Highlights

In the “about” section on the website of the new Portland hip hop label Filthy Records & Tapes, they get blunt. “The music industry is cooked,” it’s headlined. “Streaming platforms are a wasteland of payola playlists, AI slop, and ghost artists designed to extract maximum value for major label shareholders. We started Filthy Records & Tapes because we believe you and the music you love deserve better. We’re opting out of this broken system to build a community where music is not just a product but a valued expression of the artist who made it. When you choose a Filthy release, you aren’t just buying a record, you’re making a choice to reject the endless algorithm-fed stream and ensure that artists are paid fairly for their work.”

Filthy artists, producers and organizers god.damn.chan., DJ KFT, and BZA take over the monthly Stereo Dreams producers’ showcase at The Apohadion Theater (107 Hanover St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Cover: $5-$15 (pay what you can; all ages).

In late 2023, we published a story about Ryan’s Corner House (“The People’s Pub”), the friendly and lively tavern in the midst of all that Kennebunkport touristy crap, where one-man Celtic band Ross Gregor Adam plays every Friday night. Despite a scare two years ago that the pub was going to close, they’re still open and hosting live music (including Ross every Friday). Nowadays, Ross also plays regularly has at The Dunn Bar (12 Washington St., Biddeford), another lively Irish joint that carries on the tradition of the legendary Wonderbar previously at that location. He starts around 6 p.m. and it’s free for all ages.

The light country-rock band Pure Prairie League has dominated AM airwaves for nearly 60 years. Its current incarnation contains no original members, but that’s hardly the point now, right? You just wanna hear “Amie” and “Falling In and Out of Love” played live in a big venue, and you can do exactly that at Johnson Hall Opera House (280 Main St., Gardiner) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $35.

Singer and piano man Bruce Hornsby’s soft rock hits have only filled the ether for about 40 years, but at least he’s still performing live, The Range having been superseded by The Noisemakers. They’re at the State Theatre (609 Congress St., Portland) at 8 p.m. Tix: $45-$75.

During “Sculptures of Sound” at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (21 Winter St., Rockland), hornist David Byrd-Marrow performs his composition “Meditations,” a piece inspired by Bianca Beck’s current sculptural exhibition, Eyes, and five other musicians play 19th century “modern” composer Anton Bruckner’s famous String Quintet in F Major, at 7 p.m. It’s part of the Salt Bay Chamberfest happening this month at various venues. Tix: $35 (students free).