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Something for everyone as the warm weather kicks in. Kurt Vile brings his melodic sprawl to the Sinclair while Josh Ritter stretches thoughtful folk-rock at House of Blues, Iron and Wine gets lighter at Berklee and Brad Paisley rocks his arena country at the Comcast Center. Saturday afternoon boasts EarthFest for free at the Hatch Shell before night kicks in with jazz guitar great Jim Hall at Scullers and soulman Charles Bradley at the Paradise, where Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart brings his new band on Sunday… More>

Pianist and Berklee professor Laszlo Gardony just released a fine solo album, but he'll offer an expanded, horn-laced band at the Regattabar Friday, while crowd favorite Joe Bonamassa fires up the Wang with his blues-rock guitar. Local favorites Buffalo Tom resurface to toast the Sinclair for two nights. And Sunday resonates with the thrashy Yeah Yeah Yeahs at House of Blues and Steve Earle & his Dukes and Dutchesses at the Wilbur Theatre… More>

A Boston-centric roll call of heavyweights including Aerosmith, Jason Aldean, Boston, Jimmy Buffett, the J. Geils Band, James Taylor and Carole King will perform on May 30 at the TD Garden for “Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration,” a benefit concert for The One Fund Boston, helping those most affected in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.  … More>

Kingsley Flood celebrates its new album of stirring, Americana-tinged rock at the Brighton Music Hall, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club delivers bluesy, gauzy rock at House of Blues and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society weaves jazz, rock, classical and Balkan folk within its big-band web at the Regattabar. At the Paradise, Johnny Marr balances new solo material with his take on his former band the Smiths, while Peter Murphy reanimates Bauhaus songs… More>

Sometimes the seasoned veterans get a leg up on the youthful upstarts. That’s what happened Friday in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble when the cinematic pop outfit Eddie Japan bested roots-rockers Glenn Yoder & the Western States and garage-punk combo Twin Berlin in the contest’s final round at T.T. the Bear’s.  … More>