Those looking to catch some live music this weekend have an eclectic variety of national and regional acts to choose from. If you're in the mood for hip-hop, head to Rams Head Live on Friday for Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def. If you're in the mood for metal, head to Hampden Saturday night for Necropsy. If you want to jam and dance, head to the 8x10 for Talking Heads Tribute The Psycho Killers on Friday, or Saturday for funk-rock band Subtle Hustle and electro-rock jamband Big Something. Here's what's on tap this weekend: Friday, March 1Who: Yasiin Bey aka Mos DefWhere: Rams Head Live, 20 Market …

A year ago, you could catch Kenny Liner on stage playing mandolin, percussion or beat boxing with The Bridge. But these days, you’re more likely to find him teaching rhythms with a snare drum or the basics of step dancing in a Baltimore City housing project. After touring with the eclectic Baltimore band for 10 years, the Pikesville native started Believe in Music, a non-profit affiliate of Living Classrooms that aims to uplift underprivileged Baltimore City students academically, culturally and spiritually through music education. “It’s just getting going, and it’s going really well,” Liner…

This weekend, 25,000 people will descend on Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, W.Va., for the 15thAll Good Festival. Attendees will be treated to three days and four nights of music with no overlapping sets. The stacked lineup features mainstays from the jamband scene and beyond, including Further, which features Bob Weir and Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead fame, Primus, moe., Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams, Galactic, Toots and the Maytals, hometown heroes The Bridge and a long list of other bands. “We schedule it so it’s band after awesome band,” said Dave Weissman, a spokesman for …