MUSIC | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 | 7:30 PM | $25 ADVANCE $30 DAY-OFF

Albert Cummings' recently released album Ten is the kind of recording that shows exactly why all the accolades and excitement throughout his career have been deserved. Raised in Massachusetts and self-taught on the banjo, it was a 1987 concert by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble that opened Cummings to a new world of modern blues and inspired him to take up the guitar. Over the years, the guitarist extended the boundaries outside the blues world to include country and rock influences. With its release on Cummings' own indie label imprint, Ivy Music, Ten is a full realization of that possibility