In the spirit of tipping the cap to 2018, Love Canon kicks off the new year with a retro-bluegrass bang. Since 2010, the band has pumped out ’80s tunes in the style of Americana and traditional roots music. The group aims to begin 2019 with a touch of nostalgia, and create a musical rewind revolution with its fourth album, Cover Story, coming this spring.
Advocacy and music join forces to present Rock & Rally, a benefit for Tom Perriello’s gubernatorial run. The lineup boasts fiery bluegrass from the Perriello Pickers, a supergroup featuring members of Love Canon and Walker’s Run, Sarah White, Harli Saxon, the Michael Coleman Band and Dori Freeman, whose 2016 self-titled breakout album made year-end lists at Rolling Stone and American Songwriter. Perriello will make a speech about his campaign, highlighting his promise to keep Virginia a “firewall against the politics of hate.”
Friday, February 10. $10-2,500, 7pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4980.