Take 5
Joan Anderman's picks for live music this weekend.
LATIN JAZZ
Larry Harlow's Latin Legends
The Afro-Cuban music veteran, who helped pioneer the explosive sound of contemporary salsa in the '70s and has recorded more than three dozen albums during a four-decade career, brings his brass-and-string-stoked band to town.
Scullers Tonight at 8 and 10
617-562-4111, ticketweb.com
FOLK
Appalachian Still
The Northampton-based acoustic string band plays a fusion of old-time music, Americana, folk, and bluegrass with jazz and rock flavors that they've dubbed New-Time Folkgrass.
Lizard Lounge Tomorrow at 9 p.m.
617-547-0759 lizardloungeclub.com
ELECTRONICA
Courtney Brown and Carmen Caruso
Both are members of Electrolab, a subversive soprano/accordion/DJ collective, and odds are good this performance will include moaning, shrieking, computers, postmodern cabaret, fringe theories of performance, and tango.
Outpost Tomorrow at 8 p.m.
No reservations. Donations accepted at the door. zeitgeist-outpost.org
AVANT-GARDE
Laurie Anderson
Somehow, singer/violinist/writer/ composer/you-name-it Laurie Anderson has maintained a high-profile career as a performance artist, with only occasional forays into rock. Here she performs "Homeland," a new multimedia piece with a corresponding album due later this year.
Opera House Tomorrow at 8 p.m.
617-931-2000, ticketmaster.com
ROCK
Boredoms
The seminal Japanese noise rockers return in a Far East/ Krautrock/psychedelic mood, with openers Northampton Wools (featuring big Boredoms fan Thurston Moore and like-minded Pioneer Valley musician Bill Nace).
The Paradise Tomorrow at 9 p.m.
617-931-2000
