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© Copyright DLP Concerts 2008
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Saturday - Main Stage  11:30 AM - Blacksburg Community BandAn all-volunteer community organization formed in 1989. The band plays a wide variety of concert band music. 12:30 PM - Panjammers & Island Pan Steel Pan OrchestraThe PanJammers and Island Pan, from Blacksburg, play handcrafted steel drums, and perform a variety of Caribbean-flavored music including calypso, reggae, classical, jazz, and pop.  2:00 PM - Entre NousAn eclectic blend covering music from pop, rock, funk- old and new - light and heavy, and all points in between. 3:00 PM - Sonic SafariThe area's most diverse Sextet! Sax, trombone, keyboards, guitar, bass and drums blend to play tunes from Liquid Soul to Jean Luc Ponty to Funked up Jazz favorites.  4:00 PM - Blue MuleA unique group of musicians working in a bluegrass context with heavy doses of jazz, rock, blues and country. More 5:00 PM - Melissa ReavesMelissa Reaves has been delighting audiences throughout the U.S. for more than a decade with her rock, funk and rhythm & blues-based sound. Reaves is a powerful vocalist and guitar player whose style ranges from driving rock & roll to a funk and groove sound that lends itself to a diverse repertoire of originals as well as some occasional choice covers. More 6:00 PM - CrosstiesCrossties plays modern bluegrass grounded in tradition. They call it bluegrass from across the tracks. More 7:00 PM - Missy Raines & The New HipA beloved figure in bluegrass and a pioneering force in acoustic music, Missy Raines' adventurous musical spirit has always been her compass. Launching her career with experimental bluegrass outfit Cloud Valley, Raines next toured the country with Eddy and Martha Adcock. Soon she was lending her bass skills to the Masters (Adcock, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves and Jesse McReynolds). Raines joined Claire Lynch's popular Front Porch Band, and developed a successful duo with band mate Jim Hurst. Their CDs and live performances pushed the envelope on how much music two people with acoustic instruments could make. A stint with the Brother Boys opened Raines' eyes to the value of spontaneity and immediacy in her musical approach.Missy Raines is now stepping out to make a longtime dream come true; creating a fusing of bluegrass virtuosity, jazz-tinged groove and a song-driven sensibility with a hot band.  8:00 PM - AfromotiveA fan once said, “It’s sounds like James Brown’s band went to Africa.” Bringing funk music back to its African roots is precisely what the Afromotive is doing with their style of afrobeat music. Based in Asheville, NC, this large ensemble stays true to the elements that started afrobeat music- West African rhythms, song forms, and instrumentation- while bringing the music to the 21st Century through strong song writing, improvisation, and heavy beats.  9:00 PM - Laura Reed & Deep PocketLaura Reed & Deep Pocket fill the stage with captivating, soul shaking, conscious music. The crowd is emerged with lyrics of truth and a voice of intensity backed by bass, organ, and drums, horns, and harmonies reminiscent of the past days of motown and funk.More |
