Music Scene: Jonny Corndawg, Connor Christian & Southern Gothic, Holy Ghost Tent Revival

Jonny Corndawg

About 10 years ago, Jonny Corndawg did what I assume a lot of us have considered once or twice: He packed up his guitar, jumped on a motorcycle and rode off toward the horizon to see the other side.

He was born in Montana, raised in Virginia and has spent time honing his roots-country style in Nashville, Tenn., and New York, among other places, all the while roaming and touring throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and beyond.

It’s a reasonable guess that Corndawg likes the untethered approach to life and prefers spreading roots music as opposed to setting any of his own just yet.

Then there’s the music — the primordial echoes from a newcomer as drifting as its maker, with a sound that reminds us of a time when country music was a little goofy, but always fierce and honest.

Corndawg recently has been touring with Dawes as well as with Charleston’s own Shovels & Rope.

He will perform Sunday at The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway, in support of his latest album, “Down on the Bikini Line.” Mechanical River also will perform. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 the day of the show, and are available at the door or online at etix.com.

Call 571-4343 or go to charlestonpourhouse.com.

Connor Christian & Southern Gothic

A vagabond from the age of 14, Connor Christian was a runaway traveling the world, trying to learn as much about himself as the places he stumbled upon.

His curiosity and adventures led him to Indonesia, South Korea, France, Belgium, Singapore and other places around the globe, and left him with a lifetime of experience that he attempts to recount through song.

He eventually returned to the United States and put together a band playing, in an unlikely twist, Americana-pop music.

Christian’s voice is expansive and smooth, capable of pronouncing notes at opposite spectrums with impressive clarity.

His stories, well, there’s plenty to tell when it comes to Christian.

And while he toes the line with classic themes such as love and loss, drinking and pills, desperation and hope, there’s something undeniably believable about his tales.

Connor Christian & Southern Gothic was named one of Billboard Magazine’s “Best Bets of 2012” and is touring in support of its latest album, “New Hometown (Part 2).”

The band will perform with Stoplight Observations Friday at The Windjammer, 10008 Ocean Blvd., on the Isle of Palms. Tickets are $7 at the door, which open at 9 p.m.

Call 886-8596 or go to the-windjammer.com.

Holy Ghost Tent Revival

Hailing from Greensboro, N.C., Holy Ghost Tent Revival has made a home away from home out of Charleston over the years.

The band’s rowdy, ragged persona coupled with roots music and sing-a-long choruses has proven to be the right combination with Charleston audiences since first debuting nearly five years ago.

For fans of The Avett Brothers, Holy Ghost Tent Revival delivers a jarring mixture of dirty jazz, roots country, bluegrass, big band and rock complete with spirited live performances that are likely to leave you sore and smiling.

Using layered harmonies, gang vocals, road-honed musicianship and all the necessary trimmings and fixings, Holy Ghost Tent Revival is a band that aims to revive the musical spirit within all that witness it.

Holy Ghost Tent Revival will perform tonight at The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway, with Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. Tickets are $8 and are available at the door or online at etix.com. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Call 571-4343 or go to charlestonpourhouse.com.