To listen to Evening Bell, the collaboration of country-rocker Davidson Hart Kingsbery and Caitlin Sherman (Slow Skate, Sunday Evening Whiskey Club, Lusine), is to step back in time to the days when a hard day’s work on the farm was rewarded with a cold beer in a dusty barroom. Kingsbery’s guitar and Sherman’s piano roll languidly along like a tumbleweed passing through town as the pair takes turns singing lead and duetting. Their voices shine on their own, but together there’s added soul to the rich tales they tell. With Foghorns, Banditos. Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave. N.W., 784-3640, conorbyrnepub.com. 9 p.m. $8. 21 and over. AZARIA C. PODPLESKY

Despite no mention of pickup trucks, John Deere tractors, or other stereotypical country-music themes, J. Roddy Walston & The Business is Southern through and through. Fronted by Tennessee born-and-bred Walston, the quartet imbues every aspect of its music with the spirit of the South. On the band’s latest album, Essential Tremors, Walston both mumble-sings and howls about family and moments of grace while playing a blistering guitar riff or banging away on a piano like Little Richard. The Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-4618, thecrocodile.com. 8 p.m. $14. All ages. ACP