It’s a relatively slow and rather warm weekend to kick off November, but not without a few enticing shows. STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) unleashes its trance-y, percussive grooves at House of Blues on Friday, while the multi-instrumentalists of Colorado’s Elephant Revival take over the Sinclair the same night with their gypsy-flavored Americana, which incorporates everything from fiddle and banjo to djembe and washboard.

On Saturday, gospel legend Mavis Staples gets into the spirit with disciple Joan Osborne when the Celebrity Series presents Solid Soul at the Berklee Performance Center. Here’s a jump to my recent interviews with both Staples and Osborne. Beirut, the brainchild of Santa Fe singer/flugelhornist Zach Condon, delivers its Balkan-influenced twist on orchestral indie-rock in two Boston shows, appearing both on Saturday at House of Blues and Sunday at the Paradise Rock Club. And on Sunday, earthy, beguiling singer Natalie Prass (above), who recorded her self-titled debut with country-soul studio wiz Matthew E. White, hits the Sinclair.