Sam Phillips's North American tour continues with stops in the Northeast this weekend, including a special, free in-store performance at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Newbury Comics store in Harvard Square. The retailer celebrates its 30th anniversary all weekend with a number of events, including free giveaways, contests, and over 30 live performances and appearances by artists like Mission of Burma, Los Lonely Boys, Dar Williams, and, of course, Sam. She's scheduled to begin at 3:30 PM. For more info, visit newburycomics.com.

Later that night, she'll play the Somerville Theatre in nearby Somerville, Massachusetts. And after a performance in Albany, New York, on Sunday, Sam and the band will head down to Annapolis, Maryland, for a performance at the Ram's Head Monday night.

NPR will be there, broadcasting the show live on npr.org, beginning at around 8:30 PM, as part of All Songs Considered's live online concert series, which recently broadcast a concert of Randy Newman performing his new album Harps and Angels in its entirety. Other recent shows shows include performances by Radiohead and Tom Waits.

"Of all of Sam Phillips' roles as a musician ...," says NPR, "her latest incarnation is the most alluring. Her jangly, mostly acoustic songs rattle and shake with graceful, noirish tales of broken lives."

NPR assuages any concerns to the contrary:

When Phillips decided to self-produce her latest CD, some fans and critics worried that it would lack the rich textures and sonic color of her previous albums, produced by ex-husband and longtime collaborator T-Bone Burnett. But Don't Do Anything proved to be every bit as captivating and elegant as Phillips' past efforts, particularly for her continued emphasis on expressive melodies and precise songcraft. Phillips restrains her instrumentation—her songs are beautifully spare—without holding back any of the feeling that fuels them.

Read more at npr.org, where you can tune in on Monday to hear the show live.