Pepi Ginsberg

POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW; RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 17 Sat., Feb. 6, 8 p.m., $10, with Exit Clov and The Armchairs, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.

by M.J. Fine

rock/pop

No one stays tied to one place too long in Pepi Ginsberg's songs. Overwhelmed lovers take flight, couples go into hiding and the dispossessed wander the streets and highways of a nation still under the spell of Dylan and Guthrie. But though Ginsberg herself moved to Brooklyn a few years back, she still keeps a toe in the Philly scene, playing with local boys and recording in Fishtown. She returns to her home away from home to celebrate the release of her fourth album, East Is East, on Park the Van Records. Amnon Freidlin's freewheeling guitar is a worthy foil for Ginsberg's flexible voice, which is as forceful as a gymnast on the exuberant "East Is East," and as fragile as crystal on "Coal to Diamonds." "Shake This" contemplates mortality and impermanence with a real sense of joy: "It'll be all right," she sings over Pete Angevine's peppy beat, and that's all the assurance you need. No one knows what's next, so live it up.