It’s a Good Friday to catch a show, starting with Twin Shadow – aka onetime Bostonian rocker George Lewis Jr. – cranking up the more anthemic/synthetic moods of his debut major-label effort Eclipse at the Paradise Rock Club. The Decemberists (pictured) share their spare-to-ornate, folk-to-rock range on What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, a worthy complement to the group’s older catalog at House of Blues both Friday and Saturday. Brazilian pianist Elaine Elias also does the same two-night stand at Scullers Jazz Club.

On Saturday, a one-night supergroup that includes Gov’t Mule/Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes, Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke, Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson and Extreme singer Gary Cherone and bassist Pat Badger pays tribute to rock greats such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse who lost their lives to substance abuse at age 27. Proceeds from that show at the Berklee Performance Center go to local recovery program Right Turn, which has roots in the music community. The same night, singer/guitarist Benjamin Booker, whose self-titled debut was my favorite album of 2014, brings his sparse but adrenalized garage-blues to the Sinclair.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more dynamic, delightful talent than Lisa Fischer, the Grammy-winning R&B soloist who’s become an A-list backup singer from the Rolling Stones to Nine Inch Nails, leading her band Grand Baton at the Wilbur Theater on Sunday. Here’s her stunning take on Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll,” which I reference in a recent interview that you can jump to here. And later on Sunday night, vintage soul-influenced producer-turned-performer Matthew E. White brings his band to Great Scott behind his fine new album Fresh Blood. Here’s another jump to my interview with that Virginia-based singer/guitarist.