Alternative country songstress and Raleigh native Jeanne Jolly is sweating it out, performing 3 times a day, every day at the North Carolina State Fair October 14th - 24th. If you have not had a chance to witness Jolly, by all means take advantage of this opportunity to do so. She and her band can be seen on the waterfall stage at 12:00 , 3:00 and 6:00.
All of you Hootie and The Blowfish fans get ready! That's right, Darius Rucker will perform at the Fair on the evening of October 23rd in support of his new album Charleston, Sc 1966. In my opinion, Rucker gets points for being the first African American singer to master the "yeah" vocal styling a la Eddie Vedder and Scott Stapp. I realize comparing those two is sacrilegious as Scott Stapp is the Anti-Christ, but you get my point.
311 will perform downtown at The Raleigh Amphitheater Saturday October 30th. Hopefully your piercings from the 90's haven't healed over yet and you can locate some blue hair dye that washes out in 24 hours or before work on Monday morning. All jokes aside, 311 is an amazingly talented and influential group whose work has maintained a high level of gravitas among the musical community since their rise to fame in the 1990's
Raleigh's very own The Love Language returns from their tour of the United States to play a homecoming show at Kings Barcade ( now on Martin Street) this Thursday night. VeeLee and Laughing Man will open.
