POP, ROCK, FOLK, COUNTRY AND JAZZ

2023 Hudson Jazz Festival: Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y,

Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St., Hudson. 7 p.m. Thursday. $30-$60. 518-8221438 or hudsonhall.org. The jazz drummer, producer and educator mentors and leads a quintet of young jazz lions.

2023 Hudson Jazz Festival: Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould ,

Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St., Hudson. 7 p.m. Friday. $30-$40. Free. 518822-1438 or hudsonhall.org. The New York-based jazz vocalists team up, backed by a quartet.

2023 Hudson Jazz Festival: Aaron Parks & Samantha Rise,

Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St., Hudson. 7 p.m. Saturday. $30-$40. 518-8221438 or hudsonhall.org. Multi-genre pianist Parks premieres a new composition for an acoustic quartet of piano, bass, drums and trumpet, interwoven with storytelling, questionings, and other vocal contributions from Philadelphia-based artist, activist and community organizer Rise. With Meshell Ndegeocello on bass.

2023 Hudson Jazz Festival: Endea Owens & the Cookout,

Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St., Hudson. 3 p.m. Sunday. $30-$40. 518-822-1438 or hudsonhall.org. Juilliard graduate and Detroit native Owens, the bassist for Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Band,

leads her band through head-bobbing jazz imbued with a sense of community and activism.

Acrobat, Cohoes Music Hall, 58 Remsen St., Cohoes. 8 p.m. Saturday. $29-$42. 518-434-0776 or thecohoesmusichall.org. The international U2 tribute show.

Blues Women of the Capital Region,

Spencertown Academy Arts Center, 790 Route 203, Spencertown. 8 p.m. Saturday. $20-$25. 518-3923693

or spencertownacademy.org. Performances by three accomplished blues singers: Jill Burnham, Robin O’herin and Amy Ryan. Candlelight Concerts, The Kenmore Ballroom, 76 North Pearl St., Albany. 9 p.m. Friday. $45. 518-469-6102 or thekenmoreballroom.com. Listeso Quartet performs “A Tribute to Taylor Swift.”

P hil Cook, Levon Helm Studios, 160 Plochmann Lane, Woodstock. 8 p.m.

Friday. $30-$40. 845-679-2744 or levonhelm.com. Guitarist, banjoist, pianist and singer.

The Dip, Lark Hall, 351 Hudson Ave., Albany. 8 p.m. Thursday. $25-$35. 518-599-5804 or larkhallalbany.com. A seven-piece pop-r&b band from Seattle. With special guest Stephen Day.

Friday Nights with Sergio Sericolo and Co.,

Eden Café, 269 Osborne Road, Albany. 7:30 p.m. Friday. 518977-3771

Times Union archive Amy Ryan performs along with Jill Burnham and Robin O’herin as the Blues Women of the Capital Region on Saturday at Spencertown Academy Arts Center in Spencertown.

Naoya Ikegami The Miró Quartet performs Friday at Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.

Hearst Newspapers Junior Watson performs Sunday at The Linda in Albany as part of a double bill with Dean Shot.