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253 W. 125th St. (212-531-5305)--June 1: Clifford (Tip) Harris, the chart-topping rapper and actor from Atlanta who goes by the name T.I.

237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)--June 2: The powerful funk of New Orleans's Rebirth Brass Band.

Broadway at 74th St. (212-307-7171)--June 2: Linda Ronstadt, the onetime queen of country rock and one of the top-selling artists of the seventies, has teamed up with the Cajun-music singer and guitarist Ann Savoy. They have a new album, "Adieu False Heart," coming out later this month.

6 Delancey St. (212-533-2111)--June 2: Cocorosie. Sierra and Bianca Casady, the two sisters at the heart of this local outfit, share the raw vocal style of certain early female blues singers. They have a Continental flair (their first album was titled "La Maison de Mon Rêve") and favor dreamy arrangements and sparse accompaniment. June 3: Prefuse 73 (one of the many aliases used by the experimental hip-hop producer Guillermo Scott Herren) crafts wide-ranging electronic music. June 4 and June 6: The up-and-coming Minneapolis band Tapes 'N Tapes.

308 Bowery, at Bleecker St. (212-614-0505)--The visual artist and singer Andy Friedman holds court on Thursdays through July 27.

101 Richardson St., Williamsburg (718-302-4702)--Last year, Tompkins Square Records put out "Imaginational Anthem," a fine collection of rare acoustic-guitar performances by old-time associates of John Fahey and contemporary players sympathetic to his pioneering approach. Next week, the label is releasing "Imaginational Anthem: Volume 2," and a few of its contributors--Sharron Kraus, James Blackshaw, and Jesse Sparhawk--are on tour, with a stop on June 3 at this intimate second-floor gallery and performance space, situated above a hospital-supply warehouse. The performance is part of a concert-series accompanying "Folk," an exhibition of Alan Lomax's photography, films, and writings, which runs through Aug. 6.

East Rutherford, N.J. (212-307-7171)--June 1 and June 3: Pearl Jam, the last band standing from the upper echelons of grunge royalty, has outlived both Nirvana and Soundgarden (absorbing the drummer from the latter). Their profile may be a bit lower these days, but their fans are no less passionate. They love the band for its conviction and its lefty politics. With the youngsters in My Morning Jacket.

70 North 6th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn (718-782-5188)--The first Monday of the month: Murray Hill, the self-described "hardest-working middle-aged man in show business," hosts an amateur burlesque contest.

425 Lafayette St. (212-539-8777)--June 3: For more than two decades, Avion Travel (formerly Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel) has blended traditional tunes from its native Italy with electronic music, tango, indie rock, and northeastern-Brazilian baião. The six-piece Caserta-based orchestra is a cult favorite, and it is currently recording a set of Paolo Conte songs, with the help of the singer himself. June 5-6: James Luther Dickinson is the stage name for the gruff-voiced, barrel-chested piano player and legendary Memphis-based producer Jim Dickinson. He's back with a new solo album, "Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger," which is only his third in more than three decades. Backed by his sons, Cody and Luther, among others, Dickinson delivers roadhouse fun with a sawdust-in-your-eye swagger. Here Cody, Luther, and the bassist Chris Chew (otherwise known as the North Mississippi Allstars) will provide the support.

47th Ave. at Van Dam St., Long Island City, Queens (718-482-5151)--June 3: Salman Ahmad, the founder of the Pakistani rock group Junoon (Urdu for "passion"), performs a solo show.

June 3: The concert series dedicated to the Southern dance music presents the accordionist Roy Carrier, the owner of the Off-Shore Lounge, an epicenter of zydeco in Lawtell, Louisiana. (Connolly's, 121 W. 45th St. For more information, call 212-685-7597 or visit www.letszydeco.com.)

June 1: A bluegrass show with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Andy Statman, Carrie Rodriguez, and Citigrass. (Castle Clinton, Battery Park.) June 2: The neo-psychedelic art rock of the Super Furry Animals. (Pier 17, South Street Seaport.) June 4: The Bang on a Can Marathon features ten hours of classical, electronica, jazz, and indie rock in the World Financial Center's Winter Garden (see Classical Music). (For more information about the festival, visit www.rivertorivernyc.com.)

107 Norfolk St. (212-358-7503)--June 5: Sharron Kraus, James Blackshaw, and Jesse Sparhawk (see Brooklyn Fire Proof).

123 W. 43rd St. (212-840-2824)--June 1: T Bone Burnett, who is fifty-eight, bought his first studio when he was just a teen-ager, and the tall, lanky one has since spent more time behind the boards than in front of an audience, producing albums for a number of artists, including Elvis Costello, the Counting Crows, and his wife, Sam Phillips, as well as creating one of the most successful soundtracks of all time, for the 2001 film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" He started the seventies with a solo album, went on to play guitar with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, and then formed a spinoff from that experience called the Alpha Band. In the eighties, he released a series of solo records that garnered him a cult following. This tour, his first in nearly two decades, comes with the release of a long-awaited new solo album, "The True False Identity."

125 E. 11th St. (212-353-1600)--June 3: The Australian power trio Wolfmother pairs the brawn of heavy metal with the sprawling vistas of psychedelic and progressive rock. Their high-volume pastiche of oft-ridiculed seventies rock memes may not be for everyone, but their devotion to the cause is beyond reproach. With the Louisiana swamp gothic of Deadboy & the Elephantmen.