Anacortes multi-instrumentalist Karl Blau is about to release one of the best albums in K Records' 27-year history: Zebra. It's Blau's psychedelicized, dubbed-out interpretation of music created by folks of African descent: Toots Hibbert, the Meters, Gilberto Gil, and others. Blau's hushed, Arthur Russell–like baritone; funkily mesmerizing bass lines; and inventive electronic embellishments reap magical results. He may be a white Pacific Northwesterner, but Blau's got soul, which permeates this wonderfully mongrelized collection, claims of "inauthenticity" be damned. (Q Cafe, 3223 15th Ave W, 352-2525. 8 pm, $7, all ages.)