Bill & the Belles HILLBILLY MUSIC
FRI. Paramount 9:30p SAT. Mural 12:30p
Bill & the Belles delivers delicately crafted early popular country music and long forgotten sentimental songs for the modern listener. Lifelong musicians Kris Truelsen, Grace Van’t Hof, Kalia Yeagle, and Karl Zerfas bring to the stage an uplifting show unlike any other, full of humor, high spirits, and all-around revelry.
Billy Crawford Band
SUN. 6th Street 4:30p
BLUES/ROCK
Blues guitar might be associated with Mississippi, Texas, and Chicago, but a man of the mid-South has something to say about that. Billy Crawford was raised playing bass in church, then gained an early hard-rock pedigree on electric guitar. But for the past three decades, he has turned his six-string action toward the blues. For much of the 1990s, audiences around the world heard Crawford’s intense work with blues-rocker Deborah Coleman. Crawford is a Bristol-based musician who rips through blues, ballads, rock, surf, and even New Orleans-style music. FRI. 7th Street 9:30p Blair Crimmins SAT. 6th Street 9:45p and the Hookers SUN. Mach Outdoor 4:00p
RAGTIME/DIXIELAND JAZZ
Blair Crimmins began his current music career in Atlanta, Georgia, with a determination to bring ragtime and 1920s-style Dixieland jazz to new audiences. Now, four years and five hundred shows later, he has toured the eastern United States playing large venues and has opened for national acts such as Mumford & Sons and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Boots on the Ground BLUEGRASS
FRI. Mach Indoor 5:30p FRI. Shanghai 9:30p
Boots on the Ground was formed in 2012 out of a love for playing and a desire to carry on the tradition of bluegrass music. The band has performed at a number of festivals, venues, parades, and churches in the East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia region and at events for The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail. Comprised of skilled and award-winning instrumentalists, the band brings high energy to traditional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music. Boots on the Ground is made up of band members Colton Powers, Ryan Henard, Cayce Herron, Ethan Tollison, Beecher Powers, and David Henard.
The Boys
FRI. Blackbird 7:45p SUN. Borderline 1:00p
AMERICANA
The Boys’ unique brand of “Appalachian Americana” is guaranteed to leave fans of all genres tapping their toes. Mixing old-time mountain influences with modern styles, these natives of Southwest Virginia are seasoned crossover artists. The band includes Ben Casteel on mandolin, Brian Allgood on plectrum banjo, Nate Tayloe on bass, and singersongwriter Clint Miller on guitar and vocals.
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