Brown Bag Special, Poe Mac Case Jones, Will Zay Tenacious, Kotix, Ethemadassassin, St. Francis, Raw English, StitchyC, Celinski.

Were entering the final stretch of particularly nasty presidential election, and quite possibly headed towards a global financial meltdown.

While the grownups are nursing hangovers, the kids are naturally rocking out on Sunday. Two shows of note: The Leeves, Queen Anne’s Revenge,.

Radials, Slow and Lowdown, 176-Jessica Julie, Bambooza, Rachel Loebes, Walrus Evan Olson.

Ty Bru, MTTS, Matt-E-Rich, St. Francis, Frank White, Kaveman, Jae Blacc, OJ, Big Twin Gambino, Tattoo Nitty, Littles, Christopher Terrell, Wee-Wop.

Jeff Cook, Bruce Brookshire, Jeremy Brady, Trent Callicut, Mercy’s Well, Bannister, Davis Hastings, Cameron Marion.

Urban Sophisticates, Versa Emerge, So Long Forgotten, Damiera, Cool Hand Luke, War of Ages, Gwen Stacy, My Children My Bride, Belle Epoque, Advent, Progress In Color, Sophia,.

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My friend Daniel Bayer — Raving Knaves bass player, sound engineer and erstwhile journalist to the rest of the world — tells me the number of live music shows is down this year. My own experience doesn’t always confirm that assessment, but judging by the number of events on my list this week, there’s some truth to what he says.

Fast and furious, short and sweet, brevity is the soul of wit and all those other clichés… The Don Kristy Louis Band.

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Michael Cleveland Flamekeeper, Jamie McLean, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Laura Reed Deep Pocket, Blueground Undergrass, New Monsoon, Tony Trischka Double Banjo Bluegrass, Golem, DJ Williams Projekt, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Sound, Nation Beat, Gokh-Bi System, Cadillac Sky,.

Josephine Collective, After Midnight Project, En Serenade, Love and Reverie, 100 Yorktown.

Back in the 1980s, my favorite name for a band that I never actually got to hear was Gaye Bikers on Acid. While I'm sure this group sounds nothing alike, they at least share some superficial novelty. Schola Cantorosa,.

The big news this week - just in case you live in a cave or somehow missed the boat on Beatlemania - is the Heavy Rebel Weekender in Winston-Salem. We've got a cover story about it this week, so you don't need to turn to me for the details. There are a couple rad Independence Day shows, but otherwise it's a light week. Apparently, musicians and club owners like to take some time off for holidays too. Also, significantly, Elliott's Revue in Winston-Salem has taken a summer break on booking shows, and Garage owner Richard Emmett is getting busy with the Eastern Music Festival Fringe series.

The June heat is rising off the asphalt and the telephone wires are buzzing. No room for anything but the essentials here. "The Moravians' Passion for Music" features performances by JF Peter and W. Piecl, and Andrew Willis and Gesa Kordes at Calvary Moravian Church in Winston-Salem on Wednesday, while "The Excitement of Improvisation" features performances by violinist Ingrid Matthews, harpsichordist Joe Gasho, lute and theorbo player John Lenti, cellist Nika Zlatzric, recorder player Justin Godoy and soprano Ah Hong at Gray Auditorium in the Old Salem Visitors Center.

In the midst of playing the mountain vacation spots, Greensboro folksinger Bruce Piephoff is working on a book of song lyrics and poems called Fiddlers and Middlers that will be illustrated by his son, David, and released eventually by Yonno Press. He also reports that he's completed a new cycle of songs for a record called Clockwork, which pretty much describes his work pace.

I don't know exactly what the deal is. The music offerings are a little skimpy this week in the last gasp of May before the full-on summer season really gets underway with lots of sweating in parking lots with plastic cups of cheap beer, getting soiled with barbecue sauce and listening to high-octane roots music. First an education item: Going head to head with GTCC's Larry Gatlin School of Entertainment Technology in Jamestown, Winston-Salem State University is rolling out a new degree track called "the bachelor of science in music business with emphasis on sound recording technology." If you see yourself as the next Pharell Williams, this one's for you.

The perfect Piedmont spring seems to have dented the volume of live music offerings of late. The cold and wet season when cabin fever funneled restless Triadians into the bars and music halls is long gone, and the summer festival season is just getting started. Though choices are more limited than usual this week, that's not to say there isn't something going on to suit every ear, from big-ticket R&B and local folk to scrappy rock and roll and offbeat touring bands. We may as well start with Kris Ferris, a local songwriter and guitar player, who serenades the office lunch crowd at Center City Park in Greensboro on Wednesday.

Steve Williard and Chuck Folds from Rubberband play a free, acoustic lunchtime gig at Center City Park in Greensboro on Wednesday, a signifier of the perfect spring Piedmont weather and a prod to ease up on hectic professional schedules. And on Wednesday Endless Mic rocks their All New Super Exclusive Al Gore Bongwater Club Mixtape Volume One long-player at the Blind Tiger in Greensboro.

Hold onto your hats: Several festivals and Greensboro heritage commemorations are cross-promoting events. There's a feast at hand. On Wednesday, vocal ensemble Bel Canto Co. holds its second day of auditions at the UNCG School of Music. E-mail Jeffrey Carlson at jcarlson@belcantocompany.com for more information.