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Brad Mehldau Trio

If you don’t think you like jazz, you should give the Brad Mehldau Trio a listen. The word jazz seems inadequate in describing the work of this bold, questing pianist, who has crafted remarkable reimaginings of Radiohead, Thelonius Monk and Nick Drake. The trio’s latest album is a two-disc set recorded live at the Village Vanguard in New York in October 2006.

8:15 p.m. Nov. 14. $40. Spivey Hall, 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow. 678-466-4200, www.spiveyhall.org.

REO Speedwagon

This outfit started life as a workmanlike Midwestern rock band of the 1970s, but then became the kings of the ’80s power ballad with songs such as “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “Keep on Loving You.” Keyboardist Neal Doughty is the only founding member left, but vocalist Kevin Cronin is still the voice of the band. Cronin joined before the band’s second album in 1972, departed for a few years and then returned to sing the band’s big hits. Current bassist Bruce Hall joined in 1978, guitarist Dave Amato in 1989 and drummer Bryan Hitt came aboard in 1990.

8 p.m. Nov. 14. $20-$100. Wild Bill’s, 2075 Market St., Duluth. 678-473-1000, www.wildbillsatlanta.com.

SUNDAY

Amanda Palmer

Palmer is half of the theatrically inclined Boston-based Dresden Dolls. Both as part of that duo and in her solo career —- she recently released the Ben Folds-produced “Who Killed Amanda Palmer?” —- Palmer makes strange and wonderful music that weaves together German cabaret and the decadent early ’70s work of David Bowie and Lou Reed. It answers this heretofore unasked question: What if Kurt Weill and a ’70s glam rocker were both reincarnated in the body of a 21st century woman?

8 p.m. Nov. 16. $20. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-521-1786, www.variety-playhouse.com.

MONDAY

Horse Feathers

Idaho’s Justin Ringle is now part of the booming music scene in Portland, Ore., but the wide open spaces of his formative years are all over his music. He performs under the name Horse Feathers with collaborators —- and brother and sister —- Peter and Heather Broderick (and touring violinist Nathan Crockett). Ringle’s sparse, intimate songs evoke big sweeping vistas. Listening to the new album, “House With No Home,” is like having a bird’s-eye view of a lone figure on a vast plain, who warbles the prettiest of melodies, softly picks a guitar and is haunted by an unseen ghostly cello.

9 p.m. Nov. 17. $8. The EARL, 488 Flat Shoals Ave. S.E., Atlanta. 404-522-3950, 1-800-594-8499; www.badearl.com.

WEDNESDAY

Broken Social Scene

Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning are the prime movers, but BSS serves as launching pad for many cool Canadians (including Feist). BSS makes kitchen-sink indie rock that, despite all the cooks, works in mysterious and melodic ways.

8 p.m. Nov. 19. $25; $22.50 advance. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-521-1786, www.variety-playhouse.com.

Denison Witmer

Philadelphia singer-songwriter —- and Sufjan Stevens pal —- crafts poignant folk-pop. His seventh album, the Nov. 11 release “Carry the Weight,” is his first new material since 2005’s lovely “Are You a Dreamer?”

6:30 p.m. Nov. 19. $18; $15 advance. Eddie’s Attic, 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur. 404-377-4976, www.eddiesattic.com.

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