Twin Cities concerts of the week: Dawes and Ladysmith Black Mambazo play concerts at State Theatre

Dawes: The locally adored L.A. band that gave us such great soul-twang singalongs as "When My Time Comes" and "That Western Skyline" on its 2009 debut ditched the rootsier sound and piled on a lot of rock polish for its fifth album, "We're All Gonna Die," offering echoes of '80s Don Henley and even Night Ranger. It's not all as bad as the inane single "When the Tequila Runs Out," but it does cast doubt on the quartet's typically solid live show this time out. They're playing an "evening with" performance, which means no opener. (8 p.m. Fri., State Theatre, Mpls., $36, Ticketmaster.com.)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo: After more than 50 years of leading the Grammy-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo, founder Joseph Shabalala retired and turned the leadership over to his son Tommy (who has three brothers in the group). Last year, the South African a cappella group released its first studio album in five years, the Grammy-nominated "Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers." In addition to singing in their native language, Ladysmith also offers several tunes in English, including "Long Walk to Freedom" about Nelson Mandela, and a couple of classics that the group did years ago with Paul Simon, the heavenly "Homeless" and the soulful "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes." (8 p.m. Sat. State Theatre, Mpls., $29.50-$49.50, ticketmaster.com)

Romantica: Ben Kyle's soft-toned, deep-reaching Americana band is celebrating its first full album in nine years, a lush one titled "Shadowlands." Read a profile at startribune.com/music. (8 p.m. Sat., Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, $22-$25, eTix.com.)

Jack DeJohnette: Drummer Jack DeJohnette has reached that enviable stage in his career where he can pull off groundbreaking projects while retaining a direct lineage to venerable traditions and figures in jazz. His trio with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and electric bassist and effects wizard Matthew Garrison — the sons of two members of John Coltrane's iconic quartet — covers the Coltrane ensemble as well as Miles Davis. It's an august band pursuing a bold, broad agenda. (8 p.m. Sat., Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins; $12-$49, hopkinsartcenter.com)

Davell Crawford: Check out this delightful 40-minute Facebook video of Davell Crawford name-checking his New Orleans roots and show-and-telling the beauty and versatility of the B-3 Hammond organ, which he calls "the king of all instruments." On Friday Crawford will play with his organ trio, an ear-opening experience even for those wowed by his piano work. On Saturday he'll go back to the ivories in a program entitled "Deep In The Heart of New Orleans." (7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Dakota, Mpls.; $30-$40, dakotacooks.com)

Meridian Incident: This arty new Twin Cities hard-rock band, with ex-members of Drift Effect and echoes of Tool and Queensrÿche, is making quite an ambitious coming-out in the form of "Istology," a dark concept album about a child-abuse victim. The release show will include a multimedia side and opening sets by Vaudevill and the Great Went. (7 p.m. Sat., Parkway Theater, Mpls., $12-$16.)

Adam Levy: The Honeydogs frontman will revisit his acclaimed 2015 solo album, "Naubinway," about his late son's descent into mental illness, in an appropriately intimate and serene space. (7 p.m. Sat., Aster Cafe's River Room, Mpls., $15-$18.)

Cornbread Harris: The veteran piano bluesman got his start playing 1950s-era supper clubs and still maintains a Friday gig at Loring Pasta Bar. He's settling in for a two-night stand with special guests to record as a live album due out around his 90th birthday April 23. (8 p.m. Wed. & Thu., Hook & Ladder Theatre, Mpls., $6-$8.)

Wayne Hancock: Austin's Hank Williams-channeling honky-tonk vet continues to craft enticingly retro-sounding albums for Bloodshot Records, including the new Lloyd Maines-produced "Slingin' Rhythm." (9 p.m. Thu., James Ballentine Uptown VFW, Mpls., $15-$18.)

Andy Cook: This Minneapolis native bounced from playing college hockey to writing dissonant Americana folk songs. His new Jeremy Ylvisaker-produced EP "In Space" promisingly shows traces of Will Oldham. (8:30 p.m. Thu., Turf Club, $8-$10.)

Britt Robson contributed to this week's concert picks.