When Sallie Ford came to the New Frontier for Squeak & Squawk earlier this year, I think the audience collectively fell in love with her. In addition to being just about the sweetest person in the world, Sallie Ford is an amazingly capable vocalist. Referring to herself as a "belter," Ford's voice is perfectly suited to the type of vintage soul, roots-rock and blues swagger that she and her band, the Sound Outside, have mastered. She'll be blessing the South Sound again, this time hitting Olympia as well. Romanteek, who are kind of like a mirror image of the Sound Outside, separated by a few decades and the invention of the synthesizer, will share the Olympia bill. Local faves Basemint will be holding it down in Tacoma. - Rev. Adam McKinney

[Northern, with Basemint, Romanteek, 7:30 p.m., $6, 321 Fourth Ave., Olympia, northernolympia.org]

[New Frontier Lounge, Friday, December 3, with Basemint, Library, 9 p.m., cover TBA, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.752.4020]