Born into a family of musicians, Natalia Zukerman didn't follow the route of her violinist father, Pinchas, or opera-singing sister, Arianna. Instead, she took to influences Ani DiFranco and Joni Mitchell and forged her own path in rustic Americana folk-jazz. Well versed in a variety of guitar styles including slide and lap steel, Zukerman varies her tempos and vocals to perform either bluesy roots ballads or swinging roadhouse funk numbers. Zukerman is also a member of the band Winterbloom, which formed with fellow folkies Antje Duvekot, Meg Hutchinson and Anne Heaton in 2008. Gas Station Roses, Zukerman's fifth album, dropped earlier this month.
Natalia Zukerman w/ Garrison Starr
Tonight @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.
