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POP & ROCK
PINK A recent injury may mean a toning down of the singer’s high wire antics in her circus-themed show, but hopefully Pink’s voice is still in three-ring shape. Hot pop-rock duo the Ting Tings get the party started; just don’t call them by any other name. 8 p.m. Oct. 2. $37-$47. TD Garden. 800-745-3000. www.ticketmaster.comBOSTON POPS WITH BEN FOLDS Last time there was a fight! Who knows what will happen this go ’round when the quirky indie pop pianist, plugging his latest magnum opus, “Way to Normal,’’ and the mighty orchestra join forces again. 8 p.m. Oct. 2. $45-$75. Symphony Hall. 617-266-1200. www.bso.org
KIM RICHEY & WILL KIMBROUGH A terrific combo of artists will mean beautiful singing and hot playing of great songs by the clever and emotive country-popster Richey and the fleet-fingered Kimbrough. 9:30 p.m. Oct. 4. $10. Johnny D’s. 617-776-2004. www.johnnyds.com
BOB MOULD He was in Husker Du. He was in Sugar. He made superb solo records. He wrote for the WCW. He’s got a memoir coming out next year about all of those things that should be a cool read. And these are just a few of the ways that Mould - who swings musically from whisper tender to raging screams - is a need-to-know artist. 8 p.m. Oct. 7. $20. Paradise. 877-598-8689. www.livenation.com SARAH RODMAN
FOLK, WORLD & COUNTRY
GIRLYMAN The harmonies are tighter than ever on this quaint folk-rock trio’s latest release, “Everything’s Easy.’’ If you’re lucky, maybe they’ll preview some of the songs they’ve been working on recently with comedian Margaret Cho for her upcoming album. Fellow genre-benders Po’ Girl open. 8 p.m. Oct. 1. $25. Somerville Theatre. www.somervilletheatreonline.comCHRISTABEL AND THE JONS You’ve heard of Western swing, but Christabel and her high-stepping boys play its rowdier cousin: Tennessee swing, an old-timey collision of guitar, mandolin, upright bass, and the occasional horn. In a perfect pairing, they open for local roots revivalists Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade. 8 p.m. Oct. 2. $14. Club Passim. 617-492-7679. www.clubpassim.com
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III & RICHARD THOMPSON Billing themselves as Loud and Rich, chances are they’ll be both this weekend when the two songwriting icons and longtime collaborators perform together and solo on their first joint North American tour. Wainwright is touring behind “High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project,’’ a heartfelt homage to the late banjo picker, while Thompson just released a four-disc career retrospective called “Walking on a Wire.’’ 7 p.m. Oct. 4. $36.50-$52.50. 617-496-2222. www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/cal JAMES REED
JAZZ, BLUES & CABARET
ARTURO SANDOVAL The dynamic, award-winning, Cuban-born trumpet virtuoso is a force in Afro-Cuban, jazz, classical, and pop music who has performed with a panoply of artists from Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz to Rod Stewart and Alicia Keys. 8 and 10 p.m. Oct. 1-3. $35. Scullers. 617-562-4111, www.scullersjazz.comCELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF GEORGE RUSSELL The New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to the late, beloved NEC faculty member who pioneered the modal jazz of the 1950s and ’60s and beyond. The program presents his landmark compositions “All About Rosie,’’ “A Bird in Igor’s Yard,’’ and “Listen to the Silence,’’ as well as performances by former students and colleagues including Ran Blake, George Garzone, and Tiger Okoshi. 8 p.m. Oct. 2. Free. NEC’s Jordan Hall. www.newenglandconservatory.edu
MARVIN STAMM QUARTET WITH BILL MAYS The masterful bebop-rooted trumpeter is a longtime New York session player and alumnus of the Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big bands. His marvelous quartet includes dazzling pianist Mays and the plush, combustible rhythm team of bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Ed Soph. 9 p.m. Oct. 2. $20. Ryles, 212 Hampshire St., Cambridge. 617-876-9330, www.rylesjazz.com
RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS The blues triple-threat is a powerful singer, oft-covered songwriter, and hair-raising harmonica player and consummate showman to boot. With his smoking band of guitarist “Kid’’ Andersen, bassist Lorenzo Farrell, and drummer J. Hansen, you can be sure the house will rock. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3. $16. Regattabar. 617-395-7757, www.regattabarjazz.com
KEVIN LOWENTHAL
CLASSICAL
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA James Levine is out for unexpected back surgery so BSO assistant conductors Shi-Yeon Sung and Julian Kuerti will divide up the conducting duties for Saturday’s performance. The program once again spotlights the recently retired BSO harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, this time in music by Carter, Debussy, and John Williams. Also on the bill will be Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony and Ravel’s “La Valse.’’ 8 p.m. Oct. 3. $30-$115. Symphony Hall. 617-266-1200, www.bso.orgPACIFICA QUARTET The dynamic young foursome continues its performance series at Longy this season, beginning with a program tonight featuring Mozart’s Quartet No. 19 (K. 465); Brahms’s Quartet No. 2; and Janacek’s Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters.’’ 8 p.m. Oct. 1. $35. Longy School, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. 617-876-0956, www.longy.edu
FREDERICA VON STADE The
CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE The adventurous chamber troupe offers its first concert of the season, a characteristically thoughtful assembly of works by Mozart, Messiaen, Debussy, and Takemitsu. 8 p.m. Oct. 3 and 3 p.m. Oct. 4, Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon St. 617-427-8200, www.chameleonarts.org
JEREMY EICHLER 
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