Weekend Ideas: November 13, 2015

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How fitting for Friday the 13th: John Zorn should be on hand at the Institute of Contemporary Art to introduce Simulacrum, an extreme organ trio that features John Medeski, guitarist Matt Hollenbeck and drummer Kenny Grohwoski, tackling Zorn’s style-bending compositions like a jazz fusion band gone a bit metal/mental. And then, just maybe, Medeski could wander over to the Lizard Lounge and sit in with his friends in Club d’Elf.

Also on Friday, wily Texas roots-rocker Shakey Graves (above) completes a two-night stand at Royale, while Connecticut singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg bridges indie-rock, pop and Americana at the Sinclair behind his new album South, West, North, East, recorded around the country to try to reflect different regional vibes. Boston’s underappreciated orchestral indie-rockers Hallelujah the Hills celebrate their 10th anniversary on Friday at Cuisine en Locale’s ONCE Ballroom, followed there on Saturday by hard-rocking 2014 Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble winners the Goddamn Draculas.

Fans of ’70s prog-rock may find the AndersonPonty Band – the union of fusion violinist Jean Luc Ponty (plus his old bandmates) and founding Yes vocalist Jon Anderson — worth catching at the Berklee Peformance Center on Saturday. And West Coast soul-blues veteran Boz Scaggs shuffles to Lynn Memorial Auditorium the same night to prove he’s still got the chops after his own 40-plus-year career. On Sunday, EL VY — a partnership between the National’s Matt Berninger and producer Brent Knopf — hits the Sinclair. And Art Garfunkel – honing his voice back into touring shape and likely dropping zingers at Paul Simon’s expense – holds court at the Wilbur Theatre.


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