Donny McCaslin with ‘A’ Band & NiteCap
After the late David Bowie caught a set of the saxophonist’s art-rock-meets-avant-jazz quartet, he enlisted them to be his band on his final album, the exquisite Blackstar. Now the New York group has released its own new album, Beyond Now its dramatic, experimental sonics inspired by the Bowie project.
Oct. 28, 8 p.m.
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Blueshore Centre
Tickets and info: $29 to $32,
capilanou.ca/centre
Sunflower Bean
Oct. 28, 8 p.m. | Fox Cabaret
Tickets and info : $12, timbreconcerts.com
Members of this Brooklyn group were in their teens when they made their Fat Possum debut, the exuberant Human Ceremony. But we’re told their parents were into great music, and it has evidently rubbed off. Singer bassist Julia Cumming has a Debra Harry vibe as tracks veer from psyche metal to fuzzed-out Beach Boys.
Ages of the Moon
Until Nov. 6, 8 p.m., with additional shows on weekend | Presentation House Theatre
Tickets and info : $20 to $30, phtheatre.org
After a hiatus from the stage, acclaimed actor Jon Bryden teamed up with fellow theatre veterans, the director John Cooper and actor Alec Willows, to create the company Lonesome Moon Productions — which presents Sam Shepard’s droll yet thoughtful exploration of friendship and loss.