If you missed the garage three-piece Red Rattles when they opened for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion earlier this week, catch them tonight at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. Also on the bill is a band composed of all white guys called Black Girls, who play appealing soul music. Details are here. (Read a recent Feedback column about Red Rattles here.)
Black Girls, the band
Black Girls from Duy Nguyen on Vimeo.
On Saturday night, The Southern has the literate Minneapolis-by-way-of-Hawaii songwriter Mason Jennings, a songwriter of many voices who pens hits with hints of Dylan and The Doors and a dose of appealing sloppiness. Opening is Charlottesville’s finest songwriter Sarah White, who announced earlier today via twitter that she’s joined the Dave Matthews Band Caravan date for Atlantic City, New Jersey. Wow!
Mason Jennings at the Southern Saturday.
Those who have recently walked around Paris for hours in search of the Musée National Picasso only to find it closed for renovation—guilty, sadly—will be pleased to see that the Picasso exhibit at the newly-reopened Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris," is still open. But the show closes May 15, so this weekend is the last chance for locals to take a field trip. That’s right, a field trip!
Speaking of, take a ride up the mountain to Thomas Jefferson’s house this weekend for the Monticello Wine Festival, where you can "enjoy the splendor of spring while tasting Virginia’s best selection of wines." Can’t argue with that. Go.
What’re you up to this weekend?