Fabolous is less street than fleet these days, but the Brooklyn-born emcee still infuses his songs with an effortless strut that leaves most commercial hip-hop sounding forced by comparison. Fabolous is coasting on the summer release of his concept album and film, “Loso’s Way,” and headlining KS 107.5’s Jingle Jam tonight at the Fillmore, with openers Twista and Mario. $30. OneRepublic plays Breckenridge’s Riverwalk Center tonight and Saturday as the entertainment biggies on the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour. And lest you think it’s all snowboarder high- fives and beer-hoisting ballads to a Colorado pop-rock soundtrack (though it most certainly will be that), $5 of each tickets goes to Vail Valley youth nonprofit SOS Outreach. $22. Bela Fleck fans not only expect eclecticism from the Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso, they embrace it. That’s why Fleck’s Holiday Tour ’09 is the perfect way for many Coloradans to spend a late-December night: listening to the Flecktones’ road-tested interpretations of Christmas tunes, such as “Jingle Bells” and “Silent Night.” Tonight at the Paramount Theatre ($25-$44, TicketHorse) and Saturday at the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek. $58-$78. .
John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
