Trisha Yearwood: After occasionally touring with her hubby Garth Brooks while concentrating on her culinary career (four cookbooks and 12 seasons-plus of the Food Network's Emmy-winning "Trisha's Southern Kitchen"), she has finally recorded her first album of original material in 12 years. "Every Girl" proves that Yearwood, at 55, still has one of the richest and prettiest female voices in Nashville. She surprises with the bluesy barroom boogie "Something Kinda Like It" and the playful "Drink Up" and soothes with the majestic ballad "I'll Carry You Home" and the sentimental "Bible and a .44." (7:30 p.m. Sat., Orpheum Theatre, Mpls., $49.50-$127.50)
Passage: Vocalist supreme Gwen Matthews, guitar star Bobby Schnitzer, bass ace Gordy Johnson, keyboard wiz Gregg Inhofer and drum stalwart Gordy Knudtson (who plays with Steve Miller Band) reunite this soulful '70s Twin Cities rock band. (7 p.m. Fri., Dakota, Mpls., $20-30)
Ra Ra Riot: The title of this Syracuse, N.Y.-reared dance-pop band's latest album, "Superbloom," reflects the bursting, flowery energy in the synth- and violin-laced, harmonious tunes, which they crafted with help from such good-fit collaborators as ex-Vampire Weekender Rostam Batmanglij and Lana Del Rey cohorts Kieron Menzies and Dean Reid. (9 p.m. Fri., Fine Line, Mpls.)
Lettuce: This Boston-based instrumental funk band is made up of seasoned sidemen who've played with the likes of Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Their latest album, "Elevate," channels '70s soul grooves and Herbie Hancock-style jazziness. (9 p.m. Fri., First Avenue, Mpls., $28.)
Storyhill: Montana natives John Hermanson and Chris Cunningham launched their tender, harmonious folk duo in 1989 while most of their musician peers were into the grungier flavors of the day — flavors that Hermanson later explored on the side with his other bands Alva Star and the Hopefuls. They're reuniting for a 30th anniversary show in their adopted hometown, to the delight of their still-avid fans. (8 p.m. Sat., Fitzgerald Theater, sold out.)
Che Apalache: North Carolina-reared folk/bluegrass fiddler Joe Troop moved to Buenos Aires in 2010 and wound up forming this truly unique string ensemble down there, equal parts Argentinian and Appalachian in style. (7:30 p.m. Sat., Cedar Cultural Center, all ages, $18-$20.)
Dirty Heads: Summer has been extended into late fall for one night only with the arrival of the feel-good-groovy Southern California ska-pop band, which built up a live following over the past decade touring with kindred spirits 311 and Sublime With Rome and then landed a radio hit last year with the slacker anthem "Vacation." The group just dropped its follow-up album, "Super Moon," recorded in Nashville with twangmaster Dave Cobb but still loaded with the usual sunny hippie rapping and lightly bobbing reggae grooves. (8 p.m. Sun., First Avenue, 701 1st Av. N., Mpls., sold out.)
Arlo Guthrie: You can get anything you want at his concerts, but he'll likely serve "City of New Orleans," "Massachusetts" and "Alice's Restaurant." The folk veteran's daughter, Sarah Lee Guthrie, opens. (7 p.m. Sun. the O'Shaughnessy, $35-$75)