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flamenco, blues, soul, pop, and folk. They all show up and they never seem to crowd the party. (FD) raulmidon.com The Sadies [ ROOTS/ AMERICANA ] The Sadies’ sound is a heady mix of classic country, bluegrass, rock ‘n’ roll, punk, psychedelic rock, garage rock, and surf dusted with a dark ambient cool. It’s Gram Parsons’ cosmic Americana realized. The Sadies can play everything, and have Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars PHOTO PROVIDED been playing everything everywhere with everyone deep, and joyous. And the band’s protracted for the past 15 years. The Sadies is the go-to jams prolong the elation. Thunder Body backing band — both live and in the studio formed in April 2010 when singer-guitarist — for artists like Neko Case, Jon Langford, Matt O’Brian and keyboardist Rachel Orke Andre Williams, and Jon Spencer and Matt split from popular local roots-reggae outfit Verta-Ray’s Heavy Trash. The Sadies deliver Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. Despite the maximum bang for your concert buck. GPGDS in its veins, this band adds a further Dressed in their countrypolitan gentleman dash of danger with savage grooves and suits, the band members spin the dial between dreamy ambiance. (FD) thunderbody.com original songs, and the songs found in their musical DNA. In a sweaty, two-hour frenzy, Victor Goines Quartet [ JAZZ ] Whether you’ll hear the band play stuff from The Byrds he’s playing tenor sax, soprano sax, or to Pink Floyd, and many points in between. clarinet, Victor Goines is undoubtedly (FD) thesadies.net among the finest reed men in jazz. He can Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars [ WORLD BEAT ] Made up of refugees displaced to Guinea by the civil war in the Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars’ mission is that of peace and support of humanitarian efforts worldwide. The band’s uplifting sound is the result of joy and triumph after coming through unspeakable hardship. The band’s polyrhythmic output features layers of pop, world music, and even a dash of hip-hop. Absolutely and undeniably beautiful. (FD) refugeeallstars.org Thunder Body [ REGGAE/FUNK/JAM ] Rochester band Thunder Body serves up one of the deepest grooves you will ever encounter. Clearly a reggae band, Thunder Body takes funk’s intensity and blends it with a casual soul aesthetic. It’s spine-bending,

coax all of the beauty out of a ballad and raise everyone’s blood pressure with his uptempo tunes. It’s no surprise that Goines is a member of the most prestigious big band in the country, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and one of the top small groups, the Wynton Marsalis Septet. Over his career he’s performed with a variety of jazz and pop greats, from Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard to Ray Charles and Bob Dylan. (RN) victorgoines.com

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