Luke Winslow-King charms his way through a cross-pollination of rickety jazz, Delta-folk and gospel-blues that is both rustic and elegant. That's not a knock. Yes, he's charming, but the 30-year-old musician also has studied pre-war blues and traditional jazz relentlessly, gaining confidence and control that comes across effortless, as if he invented the genres. Growing up in Cadillac, Michigan, moved to New Orleans by chance in 2001 - he honed his skills watching and performing with Big Easy veteran jazz and blues musicians such as John Boutte, "Washboard" Chaz Leary and Paul Sanchezbefore firmly establishing a name for himself as a slide guitarist/singer/composer that fuses classical instruments and older musical styles with personal, simplified lyrics documenting his artistic evolution. Winslow-King's latest offering, The Coming Tide, his third album, showcases his tightening chops and poised melodic sensibilities. Winslow-King and his gang of sultry horns, percussive bass and scrappy washboard will roll up to Doyle's Saturday for a night of boy/girl harmonies, slide guitar flurries, chain gang call and response vocals sure to get the pub crowd slow-grinding and hollering all over the Stadium District.

LUKE WINSLOW-KING, 9:30 p.m., Doyle's Public House, 208 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, no cover, 253.272.7468