Singer-guitarist Maura Rogers spent the early 2010s coping with serious health issues (she had to undergo a kidney transplant), but that never kept her from performing. She even addressed those hardships in the songs on 2012's A Good Heart Will Break. A terrific singer with sharp alt-country sensibilities, Rogers is a local treasure. Tonight's concert begins at the Beachland Ballroom. Tickets start at $15.
Africa & Byzantium considers the complex artistic relationships between northern and eastern African Christian kingdoms and the Byzantine Empire from the fourth…