Known for his cover of "Hallelujah" and song "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk," Wainwright's music retains a distinctive narrative sense and wry wit while adding classic pop pleasure. His seventh studio album, Out of the Game, is scheduled to be released on April 23. Along with the input of a new collaborator, celebrated producer Mark Ronson, the results are the most accessible music of Wainwright's career.

Wainwright and Ronson both credit the influence of the great recordings of the 1970s on Out of the Game. They reference such giants as Elton John, Harry Nilsson, and Steely Dan, for their sense of songwriting that characterized the best music of that era. The sounds on Out of the Game range from the grand horns-and-strings arrangement of "Jericho" to the hypnotic "Montauk."

Tickets: $45 for general public, $43 for FMG members