North African blues guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar blew up the Fox Theatre Thursday night with his dazzling finger picking and penchant for ambling jams.

The sold out Ogden Theatre throbbed with sweaty revelers as the Meter Men rooted through funk’s most definitive catalogue.

Maybe it was the sudden snow that muffled Toubab Krewe and reggae rockers See-I at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Friday night.

The first of a three-night stand was a start-stop, lurching endeavor for Furthur at the 1stBank Center on Friday night, with moments of inspired brilliance riding shotgun with clumsy segues and careless sloppiness.

New Orleans’ Galactic steamrolled the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, stomping through two-plus hours of swampy, fiery grooves. Galactic conjured a raging, steamy boogie, wrapping its soulful, brassy funk around Living Colour frontman Corey Glover’s pitch-perfect vocals.

John Scofield folded his sophisticated jammy jazz into Medeski, Martin and Wood’s trippy smooth sounds, kneading a gooey jazz funk that oozed through the Ogden Theatre on Friday night.

The New Mastersounds blew up the Other Side Saturday night, churning through an acid-jazz, deep-funk dance lesson that kept the joint jumping ‘til almost 3 a.m.

Steve Kimock at the Oriental Theater on Saturday, 10/20/12. Review of the concert in Denver, Colorado.

Furthur at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday, 9/21/12. Photos and review of the concert in Morrison, Colorado.

The Soul Rebels at the Other Side, 9/7/12 (photos)