Jesy Fortino's bandonym, Tiny Vipers, is somewhat incongruous with her music, which gets into your blood not through swift, piercing fangs but soft, silent osmosis, and arrests your nerves not with the violent invasion of venom but the gentle insidiousness of carbon monoxide.
Fortino, of Seattle, writes small music for big spaces: Her 2007 debut [...]

Friday

Never Too Late, Crimestoppers. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
Hermans Hermits featuring Peter Noone. Birchmere. $45.
Pat Martino Trio (June 26-28). Blues Alley. $32.50.
Ozric Tentacles. The State Theatre. $20.
Anthony Nelson (second performance on June 27). Twins Jazz. $15.
Sunsets with a Soundtrack: The U.S. Army Blues Band performs an Evening of Latin Jazz. West Steps U.S. Capitol. Free.
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