE music venue. 2102 S. 1100 East, Salt Lake City. (801) 466-700- www.sugarhousecoffee.com. 5195 Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake City. (801) 585-833- SUN AND MOON CAFE 3165 S. 1300 TONY'S CLUB East, Salt Lake City. Battle of Bands. 376-936- II JEFF ZEVELANSKYLandov Martina McBride performs at the 2007 Fashion Rocks Concert held at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sept. 6, 2007. If you go kept me from taking chances. Sometimes I felt like it kept me from experimenting a little bit because I would, always do the Martina McBride same Mng because I knew I When: Friday at 7:30 p.m: could do it and it wouldn't be Where: USANA Amphitheatre, embarrassing. So I think not 5400 S. 6200 West, West Valley having him there, and really only having John, my engineer City and my husband, there in the Laughing," McBride is bidding With: Chris Young and Jack room allowed me to probably to notch her sixth straight stuIngram dio CD to top 1 million copies be, well I know, to be a little less inhibited and try new sold. available at Tickets: things. So for me, it pushed me McBride, who owns multiple Smith's Tix Locations to be better." awards as country's top female www.smithstix.com) "Waking Up Laughing" cervocalist, can't say for sure why Info: www.usana-amp.coshe has been able to maintain tainly sounds like the work of an artist who's confident in her her popularity. But she susabilities and knows the type of pects that part of the reason is "Timeless," has taken naturally material that suits her talents. that her musical instincts, like The CD is strong start to finher image, mirror those of her to self producing. Recordish, and ranges from the frisky audience. ing "Waking Up Laughing" "I think I invest a lot of myprimarily at her own studio in rock of "Cry Cry (Til the Sun self into these records, and I Nashville; McBride did the new Shines)," to the rootsy country-po- p of "Beautiful Again" to album over an eight month think they feel that," she said. balthe expansive string-lade- n "And so I think by listening to period. "It was just liberating for me ladry of "Anyway" to the delione of my records, they feel sound to be able to create at my own cate, more stripped-bac- k that they're getting to know of the ballad "Tryin' to Find a me a little bit better, or they pace," McBride said. "If I was Reason." really get a part of me, and it's ready to do a string overdub, McBride has returned to then I'd book that. If I wasn't relatable. I think that's a part the road this summer, tourof it, too." ready, I didn't have to worry about anybody else's schedWith "Waking Up Laughing amphitheatres to support ule. And also, I think it really "Waking Up Laughing," and ing," fans perhaps get a little has also released a Live DVD instincts me forced to trust her of McBride, my bigger piece CD, "Martina McBride: Live in more and more." personality and her artistry Concert." She promises a show The creative freedom she than on any of her previous that will offer a good balance felt, McBride said, extended releases. between familiar hits and tunes It's the first studio album of to her performances on the from the new CD as well as new material McBride has pro- CD themselves. With her long"Timeless." duced entirely herself and it in- time producer Faul Worley at "I loved the 'Timeless' tour. cludes the first three songs she the controls, McBride said she It was my favorite," McBride has ever had a hand in writing sometimes felt a bit inhibited said. "I'm just so looking with her vocals. including the first single, I forward to going out on this and so "I him much, went which respect top "Anyway," tour and really stepping up five on the Billboard magazine would just be a little bit intimithe show, taking it up another dated by him," McBride said. "Hot Country" singles chart. level. ... I hope everybody so of "I'm a kind perfectionist, By all accounts, McBride, comes out and shares it with us if somebody's listening I want who also produced her 2005 to sing it perfectly, and so that because it's going to be fun." CD of country standards, ' $33-$7- -- Western SHOWTIME UTAH classic singer Boots Robinson joins the Old West Dinner Adventure. 7 p.m. Friday Saturday. $19.95. Hot Spot, 10 p.m. Friday. $4. Party night 10 p.m. Sat. 20 S. Main St., Pleasant Grove. 636-966www.showtimeutah.com. IN THE VENUE KILBY COURT Here comes McBride |