Music in the Midlands, June 11-17

Paal Nilssen-Love’s Large Unit

It’s a big band, Euro-style.

Norway musician Paal Nilssen-Love is a longtime collaborator on the music scene, but in 2013 formed the Scandanavian jazz band Large Unit. In the music, you might recognize the pumped-up notes of New Orleans jazz, stark solos found in fusion and a bit of the grind that is heavy metal. It’s a sound all its own. This concert is co-sponsored by the Nordic Club of Columbia and the Columbia World Affairs Council.

8 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, at 701 Center for Contemporary Art, 701 Whaley St. Tickets at eventbrite.com.

also around town

PRAIRIE WILLOWS, WITH SLIM PICKENS, 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 12, Conundrum Music Hall, 626 Meeting St., West Columbia; conundrum.us.

SEVENTY SIX AND SUNNY, 10 p.m. Friday, June 12, Tin Roof Columbia, 1022 Senate St.; tinroofcolumbia.com.

BRIAN CONNOR AND FRIENDS, Wild Wing Cafe, 729 Lady St.; www.wildwingcafe.com.

FORK & SPOON REUNION SHOWCASE, with No Way Jose!, Andy The Doorbum, Fk. Mt., PWIZ, 8 p.m. Friday, June 12, New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St., West Columbia; newbrooklandtavern.com.

CONUNDRUMFEST, celebrating four years of the West Columbia music venue, 5 p.m. Saturday, 626 Meeting St.; conundrum.us.

This story was originally published June 10, 2015 at 11:38 AM with the headline "Music in the Midlands, June 11-17."