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"The infinitely talented Infamous Stringdusters return to Rams Head Live! in Baltimore this Friday night to perform songs from their five albums, the latest of which is titled &amp;quot;Let It Go&amp;quot; (8 p.m.). Like a lot of the bands that were characterized during the past decade as &amp;quot;jam bands,&amp;quot; these guys don&#039;t want to be categorized.The tight and hot bluegrass configuration, consisting of Andy Falco (guitar), Travis Book (bass), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), Andy Hall (Dobro) and Chris Pandolfi (banjo), is supremely comfortable playing jazz, funk and rock licks enveloped behind the promise of musical freedom and bliss. Say no more; just head on over and see for yourself.One of my favorite Telescaster players is Arlen Roth. Picked by Vintage Guitar magazine as one of the Top 100 Influential Guitarists of the Century, Roth exudes talent and finesse over a series of cover albums where he gives the personal treatment to songs by Bob Dylan (with whom he has performed) and Simon &amp; Garfunkel.His 1993 release, &amp;quot;Toolin&#039; Around,&amp;quot; features duets with a host of peers, guys like the late Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, Brian Setzer and others. Roth was the guitar coach for the Ralph Macchio film &amp;quot;Crossroads&amp;quot; and plays a duel with Steve Vai that you can find on YouTube.Roth&#039;s daughter Lexie steps up to the microphone as lead singer of his band The Cordobas on this tour, which stops on Friday night at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club (8 p.m.). If you miss Danny Gatton or just love the sound of a supreme Fender Telecaster player, don&#039;t miss this show! Plus, Cathy Ponton King opens the show.Also this Friday night don&#039;t miss Delaware singer-songwriter Rory Sullivan with Alex &amp;amp; Shiloh at Stoltz Listening Room in the Avalon Theatre in Easton (8 p.m.). Think James Taylor, Marc Cohn and John Mayer to get a feel for this talented young singer.English soul and R&amp;B singer Daley plays the 9:30 Club in D.C. (8 p.m.), bass clarinet player Todd Marcus performs forward looking jazz at Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel with special guest Don Byron on clarinet (8 p.m.), and it&#039;s Indiana outfit The Ataris performing their pop-punk at the Fillmore in Silver Spring (8 p.m.).And don&#039;t miss finger-tapping jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan as he performs two shows each night for the weekend at Blues Alley in Georgetown in the nation&#039;s capital (8 and 10 p.m. shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday).AtRams Head Live!in Baltimore this Saturday night (9 p.m.), look for theJohn K Band, featuring the scintillating guitar work ofJohn Kadlecik(co-founder of Dark Star Orchestra, Melvin Seals, The Mix). Kadlecik is the lead guitarist these days in the Garcia lead guitar position with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir&#039;s current Dead-centric band Further. Kadlecik now lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife, Katy Gaughan, and, when not on the road with Furthur, performs in the D.C. area with the newly formed and simply named John K Band, as well as solo acoustic and special guest appearances.South African rockerJohnny Cleggreturns to D.C. this Saturday night for a show at George Washington University&#039;sLisner Auditorium(8 p.m.). Grammy-nominated andBillboardmusic award winner Clegg is noted as singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and musical activist.His music and multiracial band exploded onto the international music scene and broke through barriers in South Africa. His dance-friendly crossover sound blends African music with a vibrant blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms, earning Clegg the nickname Le Zulu Blanc - &amp;quot;the white Zulu.&amp;quot;Jon Batisteperforms with his jazz groupStay HumanatThe Howard Theatrein Washington on Saturday (8 p.m.). New Orleans born-and-bred Batiste offers a unique voice, virtuosic piano chops and a curious instrument called a harmonaboard for the entire world to experience (it&#039;s a large melodica).Batiste is working hard to create a unique grassroots movement that encourages accessibility and appreciation in the art of the live performance. As &amp;quot;Traveling Ambassador&amp;quot; for Music Unites, and associate artistic director for the National Jazz Museum, Batiste is a noted advocate for music education. You&#039;ve probably seen him in television and film (HBO&#039;s &amp;quot;Treme&amp;quot; and Spike Lee&#039;s &amp;quot;Red Hook Summer&amp;quot;).The lovely folk singerKat Parsonsappears in the intimateStoltz Listening Roomat Easton&#039;sAvalon Theatrethis Saturday night (8 p.m.). Parsons has been featured on XM satellite radio and its recent &amp;quot;Radar Report,&amp;quot; where her songs dominated the top three most-played slots. She&#039;s endorsed by Yamaha (who named her an &amp;quot;Influential Emerging Artist&amp;quot;) and has appeared in commercials for Baldwin Pianos and Gibson Musical Instruments.Born in Vienna, Austria, to esteemed opera singer Darrell and popular recording artist Julie (with whom she co-wrote &amp;quot;I Know It&#039;s Time&amp;quot;), Parsons was raised in Maryland. She says of her powerful recent album &amp;quot;No Will Power&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;I hope that people will be able to find themselves or a piece of a relationship they&#039;ve been in and be able to recognize themselves in the songs... Being able to recognize yourself in the world is a huge thing, and makes you feel not so alone.&amp;quot;Also on Saturday night, the powerful pop classical duo known asThe Piano Guyslights up theWarner Theatrein Washington with their Internet-popular rock covers of tunes.Get yourself over to theBethesda Blues &amp; Jazz Super Clubto witness true bluegrass royalty as 87-year-oldRalph Stanleyand hisClinch Mountain Boysarrive in the area for two weekend performances, one on Saturday night (8 p.m.) and the other on Sunday (7:30 p.m.).Along with his older brother Carter Stanley, Ralph formed the legendary Stanley Brothers duo in 1946 and later the Clinch Mountain Boys, one of the most popular bluegrass bands in history. Carter died in a tragic traffic accident in 1966, but The Stanley Brothers hits endure as standards of the form, including &amp;quot;Angel Band,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Rank Strangers,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Little Maggie&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Man Of Constant Sorrow.&amp;quot;Proteges of Stanley include former band members Ricky Skaggs, Larry Sparks and the late Keith Whitley.In 1984, Stanley was the recipient of the National Heritage Award from President Ronald Reagan, and in 1992 he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall Of Honor.In 2002 Stanley received a Grammy for &amp;quot;Best Male Country Vocal Performance&amp;quot; for his rendition of &amp;quot;Oh Death&amp;quot; (featured in the movie and soundtrack of &amp;quot;O Brother Where Art Thou&amp;quot;)&amp;quot; In 2006, he received the Living Legend Award from the Library of Congress and National Medal of Arts presented by President George W. Bush.Also this Saturday and Sunday, theLos Lonely Boyspresent their supercharged, Latino flavored blues rock for two shows atRams Head On Stagein Annapolis (8 p.m. each night). They call it &amp;quot;Texican rock &#039;n&#039; roll.&amp;quot; Three brothers -Henry,JojoandRingo- have followed in the footsteps of their father, a star on the Conjunto scene of the 1970s and &#039;80s. His, too, was a band of brothers called The Falcones. Los Lonely Boys Grammy-winning song &amp;quot;Heaven&amp;quot; was a No. 1 hit for the brothers. It&#039;s going to be a rockin&#039; party this weekend at Rams Head On Stage!Get introduced to one of the most fun new roots and swing bands in the area as theBumper Jacksonsgo crazy Sunday atSixth and I Historic Synagoguein D.C. (8 p.m.). This show celebrates the release of their album &amp;quot;Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In.&amp;quot;Formed in 2012 as a duo, Bumper Jacksons has expanded to a powerhouse sextet wielding washboard-clarinet, guitar, bass, trombone, pedal steel, and &amp;quot;The Suitcase&amp;quot; (of percussion). The album presents the band in their full energetic glory armed with an intelligent repertoire that mixes playful originals and inventive versions of traditional tunes.Bumper Jacksons slide seamlessly between street jazz, early blues, country swing and machinations all their own. The Bumper Jacksons will be collaborating with local folk percussionistsChristylez Bacon(beatbox, spoons, djembe),Steve Hickman(hambone) andChristine Galante(tap dance, flatfooting) for this memorable album release party.Don&#039;t miss thePsychedelic Furson Monday as they perform their new wave hits &amp;quot;Love My Way,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Pretty In Pink,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Heaven,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;The Ghost In You&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Heartbreak Beat&amp;quot; at theAvalon Theatrein Easton (8 p.m.). The dance floor will be open!The highlight for me this Tuesday night is an evening atRams Head On Stagein Annapolis with South African flugelhorn playerHugh Masekela(8 p.m.).Masekela began with the trumpet at age 14 after seeing the film &amp;quot;Young Man with a Horn&amp;quot; (Kirk Douglas plays a character modeled after American jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke). Masakela was brought up in a forward-thinking school that perhaps looked to music as a tool for dissolving the apartheid form of racist government in South Africa at the time.After performing in the orchestra for a South African theatrical production of &amp;quot;King Kong,&amp;quot; which traveled to London&#039;s West End for a two-year run, Masakela fled the apartheid atrocities that were being perpetrated in his country. With help from singer Harry Belefonte, Masekela attended the Manhattan School of Music through the early 60s.In the U.S. one thing led to another and Masekela became a pop star with hits such as &amp;quot;Up, Up and Away&amp;quot; (1967) and his No. 1 signature smash &amp;quot;Grazing in the Grass&amp;quot; (1968). His appearance on stage at the legendary Monterey Pop Festival also led to recording with rockers The Byrds (&amp;quot;So You Want to Be a Rock &amp; Roll Star&amp;quot;) and later with Paul Simon, one of the producers of Monterey Pop (&amp;quot;Further to Fly&amp;quot; and on tour with the Graceland project).I can&#039;t wait to just be in the same room with Hugh Masakela as he warms the crowd with his wisdom and music.Brooklyn folk rock trioThe Lone Bellowoffer up their lovely three-part harmonies atRams Head On Stageon Wednesday (8 p.m.).And Thursday, April 3, you have your pick of some great shows, including &amp;quot;X Factor&amp;quot; starCher Lloydbehind her double-platinum-selling debut single &amp;quot;Want U Back&amp;quot; atRams Head Live!in Baltimore (8 p.m.), the rootsy string bandCarolina Chocolate Dropsat the9:30 Clubin D.C. withDavid Wax Museum(7 p.m. doors), and bluesyKeb Mois atThe Music Center at Strathmorein North Bethesda (8 p.m.)."
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