LAUREN NAPIER: AT THE NEW FRONTIER TONIGHT >>>

A folk band that never set out to write folk music. A solo act whose chosen nomenclature comes from the simplicity of his birth certificate. The first week of March is heralding a show of enchantment to the New Frontier. Barton Carroll, in his own words, is mostly influenced by “Bruce Springsteen, Richard Thompson, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn and Martin Amis,” but writing his own songs is like getting “blood from a stone,” according to the Seattle-based performer. It’s hard for the singer/songwriter to choose a favorite song, but he equally “resents them all for ruining (his) life.” The Cave Singers, formed from the remnants of Pretty Girls Make Graves, are hypnotizing in their musical creations. This will be a night of “nonstop, scorching folk,” according to Carroll. Make an appearance and get burned.

[The New Frontier, with the Cave Singers, 9 p.m., $5, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]