Weekend Riff: MSU Professors of Jazz Go Carribean, All Get Out at the Loft, Lansing Metal from Genocya

Lansing Music: This weekend brings entertainment from the MSU Professors of Jazz in Old Town, Lansing metal band Genocya and much more

-Thursday: Alternative rock band MuteMath went back to basics on their new album, “Odd Soul,” out Oct. 4. According to drummer Darren King, the New Orleans gentlemen needed to shed any self-doubt or worry and get back to making music that they, as a collective bunch, loved and felt was authentic. Read an interview with the band in this week's Lansing State Journal What's On, and sample tracks from MuteMath on the band's official website.

 -Friday: The Ten Pound Fiddle is back in action, and ethereal Canadian duo Dala perform Friday, bringing elegant original songs and unique approaches to cover songs from the great songwriters. The duo of Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine hold a Juno Award, which is Canada’s Grammy, and they’re one of the more buzzed about young folk acts on the scene. Find show details in this week's What's On and at http://www.tenpoundfiddle.org.

-Also Friday: The MSU Professors of Jazz go Caribbean, with trumpeter Etienne Charles unveiling compositions that harken back to his Caribbean roots. The native of Trinidad will be backed by his fellow professors in this final concert in a series based on the cultural influences that inspire their music. The concert is supported, in part, by the Arts Council of Greater Lansing. Tickets are $25 via Paypal on STPConcerts.com, or at Elderly Instruments in Lansing and Archive Books Shop in East Lansing. Find more information at the STP Concerts website.

Remember, if you'd like to donate to the Robert Busby MSU Jazz Scholarship Fund, find details, here.

-Friday and Saturday: Lansing metal band Genocya are taking a few months off, but before the break, catch the guys play Friday at the Machine Shop in Flint and Saturday at Oade's Hidden Camel in Lansing. Saturday's show also features local metal from the likes of Purgatory Grove, Hillside Barrier, Six Seconds to Oblivion, Slight Case of Death, Project Apocalypse and Russ from C.O.R.E.

-Saturday: Charleston, S.C.-based, rock band All Get Out (pitcuted above) headlines the Loft's "Over the Edge" concert series Saturday, with Now Now, Herd and Commodore Cosmos. Find fee-free tickets via Fusion Shows, and listen to tracks from All Get Out on their Facebook page.