Top 40 country. Steve Azar and Keith Anderson open.

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Any old-fogey classic-rock geek will tell you that the intro to Heart’s “Crazy On You” is easily one of the coolest damn things ever played on a guitar by a chick. (We mean that in the least sexist way possible, seriously, but perhaps with a moderate amount of ageism.)

Thankfully, the band is finding a a whole new non-fogey audience thanks to lucky strokes like, um, the song’s placement in Guitar Hero and, er, Fergie’s spot-on mimicry of “Barracuda” for the Shrek 2 soundtrack. (Yes, yes, all dubious victories, but look, they’re kids. You have to take what you can get or else they’ll all end up listening to Yeasayer.)

“These Dreams” is still tragically overlooked, though, at least once you get past the 80’s-reverb cheese. Oh well. Can’t win ‘em all.

Andy Waldeck opens.

Andy Waldeck - Those Days Are Gone
Andy Waldeck - Ordinary Men
Andy Waldeck - Diggin Me
Andy Waldeck - Healing

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Children’s music festival sponsored by the Virginia Discover Museum. Entirely unlikely performers: songwriter Shannon Worrell, 6 Day Bender, and Jim Waive. Totally obvious performers: In Technicolor.

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Formerly C-ville guitar virtuoso Tim Reynolds and his hard-hitting TR3 project headline this celebration of not pissing off Mother Gaia. Also featuring local rockers Trees On Fire, Latin jazz from Beleza Brasil, and folk singer Adrienne Young.

Trees On Fire - In The Middle [via WXJM Live!]
Beleza Brasil - Water To Drink
Beleza Brasil - Fever
Adrienne Young - All For Good

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Southern-edged guitar rock and electronic projects from MusicToday employees keep you entertained during a house-cleaning sale during which overstocked music merch will be sold off to benefit the Music Resource Center and young performers like Genna Matthew.

Earl Knox - Pretty Little Thief
Centric - In Flight
Centric - Thanks For Something
Centric - Second Hand

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Amy Ray and Emily Saliers broke out big in 1989 with their self-titled major-label debut thanks in large part to the success of “Closer To Fine,” which is still a folk-pop classic to this day. Last month’s Poseidon and the Bitter Bug was a two-disc affair, half dripping with Mitchell Froom production and half consisting of more barebones acoustic renditions of the same songs. More importantly, though, it was a breaking point for the Indigos: with comparatively little fanfare, they ditched their label and joined the megalo-indie ranks of like-minded convention buckers like Radiohead and Counting Crows.

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University of Virginia student Rachel Singel and Virginia Commonwealth University students Stanley Rayfield and Tim Rusterholz, winners of awards for excellence from the National Society of Arts and Letters, discuss their work currently on show at Sage Moon Gallery. Reservations required, so call ahead. 420 E. Main St.977-9997.

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