If you live in an apartment in Roanoke, VA and love live music, here is whats playing around town this week. FRIDAY-SATURDAY Poor Farm Fest: With Rumpke Mountain Boys, The Mad Anthonys, Hillbilly Carnival, Dirk Quinn Band and more Road trip alert: Out in Greenbrier County, this little festival brings variety. It includes the Americana music of Cincinnati, Ohio’s Rumpke Mountain Boys — who call their music “trashgrass” — and the Dave Matthews-esque syncopated pop-funk of Dirk Quinn Band. Details: 5 p.m. Friday, noon Saturday. 1790 Williamsburg Road, Williamsburg, W.Va. $25 Friday only; $25 Saturday; $45 full weekend. poorfarmwv@gmail, poorfarmfest.webs, rumpkemountainboys, dirkquinn TUESDAY Pat Metheny Unity Group Seems like it was only yesterday that a massive snowfall blanketed the valley, postponing — among other things — Pat Metheny Unity Group at Jefferson Center. In fact, it was all the way back in February. It’s time for the makeup date for this group, featuring some of the planet’s best jazzers. Hear a podcast with guitarist, composer and bandleader Metheny at tinyurl/nkfrpry. Details: 7:30 p.m. Jefferson Center, Shaftman Hall, Roanoke. $59, $44, $38, $32. 345-2550, jeffcenter.org, patmetheny TUESDAY The Bacon Brothers, with Cindy Alexander You know the game six degrees of Kevin Bacon? It works under the hypothesis that everyone on the planet can be connected to Bacon through that few people. Want to be one degree away, and enjoy some bluesy, jazzy pop music? Then go hear the aforementioned Bacon with his brother, Michael, and their band. Details: 8 p.m. Harvester Performance Center, Rocky Mount. $50 advance; $55; $1 fee. 484-8277, harvester-music, baconbros, cindyalexander WEDNESDAY The Mavericks One of the coolest bands to come out of the country music genre, The Mavericks recently reunited after eight years away. The Nashville-via-Miami band, which won a Grammy in 1996 for the single “Here Comes The Rain” is still making outstanding music. The act’s latest album, “In Time,” is filled with compelling music of country, rock, folk and Latin tinges, tight playing and the rich vocals of Raul Malo. Details: 8 p.m. (7 p.m. doors) Harvester Performance Center. $45 advance; $50 day of show; $1 fee. themavericksband Roanoke
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:34:12 +0000
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