MUSIC
Justin Timberlake
Fans — and radio programmers — seem to have forgotten the former N’Syncer’s “Everything I Thought I Was” album from 2024. But he hasn’t, because material from that disc accounts for 40% of the set list for his Forget Tomorrow World Tour. Don’t worry, though, because he’s also bringing back “Sexy Back,” “Cry Me a River,” “Mirrors” and other favorites. Plus, Timberlake is still an I-aim-to-dazzle song-and-dance man with a flair for state-of-the-art production. This is the make-good for a previously scheduled Halloween show postponed because he had bronchitis and laryngitis. (7:30 p.m. Mon., Xcel Energy Center, 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, $60-$1,280, ticketmaster.com)
JON BREAM
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Grammy-winning jazz vocalist never fails to surprise and mesmerize. She can get boldly adventurous as she did with her chamber opera “Ogresse” at Walker Art Center two years ago. She can have an intimate conversation as she has done in several Dakota appearances with pianist Sullivan Fortner. She can show up with a combo and dazzle with musical alchemy and theatrical presence. This time, Salvant comes with a new pianist, Glenn Zaleski, but always with a penchant for turning familiar pop and jazz tunes inside out with her formidable interpretive powers. (6:30 & 8:30 p.m. Wed., the Dakota, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., $35-$45, dakotacooks.com)
J.B.
Erik Koskinen Band
January is not the only month when residency gigs are a thing in town. Gravel road-rooted Americana specialist Koskinen and his gritty and groovy neo-twang band have settled back into a Friday night rotation at Minneapolis’ coolest supper club for the month of February. Especially after issuing two excellent and at times quite moving albums in 2024, “Down Street / Love Avenue” and “Burning the Deal,” the Upper Peninsula-reared, story-driven songwriter has a trove of songs deep enough to keep it fresh over four weeks. These are “evening with” shows, too, meaning no opener and usually two long sets. (8 p.m. Fri., Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet Av. S., Mpls., $20-$27, icehousempls.com; also: every Thu. in February at the Cedar Lounge in Superior, Wis.)
CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER
Cymande
The 1970s U.K. soul band disbanded after only four short years, and frontmen Steve Scipio, a bassist, and Patrick Patterson, a guitarist, went on to became lawyers in the Caribbean. But Cymande’s sounds lived on as hip-hop producers began sampling such tracks as “Bra” and “Dove.” De La Soul, Sugarhill Gang, Wu-Tang Clan and the Fugees were among the artists who reimagined Cymande sounds. In 2012, Cymande regrouped, and this year the nine-man band dropped its first wide release in 41 years, “Renascence,” a chill but soulful Afrobeat/jazz/R&B groover filled with socially conscious lyrics and guest Jazzie B of Soul II Soul. (8 p.m. Wed., Varsity Theater, 1308 SE. 4th St., Mpls., $19 and up, ticketmaster.com)
J.B.