Picks of the week

Rock tips

Tonight: moe. is at the Orpheum; Dear Leader plays the Paradise with Taxpayer and Hallelujah The Hills; the Tarbox Ramblers (below) perform at Club Passim with openers the Bittersweets. Tomorrow: The Gyuto Monks sing at Sanders Theatre; Six Day Slide celebrates a CD release at Bill's Bar with New Hip Stereo and McAlister Drive; Jed Parish, Teenage Prayers, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, and Kim Taylor perform at the Lizard Lounge; Shock & Bear throw a CD release party at Great Scott with Harris, Roh Delikat, and the Vershok.

Jazz picks

Tonight: Vibraphonist Charles Bubeck and saxophonist Daniel Ian Smith co-lead a quintet for the latest installment in the ever-intriguing "Friday Night Music" series at Brookline Tai Chi. Tomorrow: Singer Rebecca Parris celebrates her latest CD, "You Don't Know Me," at the Regattabar. Tuesday: Pioneers of pastoral world-jazz Oregon at Scullers. Young avant-garde standard bearer Ken Vandermark's Vandermark 5 at Johnny D's. Wednesday: The Anita Coelho Brazilian Ensemble at Ryles for a Valentine's Day concert, featuring love songs of Brazil, with wunderkind saxophonist/vocalist Grace Kelly as guest. Thursday: At Berklee Performance Center, Gabrielle Goodman directs "Black Women in Music Celebrated," featuring the music of Nina Simone, Chaka Khan, Mary Lou Williams, and Ella Fitzgerald , and the talents of Carolyn Wilkins, Esperanza Spalding, and Renese King, among others.