What’s on in Downtown

Cheap Trick before dark, then the stripped-down Texas boogie that taught generations of bands how little a riff needs.

An arena of immaculate guitar-pop, with the setlist left to decide how far beyond the familiar records the night travels.

The lightness of Deana Carter's biggest records can obscure how sharp the writing was. The Ryman should restore the details.

Bridgers has scaled dry, intimate songs to an arena audience that knows when to scream and, more importantly, when not to.