Singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer embraced the idea of Brechtian punk cabaret along with Brian Viglione in the duo The Dresden Dolls. In 2008, Palmer released a solo album called Who Killed Amanda Palmer, produced by Ben Folds. She plays Northampton this week.

Nov. 13, 9 p.m., $20, Pearl Street Ballroom, 10 Pearl Street, Northampton, (413) 586-8686.