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Fertile
Ground
MASS
MoCA, Sunday
Put your dancing shoes on! MASS MoCA is hosting a Labor Day
weekend Neo Dance Party with special guest Fertile Ground,
a Baltimore-based, internationally renowned soul band that
MASS MoCA claims will “turn out some of the most organic grooves
since the heyday of Earth, Wind & Fire.” And Fertile Ground’s
lead vocalist, Navasha Daya, is said to “regularly transport
the audience from swaying to all out dancing!” But it won’t
just be Daya’s voice and stage presence that will keep you
moving—Fertile Ground’s comprised of drummer Marcus Asante,
a three-man horn section, and keyboardist James Collins who
all do their thing to get you on your feet. Don’t know how
to dance? Don’t worry—dance instruction will occur before
they hit the stage! (Sept. 3, 8:30 PM, $18, 1040 MASS MoCA
Way, North Adams, Mass., 413-662-2111).
Kasim
Sulton Band
The
Van Dyck, Friday
The proggers know who Kasim Sulton is: He’s the longtime,
on-and-off bassist singer for Todd Rundgren and Rundgren’s
former band, Utopia. Everyone who has listened to a radio
in the last three decades has heard him, however. Sultan has
served as Meat Loaf’s touring musical director for years (he
played on Bat Out of Hell, too); was, at one point,
an official member of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; and has
done session work for Shaun Cassidy, Patty Smyth and Celine
Dion. Dude, as they say, gets around. Now, however, he’s touring
with his own band—which will play two shows at the Van Dyck
tomorrow night. We’re not sure what the band will sound like,
but, as noted above, it’s pretty clear that Sulton can play
any genre he wants. (Sept. 1, 7 and 9:30 PM, $20, 237 Union
St., Schenectady, 381-1111)
Lenapalooza
Caffe
Lena, Friday-Sunday
This weekend will mark the second annual “Lenapalooza.” The
beloved venue will play host to a three-day-long singer-songwriter
showcase featuring some representatives of the abundant local
talent that show off their chops during the year-long Emerging
Artists Breakout every Wednesday. This weekends’ acts include
(but are not limited to) Matt Loiacono of the Kamikaze Hearts,
Bob Carlton of the Sixfifteens, Amanda Platt, Margo Malia
Lynch, the Ashdown Brothers, and Courtney Biondo. (Sept.
1-3, 7:30 PM, $5 per day, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs,
583-0022)
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Wynton
Marsalis
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Tanglewood
Jazz Festival
Tanglewood,
Friday-Sunday
If Ernesto doesn’t rain on the proverbial parade, it might
be nice to spend this Labor Day weekend in the picturesque
Berkshires. While there, you can enjoy some of the most revered
modern names in jazz at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. Here’s
just a sampling of some of the acts: Wynton Marsalis, the
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, the Big Three Palladium
Orchestra, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, and
Dr. John. Don’t forget to catch new artists (like Syncopation
and the John Stetch Trio) at the Tanglewood Jazz Café 90 minutes
prior to each performance. And on Saturday, pianist Marion
McPartland will appear for a live taping of her NPR show Piano
Jazz, with special guest Elvis Costello. For a full schedule
of events and performances, visit www.tanglewood.org. (Sept.
1-3, call for times and prices, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass.,
413-637-1600)
Family
Values
Saratoga
Performing Arts Center, tuesday
It’s time to party like it’s 1998! Nü-metal creators Korn
and the Deftones are ready to let the freak off the leash
one more time, and they’re selling their antiquated style
at discount rates (only $9.99 for lawn seats). Accompanying
them will be nü-metal preservationists Stone Sour and Flyleaf.
Local bruisers Dead-Lift, who describe themselves as New York’s
premier melodic-rap/metal fusion band (read: nü-metal), won
themselves a slot on the show by winning a most-original-band
contest. Is there any better way to say goodbye to summer
and obnoxious multicolored goatees than in a drunk-frat guy-head
banging-pot-smoke haze? We doubt it. We sincerely doubt it.
(Sept 5, 2 PM, $9.99-$59.50, Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga
Springs, 584-9330)
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Richie
Havens
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Labor
Day is upon us, as is more than evident by a slim-pickings
week in terms of live music. However, we here at
Metroland care so much about your pursuit
of entertainment that for you, dear readers, we
rolled up our sleeves, dug in our heels, and unearthed
the few diamonds in the rough. See here: Tonight,
Burlington, Vt.-based Fire the Cannons will
bring their brand of indie rock to Valentine’s;
Hero Cycle, Hudson Rivieras, and local
faves the Wasted will open (8 PM, $5, 432-6572).
. . . New York City-based Fire Flies will
appear at Valentine’s on Saturday; the Sterns,
the Sense Offenders and Frankie
and His Fingers are also scheduled to perform
(8 PM, $5, 432-6572). . . . The Second Annual Berkshires
BluesFest will take place on Saturday at the Mahaiwe
Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass.,
featuring Richie Havens and John Hammond;
joining them are Maria Muldaur, and Paul
Rishell and Annie Raines (8 PM, $45, 413-528-0100).
. . . Also on Saturday (and also in the Berkshires):
Check out Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys
at Club Helsinki—the Wall Street Journal
calls Ledet today’s premier female zydeco artist
“whose soulful voice kicks her male counterparts”
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