Jess Bauer in The Gospel Lounge

Jess Bauer plays Knuckleheads on Saturday, October 17, in the venue's Gospel Lounge. She's a singer-songwriter who's spent almost her entire life singing and playing several instruments, and this set comes out of a project she's been working on for the past year: writing songs to process the emotions that surface when you go back and heal your inner kid. It's the kind of material that starts with a specific, personal place and works its way out from there.

That background gives you a sense of where the songs are coming from. By day, Bauer is a healer and massage therapist, and the songwriting has been her way of doing that same work for herself over the last year. The songs she's been writing are the record of that process, so the set is built around the new material she's put together. If you've followed her work, this is a good chance to hear where she's been lately.

She'll be performing in the Gospel Lounge, which the venue bills as "The Legendary Gospel Lounge" at Knuckleheads. It's a distinct space within the building, so you'll want to keep that in mind when you head in. The show starts at 7:30 PM, and tickets are $20.10. You can find them at tickets.knuckleheadskc.com, and the venue is at 2715 Rochester Ave in Kansas City.