Reva DeVito, Shy Girls, Brownish Black

[SOUL SOUNDS] Reva DeVito just loves making you wait. The Portland soul singer, long whispered about in local soul and hip-hop circles before the whispers grew to a legitimate citywide buzz (DeVito placed ninth on WW’s 2012 Best New Band poll), has built an audience on the back of a pair of EPs that find her shining but perhaps not meeting the potential that her coolly joyful live shows evidence. Nonetheless, DeVito’s fan base—the portion of it that hasn’t died of anticipation of a full-length—has continued to grow. Tonight’s outing finds her sharing the stage with Shy Girls, whose fascinating and heartfelt minimalist take on new jack swing is worth getting very excited over, and the rollicking throwback soul act Brownish Black. All of this is yet more evidence that Mississippi Studios isn’t just for folk rock anymore.

Where: Mississippi Studios
Phone: 288-3895
Address: 3939 N Mississippi Ave.
Website: www.mississippistudios.com