There’s a weathered quality to Todd Snider’s voice that makes the characters he sings about just feel more real. The rootsyness in his timbre opens up a world of exploration for his folk rock tunes. A bit of a polymath (who’s done everything from write a memoir to voice a character on the Adult Swim show Squidbillies), Snider can play guitar, banjo, harmonica, bass and piano, and also excels at spinning amusing yarns between songs in a live setting. Those gifts can be heard on the veteran singer-songwriter’s 2021 studio LP First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder and his new concert album Live: Return of the Storyteller. He’ll be spreading that endearing rambling troubadour spirit when he swings on into the Bing.
Todd Snider • Sun, Oct. 9 at 8 pm • $30-$40 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • bingcrosbytheater.com • 509-227-7638