The list of artists who've recorded folksinger Patty Griffin's affecting and literate songs is staggering: Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Solomon Burke, the Dixie Chicks, Shawn Colvin, and Miranda Lambert are a few. But the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter herself, who broke through with 1996's Living with Ghosts and here headlines Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, is arguably as compelling a performer as any of her songs' other vessels. Her critically exalted, eponymous 10th album, which appeared last March, was recorded in her current home of Austin, Texas with the assistance of producer and long-time collaborator Craig Ross as well as her sometime partner and tourmate Robert Plant on backing vocals. Rose Cousins opens. 7:30pm. $39.50, $49.50.
—Peter Aaron
