CAMPFIRE You can count on Club Passim for a good excuse to come out on a holiday weekend notoriously slow for live entertainment. The venue’s Campfire festival presents a full lineup of folk and pop acts across the board, from local luminaries (fiddler Laura Cortese, rootsy raconteur Miss Tess, mandolinist Jimmy Ryan) to promising out-of-towners (Americana ensemble Harpeth Rising, pictured). This weekend’s edition starts on Friday and wraps up Monday night. Sept. 3-6, various showtimes. $30 weekend pass, $10 day pass. Club Passim. 617-492-7679. www.clubpassim.com
Music: the week ahead
CAMPFIRE You can count on Club Passim for a good excuse to come out on a holiday weekend notoriously slow for live entertainment. The venue’s Campfire festival presents a full lineup of folk and pop acts across the board, from local luminaries (fiddler Laura Cortese, rootsy raconteur Miss Tess, mandolinist Jimmy Ryan) to promising out-of-towners (Americana ensemble Harpeth Rising, pictured). This weekend’s edition starts on Friday and wraps up Monday night. Sept. 3-6, various showtimes. $30 weekend pass, $10 day pass. Club Passim. 617-492-7679. www.clubpassim.com
POP & ROCK
LOU BARLOW As a founding member of seminal alt-rock bands Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and the Folk Implosion, Barlow has never been one to rest on his laurels. He’s on the road with a new project, Lou Barlow + the Missingmen, with Wye Oak and the Unfamiliars supporting. Sept. 2, 9 p.m. Tickets: $12. Middle East Upstairs. 617-864-3278. www.ticketmaster.comSWEET APPLE Speaking of Dinosaur Jr., singer-guitarist J Mascis has a new band with Witch bassist Dave Sweetapple and Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin. Their new album, “Love & Desperation,’’ roars like a ’70s stoner-rock classic coming soon to a stadium near you. (The Middle East Downstairs should be a cozy fit.) As Petkovic recently told us in an e-mail: “Basically I was out of my mind and stumbled into a band with these guys. It saved my sanity if not my soul.’’ Sept. 5, 9 p.m. Tickets: $15. Middle East Downstairs. 617-864-3278. www.ticketmaster.com
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN For a band with such a dated name, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin sounds surprisingly fresh and invigorated on the band’s brand-new album, “Let It Sway.’’ Fellow jangle-poppers Telekinesis and Golden Bloom open. Sept. 7, 9:05 p.m. Tickets: $10. T.T. the Bear’s. 617-492-2378. www.ticketweb.com
THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT From a single week of personal tragedy and setbacks in early 2006, frontman Mikel Jollett suddenly switched from writing a novel to composing songs. Hence the birth of this California band that swaddles its indie-rock in shimmering strings, courtesy of the Calder Quartet. Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $24. Somerville Theatre. 800-745-3000. www.ticketmaster.com JAMES REED
FOLK, WORLD & COUNTRY
RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES Listening to this San Francisco band is akin to putting a global jukebox on shuffle. One minute you’re getting Gypsy jazz and French chanson, the next you’ve moved on to Colombian cumbia Argentine milonga. If there’s a constant at all, it’s the playful and resolute delivery of singer Rupa Marya. Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $14. Johnny D’s. 617-776-2004. www.johnnyds.comLOS AÑOS DORADOS DEL MERENGUE The tour name translates to the Golden Years of Merengue, which gives you an idea of the lineup’s old-school approach to the genre. Performers include Ramón Orlando, Aramis Camilo, and Fausto Rey, among others. Sept. 5, 8 p.m. $25. Wonderland Ballroom (formerly Club Lido), 1290 N. Shore Road, Revere. 800-745-3000. www.ticketmaster.com
MATUTO Forró, the Brazilian dance rhythm, has flourished well beyond its homeland in recent years, with New York becoming a hotbed. Led by Clay Ross, Matuto puts an interesting spin on the art form, embellishing it with Appalachian flourishes on fiddle and accordion. Sept. 7, 8 p.m. $10. Johnny D’s. 617-776-2004. www.johnnyds.com
JAMES REED
JAZZ, BLUES & CABARET
CHERYL ARENA WITH RICKY “KING’’ RUSSELL Hot harmonica player and soulful singer Arena was a familiar presence in the Boston blues scene for years. Though she’s based out of Texas these days, she returns to the area for this intimate duo gig with local blues guitar master Russell. 9 p.m. Sept. 3. $10-$12. Acton Jazz Cafe, 452 Great Road, Acton. 978-263-6161, www.actonjazzcafe.com2010 TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL Two days and nights of top-notch talent at the 23d annual Labor Day weekend jazz celebration. Saturday afternoon, “Radio Deluxe’’ cohosts John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey will be joined by sultry singer Jane Monheit. Saturday evening, pianist Laurence Hobgood’s Trio performs with über-hip vocalist Kurt Elling. Sunday afternoon, a quartet led by clarinetist/saxophonist Eddie Daniels and pianist Bob James will perform a program titled “Broadway Boogie.’’ Sunday evening opens with rising guitar star Julian Lage’s Group followed by pianist/composer Donal Fox’s new “Piazzolla to Bach Project,’’ featuring cutting-edge classical cellist Maya Beiser and Cuban drum sensation Dafnis Prieto. Sept. 4 and 5. Tickets: $18-$77. Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood. 617-266-1200 or 888-266-1200, www.tanglewoodjazzfestival.org
FIRST ANNUAL HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL An inaugural concert organized by saxophonist/composer/bandleader Daniel Ian Smith, featuring his ensemble A Collective Directive, master percussionist Mark Walker and the Rhythm of the Americas Sextet, and guitarist/composer Nick Grondin’s Quintet. Sept. 4, 2 p.m. Free. The Martini Shell, 1015 Truman Parkway, Hyde Park.
KEVIN LOWENTHAL
CLASSICAL
SOUTH MOUNTAIN CONCERTS The BSO has returned home, but this venerable chamber music series extends the Berkshires summer classical offerings into October. First up is the veteran Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, presenting music by Beethoven, Schumann, and Mendelssohn. Sept. 5, 3 p.m. $35. South Mountain Concert Hall, Pittsfield. 413-442-2106, www.southmountainconcerts.orgFENWICK SMITH The flutist — with colleagues Sarah Bob (piano) and Aaron Trant (percussion) — takes on an iconic late Morton Feldman work from 1983 titled “Crippled Symmetry.’’ This is long, slow, quiet music, lasting some 90 minutes, like a Rothko painting in sound. Sept. 12, 3 p.m. Free. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory. 617-585-1260, www.necmusic.edu
JEREMY EICHLER
Correction: Because of incorrect information provided to the Globe by New England Conservatory, the wrong date for an upcoming concert appeared in a Classical Notes column in the Aug. 27 "g" section and in critic's picks in the Sept. 2 and 3 "g" sections. Fenwick Smith's performance of "Crippled Symmetry" at New England Conservatory is scheduled for Sept. 12.
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