There’s no proper, all-encompassing term for the music of John Cate, the Newton native who spent the past five years in Los Angeles, but recently moved back east, settling in Waltham. Cate would probably be fine with the umbrella label “pop-Americana,” as that’s a good description of the set of original songs the singer-guitarist will be presenting with his trio members – guitarist Paul Candilore and bass man Clayton Young – at the Burren in [...]