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Philip
Glass— Philip on Film
Mass
MoCA, Friday
Philip Glass’ return to North Adams could have been
tied to David Bowie’s recent 62nd birthday, considering the
famed composer’s vested interest in the music of the Thin
White Duke. (He has composed a series of symphonies based
on Bowie’s collaborations with Brian Eno.) And that would
have been quite a show! But instead, Glass comes to the area
tomorrow (Friday) to perform and discuss his many contributions
to the world of film. And still, we expect it to be a very
compelling show, for Glass has scored all kind of films, ranging
from Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show to the works
of horror auteur Clive Barker. Space is limited, so definitely
call ahead before heading out for this one. (Jan. 16, 8
PM, $34-$38, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, Mass., 413-662-2111)
Strunz
and Farah
The
Egg, Friday
The postmodern musical paradigm has birthed some pretty strange
hybrid forms, but I don’t think anyone could have predicted
what Costa Rica and Iran would have sounded like when stuffed
in a blender. When Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah, virtuosic
acoustic guitarists, met in the late ’70s, this question was
even unclear to them. Since then, the duo have been busy providing
an answer in a style that has been alternately dubbed ethnojazz
and world guitar. Whatever you want to call it, the style
is fast, rich and exotic—like flamenco offered up to Allah—and
has earned them a Grammy nomination and a Billboard World
Music award. The show tomorrow (Friday) will feature full
band support. (Jan. 16, 8 PM, $28, Empire State Plaza,
Albany, 473-1845)
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The
Wiyos
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The
Wiyos
Caffe
Lena, Friday; Club Helsinki, Sunday
For weeks now, a little bird has been whispering in our ears
about the Wiyos. However, birds, we thought, have a tendency
to squawk as much as sing, so the Wiyos, we assumed, must
be for the proverbial avians. But on a midnight dreary we
went rapping, tapping on the Internet’s chamber door, and
with one listen to the Wiyos’ MySpace page, we learned to
doubt the raven nevermore. The Wiyos are a gem of jug-band
Americana, talented enough to deserve their iconic fedoras,
and rough-and-tumble enough to deserve the name they share
with one of NYC’s most notorious street gangs. That washboard
they play onstage may well be the same one they use to launder
their delicates. (Jan. 17, 8 PM, $16, 47 Phila St., Saratoga
Springs, 583-0022; Jan. 18, 8 PM, $15, 284 Main St., Great
Barrington, Mass., 413-528-3394)
Beatlemania
Again
The
Linda, Saturday
Once upon a time, there was a little skiffle band from Liverpool,
England. They played around at the local clubs as the Quarrymen,
covering tunes by American acts like Buddy Holly, until a
fellow named Stu joined up and suggested a name change. They
became the Beatles, and you know the rest. You probably even
know the backstory, but we mention it because it seems to
be the only part of the Beatles story not covered by the Beatlemania
Again show, which storms the Linda this weekend. Indeed, Beatlemania
Again sports live reproductions of all your favorite Fab Four
classics, from “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” through “Let It Be,”
complete with full costumes. Sure, it may not be Shea Stadium,
but neither is Shea Stadium anymore. (Jan. 17, 7 PM, $20,
339 Central Ave., Albany, 465-5233 ext. 4)
Blessed
by a Broken Heart, Love Hate Hero
Valentine’s,
Wednesday
Another week, another Cana dian metal band. But Blessed by
a Broken Heart are far from a true old-school act; in fact,
they’re a bunch of tigerprint-bandana- wearing, Hot Topic-endorsed
glam-metal kids whose goofy shtick is, honestly, hard to take
seriously: Really guys, an album called Pedal to the Metal?
But then, we’re not the target demographic for this stuff
(read: We’re old.). L.A. band Love Hate Hero are just as heavy
on the hairspray, but even heavier on the metal—despite titles
like “She Puts the Ho in Homewrecker,” the band lay down a
mean thrash. The funniest part about this so-called Terminatour
is that you can bet not one of the band members was alive
when the original Terminator film was released. But
then, we’re old. (Jan. 21, call for prices, 17 New Scotland
Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
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Lights
Resolve
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The
Tugboat Tavern in Cohoes is the place to be tonight
(Thursday) to catch ’70s hitmaker Pat Travers;
the John Morse and Tom Harding will
open (8 PM, call for prices, 233-1085). . . .
The hitmakers of tomorrow will be at Valentine’s
tonight, where youngsters Citizen Genet
and Sunny Day Turtle team up to deliver
the rock (8 PM, $5, 432-6572). . . . Rootsy rockers
Railroad Earth return to Revolution Hall
on Saturday, with guests Old School Freight
Train (8 PM, $18, 274-0553). . . . Did you
know that the Guinness brewery in Dublin is on
a 9,000-year lease at the rate of just 45 pounds
per year? We’re guessing Celtic act St. James’
Gate were hoping for such economical longevity
when they named their band after the famed site;
they’ll be at Caffe Lena on Sunday (7 PM, $12,
583-0022). . . . Ramblin Jug Stompers turn
their monthly residency into a “Bye-Bye Bush Bash”
this Monday at Tess’ Lark Tavern; Music Mobile
maven Ruth Pelham will be among the special
guests on board to help celebrate the door hitting
the leaving president in the ass on his way out
(7 PM, free, 463-9779). . . . Long Island trio
Lights Resolve bring their stadium-sized
rock sound to Northern Lights on Wednesday; they’ll
be joined by Elevation, Drive-By,
and 28N (7 PM, $7, 371-0012).
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