ASHFORD AND SIMPSON
Though best known as the husband-and-wife songwriting team behind such soul classics as “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “You’re All I Need to Get By” and “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson also have recorded more than 15 albums as a vocal duo. Tonight and tomorrow at Scullers Jazz Club, 617-562-4111.
DJ JOE BERMUDEZ
Recently ranked in DJ Times’top 20 American jocks, West Coast nightclub mainstay Bermudez brings his signature tribal sound. Tomorrow at Underbar, 617-292-7122.
BOB WEIR AND RATDOG
Former Grateful Dead guitarist and tireless tour rat Weir returns with his current band, including guitarist Mark Karan, who is on the mend after a bout with throat cancer. Tomorrow at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, N.H.,
603-929-4100.
CREAKING TREE STRING QUARTET
Toronto’s Creaking Tree String Quartet (mandolin, guitar, fiddle, bass) makes its Boston-area debut. Sunday at Club Passim, Cambridge, 617-492-7679.
MICHAEL HURLEY
Legendary folk hero Hurley recorded his debut for the original Folkways label in 1965. He has recently
enjoyed a Second Coming: Cat Power recorded three of his songs, his early material has been reissued on CD and Devendra Banhart’s label has released Hurley’s 20th album, “Ancestral Swamp.” Sunday at the Nave Gallery, Somerville, 617-625-4823.
THE LAT PACK
Call them the Kings of Salsa: star singers Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nieves and Jose “El Canario”
Alberto together as the Lat Pack. Sunday at Berklee Performance Center, 617-747-2261.
LOVE DURING WARTIME TWO
