Seth Rogovoy

English blues singer and guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor, who was discovered by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics at the age of 16, brings her modern blues-rock sound to the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., tonight at 8pm.

Habbina Habbina, led by guitarist Amit Peled, brings its signature style of Mediterranean surf music to Park Theater in Hudson, N.Y., tonight at 8pm. The trio takes its inspiration from Egyptian pop, Greek tunes as well as all sorts of retro-Mediterranean-hits, Dick Dale surf guitar, James Bond soundtracks, Umm Kulthum, Aris San and many others. (Fri, Apr 12)

Woodstock, N.Y.-native Simi Stone will be joined by guitarist Jack Petruzelli and Friends at the Local in Saugerties, N.Y., tonight at 7pm, to perform her patented style of original music she calls “Mountain Motown” -- an infectious, soulful blend of rootsy singer-songwriter music with a heavy dose of R&B. Stone is a multitalented artist with a background in classical violin, ballet, and various musical genres, including Afro-punk and dance music.

Kingston-based multi-instrumentalist and folk-pop singer-songwriter Francesca Hoffman and Hudson-based dream-pop singer-songwriter Stephen Bluhm showcase their homegrown sounds at Park Theater in Hudson, N.Y., tonight at 7pm.

Legendary downtown performance artist Penny Arcade brings the curtain down on Bridge Street Theatre’s 2024 SoloFest in Catskill, N.Y., with her one-woman show Longing Lasts Longer with three performances, tonight through Sunday.

Celtic baroque band Makaris brings its singular Irish-accented twist on the music of J.S. Bach to the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Sunday at 4pm, in a presentation by Close Encounters With Music. Scottish music proved creatively productive and financially lucrative for several composers during the 18th century. Haydn and Beethoven alone arranged hundreds of these traditional songs for home performance. Makaris shows why this repertoire proved so popular with audiences and artists. (Sun, Mar 17)

Grammy Award-nominated guitarist and songwriter Gary Lucas brings an eclectic program of music ranging from 1930 Chinese pop to Captain Beefheart to Jeff Buckley to Spencertown Academy Arts Center in Spencertown, N.Y., on Saturday at 7:30pm.

An exhibition featuring design sketches, models and watercolors for film and theater by the award-winning designer Carl Sprague, a native of Stockbridge, Mass., is on view at Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College in Albany, N.Y., now through Friday, February 23. Carl Sprague’s career as a designer spans stage and screen. He has worked in the art departments of more than 40 films, which between them have a combined total of 35 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture-winner 12 Years a Slave.

Trailblazing pianist and composer Conrad Tao combines repertoire from the Western canon as well as provocative contemporary works in “Poetry & Fairy Tale,” a program featuring works by Johannes Brahms, Todd Moellenberg, David Fulmer, Rebecca Saunders, and Maurice Ravel, in EMPAC Concert Hall at RPI in Troy, N.Y., tonight at 8pm. (Fri, Jan 19)

Boston-based German-American new-folk singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot brings a new batch of songs featured on last year’s terrific comeback album, New Wild West, to the Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, in Albany, N.Y., tonight at 8pm. Duvekot’s confessional folk has garnered her the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival Best New Folk Award, and a Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act. RIYL Shawn Colvin or Dar Williams. (Fri, Jan 12)