Gossip
Gossip’s Beth Ditto remains one of rock’s most compelling frontwomen, an unlikely combo of Karen O, Grace Jones and a punk-rock Adele. She’s a dynamo on stage, so no wonder the Arkansas native has been pushing her Portland, Ore.-based band and their fans in a get-up-and-move direction with a series of more dance-oriented albums, including the riotous new one “A Joyful Noise.” Oregonian soul-pop band Magic Box and Arkansas twang-opera singer Bonnie Montgomery open. Chris Riemenschneider