On Sunday, the Buffalo Choral Arts Society (BCAS) will perform a program called “Let the Heavens and Choirs Sing” featuring John Rutter’s Mass of the Children. This program is a part of the “Song of Peace” project, which is an international movement in which, for the month of March, choruses around the globe are invited to sing songs with the theme of dona nobis pacem—translated as “grant us peace.” This program marks the five-year anniversary of US involvement in Iraq, but it is not limited to so narrow a scope. The “Song of Peace” project is a plea for peace in all violent areas, such as Darfur, Afghanistan, Burma, the Congo and in American inner cities. The BCAS heard of the movement and, for now, they are the only group locally who is scheduled to be a part of the project. Though Rutter’s piece is the highlight of the performance, also featured will be works by Faure, Brahms, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others. The BCAS will be performing on this Lenten Sunday with soprano Jill Masters, baritone Jonathan Michie and special guests the Nardin Academy High School Women’s Choir, directed by Elizabeth Newton. Visit buffalochoralarts.org for tickets or songofpeace.org for more information on the program.

If, like me, you struggle to remember the time before Terrapin Station offered comfort to the tie-dyed and Teva-ed, well then, maybe you were a customer too. From its birth 20 years ago, Terrapin has been more than a Hertel Avenue head shop; it’s been a kind of community center for Deadheads. You could get your kit there, sure—tapestries, tapes, incense, silver, glassware and other accoutrements—but you could also meet likeminded people, arrange rides to shows, find a bass player for your band. You could cop a design idea for a t-shirt to sell out of your trunk. It was home. And this weekend Terrapin sponsors a homecoming, a Dionysian anniversary at Club Infinity featuring music by Sonic Garden and Acoustic Forum, two of the region’s best jam bands, as well as surprise guest artists. Artvoice will be there, too, handing out t-shirts, hats and other prizes to revelers who fill out ballots for our annual Best of Buffalo poll. Stop in, as Terrapin’s ad slogan goes, and say “hi.”

Release the Love Parade! The sound is a mellow melody mixed with mean guitar riffs and psychedelic rock. If you’d like to hear a distorted version of Mika, Robbie Williams or James Blunt, you will find Love Parade irresistible. The band was originally formed by Jason Sallese in Fredonia in 2002 as a recording project, drawing in veterans of Gym Class Heroes, League and Standfast. Members split to work on other projects, then in 2004 the group reformed to work on a new record. Inside Rooms Outside Boxes was completed in January 2006 and followed with Love Parade getting gigs opening for Rogue Wave, Oakley Hall, Page France and Extra Golden, among others. The newest LP, All Together Now, a self-release that’s wrapping up production at the time of this writing, will be unveiled at this weekend’s show. Joining Love Parade for their CD release celebration will be New York City’s Aloke, and local acts La Cacahouette and Nick Gordon kick off the night.

The amazing one-man jam band Keller Williams is solo no more. In the past year he finally formed his own full band, christened at Tennessee’s 2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival, called the WMDs. The addition of Jeff Sipe on drums, Keith Mosely on bass and Gibb Droll on lead guitar leaves Williams free to concentrate on rhythm guitar, straying from his trademark modified model 12-strings into electric guitar snyth and a six-string acoustic baritone. Lauded throughout his 15-year career for his prolific writing and technical skill, Williams has created a collection of standout tracks for his 12th album, appropriately entitled 12 (SCI). The album is a series of songs, one from each of his previous eleven albums, ending with a brand new, previously unreleased track. Williams calls the album his “Hitless Greatest Hits.” While its true that radio airplay has eluded him, that’s par for the course with the great jam bands—Phish, moe., the Grateful Dead—and Williams continues to build a huge fan base through his live performances, studio releases and bootleg recordings. This will be Keller Williams’ first performance in Buffalo with his band.