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Sounds of Charlottesville
An unofficial archive with links to Duck reviews and websites
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Afrikan Drum Festival
African drum troupe
shows: 4-2-00
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Agents of Good Roots
thoughtful rock from Richmond
shows: 1-23-00 - 9-5-00 - 2-22-01
WEBSITE
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Alligator
local icons do the Dead
shows: 1-17-00
see also: Indecision - Skip Castro
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Terri Allard
soulful americana songsmith
shows: 3-20-00 - 1-23-01
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Baaba Seth
powerful African dance and reggae band
--disbanded in the summer of 2000--
shows: 10-3-99 - 3-27-00
see also: Hope Clayburn - Myotonia - Last Days of May
website
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b.c.
irreverent guitar and cello duo
shows: 10-17-99 - 2-6-01 - 3-13-01
see also: The My Art Project
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Beau Prie
dream-like alt/pop from former Ninth members
cd: Conversation Sale
shows: 9-25-00 - 1-10-01
see also: Hackensaw Boys - David Sickmen
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Bella Morte
gothic uberlords
cd: Where Shadows Lie
shows: 9-26-99 - 10-17-99 - 10-31-99
12-5-99 - 12-19-99 - 1-9-00 - 1-23-00
2-27-00 - 5-22-00 & again - 8-7-00 - 8-29-00
see also: Nerve No Pain - V8 Pussy
The My Art Project
WEBSITE
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Big Ray and the Kool Kats
full-size zoot suit swing band
shows: 2-13-00
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Bio Ritmo
real salsa and latin jazz from Richmond
shows: 5-22-00
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Aaron Binder
dynamic jazz drummer
shows: 10-10-99 - 10-21-99 - 11-7-99 - 2-27-00 - 8-7-00
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Fred Boyce
banjo wizard and voice of the prism coffeehouse
shows: 9-8-99 - 1-17-00
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Sandip Burman
Calcuttan tabla master
shows: 6-5-00 - 7-10-00 - 8-21-00
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Buzby
freaky jam encrusted rock pop
shows: 3-20-00 - 9-13-00 - 11-14-00
cd: Live at Roanoke College 9-9-00
WEBSITE
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Kathryn Caine Band
alternative country rock sweetheart
shows: 6-26-00 - 1-15-01
see also: Indecision
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Caron's Gathering
almost jazzness
shows: 9-13-00
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Gretchen Casler
rock folk stuff
shows: 7-3-00
WEBSITE
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Johnny Sportcoat and the Casuals
80s rock 'n ska party band of lore
shows: 8-7-00
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Clare Quilty
subterranean pop wonder bra, I mean band
shows: 12-12-99 - 5-8-00 - 9-25-00
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Hope Clayburn
fiery futureworld saxophonist and vocalist
cd: Hope Clayburn
shows: 7-23-00 - 9-13-00
see also: Deep Banana Blackout
Baaba Seth - Myotonia
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Corn Tornado
mandolinist/appalachianist David Via's all-star squad
shows: 8-29-00
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The Counselors
punk flamboyant and notorious
shows: 9-26-99 - 12-19-99 - 2-27-00
3-5-00 - 5-22-00 - 8-29-00
record: split single with The Elderly
see also: Unit F - V8 Pussy
website
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John D'earth
trumpeting jazz mentor
shows: 10-10-99 - 10-10-99 - 11-7-99 - 7-23-00
website
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Jeff Decker
Tenor sax jazzman
shows: 3-29-01
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devon
commune girl with rock in pocket
shows: 9-8-99 - 1-23-00 - 2-6-00 - 2-27-00- 7-3-00
website
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Dirtball
countrified rock gruel from deep Virginia
shows: 1-30-00 - 5-22-00
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Donkey Punch
some kinda punk stuff
shows: 7-10-00
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Draw the Kitten
home grown garage alternative
cd: The Senate Subcommitte on Hard Rock and Disco (Volume 1)
shows: 5-31-00
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Brady Earnhart
song singwriting play guitarer
shows: 11-7-99 - 6-12-00
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Earth To Andy
galactic super-pop rock quartet
shows: 11-7-99 - 12-12-99
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The Elderly
edge punk delivery team
shows: 12-5-99 - 12-19-99 - 3-5-00 - 3-5-00
10-10-00 - 3-13-01 - - 5-1-01
record: split single with The Counselors
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Engine Down
driving sonic rock
shows: 2-27-00 - 5-8-00
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Fugazi
uber rock superpunk from D.C.
shows: 12-12-99
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Full Flavor
backbone to the mid '90's white-boy funk revival
shows: 10-17-99 - 12-19-99
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Gift Horse
garage pop concrete rock
shows: 1-1-00 - 7-17-00 - 1-31-01
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Glass Babies
swing, rock & oddities
shows: 4-17-00
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Jay Glick
family friendly fresh folk
shows: 5-8-00
cd: I Play
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Peter Griesar
underdog chic pop quirkster
cd: From the Supertanker Dude with the Zero Obsession
website
see also:Supertanker
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Guano Boys
acoustic virginia reggae
shows: 10-24-00
see also: T'ain't - Token Jones
website
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Hackensaw Boys
street bluegrass
shows: 3-5-00 - 8-7-00
cd: Get Some
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Corey Harris
soulfood blues superhuman
shows: 11-21-99 - 2-27-00 - 2-15-00
website
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Hillbilly Werewolf
monster rock ghoulie style
shows: 6-19-00 - 9-6-00
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Lauren Hoffman
she-rocker
cd: From the Blue House
shows: 9-26-99 - 12-5-99 - 12-19-99
2-6-00 - 2-27-00 - 7-3-00
website
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Hogwaller Ramblers
rock folk and whiskey americana
shows: 9-26-99 - 11-21-99 - 12-19-99
1-30-00 - 2-20-00 - 2-27-00 - 8-29-00
9-25-00 - 12-06-00 - 3-13-01
website
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Greg Howard
close encounters of the ambient-jazz-funk Chapman Stick kind
shows: 10-10-99
website
cd: Lift
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Humble Sacrifice
jam song funk
shows: 9-7-99 - 11-28-99 - 1-17-00 - 2-13-00
cd: New Roots of Soul
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Indecision
warm virginia jamedelia
shows: 4-24-00 - 6-26-00
see also: Kathryn Caine Band - Alligator
website
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In Tenbris
goth rocks
shows: 1-15-01
WEBSITE
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Jazz Poets Society
modern soul propheteers
shows: 10-17-99 - 6-19-00 - 7-17-00 - 8-29-00 - 10-10-00
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Joia
deep blue singer
shows: 2-6-00
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Robert Jospé
top shelf world-jazz drummer
shows: 10-10-99 - 11-7-99 - 1-1-00
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Karmen
acoustic dreamsmith
shows: 10-17-99 - 12-19-99 - 1-9-00
2-6-00
cd: Good Alien
website
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Vyktoria Pratt Keating
official songwriter for Area 51
shows: 10-31-99 - 7-3-00
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The Larry Keel Experience
bluegrassedelic flatpick superhero
shows: 10-3-99 - 11-21-99 - 5-15-00 - 10-4-00 - 1-2-01
cd: self-titled
website
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Lake Trout
live drum n' bass from Baltimore
shows: 10-3-99 - 12-12-99 - 10-10-00
cd: Alone at Last
website
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Last Days of May
free jam frontiers from former Dream Syndicator
cd: Radiant Black Mind
shows: 10-10-99 - 7-3-00
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David Lowery
Cracker Van Benefactor
shows: 12-5-99
website
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Lyman
rock edge punk
shows: 7-23-00
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Man Mountain, Jr.
funko rap stuff
shows: 7-17-00 - 11-28-00
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Dave Matthews Band
who?
shows: 1-23-00 - 2-27-00 - 4-2-00 - 4-22-01
see also: Tim Reynolds - Supertanker
website
cd: Everyday
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John McCutcheon
uncle folk and rounder records marathon man
shows: 2-27-00
website
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Shannon Mier
hippy rock upstart
cd: 4-16-01
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Atsushi Miura
japanese lounge savant
shows: 2-20-00 - 2-27-00
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The Danny Morris Band
swingmaster surf rock guitar party monster
shows: 10-10-99 - 7-17-00 - 8-7-00
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The My Art Project
dark rockoustic duo
shows: 10-17-99 - 12-19-99
see also: Bella Morte - b.c.
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My Dog Lucy
rock poppers
shows: 2-6-00 - 7-31-00
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Myotonia
festive jazz and funk
shows: 1-9-00
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The Naked Puritans
a whole other series of alternatives
shows: 6-12-00 - 9-13-00 - 1-23-01
website
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Navel
art rock and silliness
shows: 6-26-00
cd: Weight in Gold
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Nerve No Pain
hard, dark and rock
see also: Bella Morte - Unit F
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Nickeltown
silly and sophisticated acoustifolkers
shows: 10-17-99 - 11-7-99 - 3-5-00- 6-12-00
website
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One Drop
rock/ska trio with reggae on the box
shows: 1-17-00
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One Hundred Dollars
deep garage
shows: 3-12-00 - 5-15-00
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Parker Paul
clever piano lounge absurdist
shows: 3-12-00 - 5-31-00 - 9-6-00
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Plutonium
7th dimension deep funk maestro showcase
shows: 4-2-00 - 4-10-00
see also: TR3 - Wonderband - Supertanker
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The Proles
jam punk grungophonic barrage rock
shows: 7-23-00 - 10-10-00
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Raw Dog
the artfully artless beauty of pure noise
shows: 5-22-00
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Regan
songwriter
shows: 1-23-00 - 3-20-00
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Tim Reynolds
original Charlottesville fusionoid guitar paradigm
shows: 9-26-99 - 4-2-00
see also: TR3 - Dave Matthews Band
cd: with Sokolowski and Proffitt Offering
website
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Riot Act
chant and pump anthemic punk
shows: 12-5-99 - 12-19-99 - 5-22-00
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Roaring Mary
rolling Irish folk
shows: 2-27-00
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Mike Rosensky
cultured jazz guitar
shows: 11-7-99 - 9-19-00
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Tim and Steve Ryalls
acoustic cover-duo of legend
shows: 2-13-00
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Stratton Salidis
politi-folking parade crasher
shows: 6-12-00
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Danny Schmidt
fingerstyle folk frontiersman
cd: Live at the Prism Coffeehouse
shows: 11-7-99 - 6-12-00 - 11-14-00
website
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Alexandra Scott
alternative pop diva
shows: 10-21-99 - 12-12-99
letters: 11-9-99
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The Secret
super-size fries and a buttshake
--disbanded in the last days of '99--
shows: 9-8-99 - 10-21-99 - 11-7-99
1-9-00 - 2-27-00
website
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David Sickmen
alternative pop superbro
cd: Conversation Sale
shows: 12-19-99 - 12-6-00
letters: 6-27-00
see also: Hackensaw Boys - Beau Prie
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Siddal
gothic duo and studio masters
shows: 12-5-99
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Skip Castro
now defunct scene kings and rock 'n roll goofsters supreme
shows: 6-7-00
see also: Alligator
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Slamgate
Dobro jazz and jams
shows: 7-17-00 - 2-28-01
see also: Walker's Run
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Slacker Work Ethic
stomp and slosh punk
shows: 12-5-99 - 12-19-99
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Jan Smith
country folk dreaminess
shows: 6-12-00
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Soko
funk jazz ambients
shows: 4-2-00
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Michael Sokolowski
ambient classical jazz pianist
shows: 11-21-99 - 8-7-00 - 12-12-00
cd: with Reynolds and Proffitt Offering

see also Soko above
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Stable Roots
Harrisonburg's mighty reggae posse
shows: 9-26-99 - 11-14-99 - 1-9-00 - 2-27-00
1-15-01
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Stroud
partymaster and techno lord
shows: 11-14-99 - 4-3-01
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Sun Dried Opossum
Waynesboro's southern rock super hippies
shows: 10-31-99 - 7-31-00 - 9-13-00 - 2-28-01
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Supertanker
art-pop and jams
shows: 10-17-99 - 12-19-99 - 8-29-00
letters: 1-18-00
see also: Peter Griesar - Raphael
website
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T'ain't
Guano/Token side slide project
shows: 7-31-00
see also: Guano Boys - Token Jones
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Sydney Tapscott
the quintessential C-Ville tweener
shows: 10-3-99 - 7-31-00
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Token Jones
reggae from the 'burbs, mon
shows: 11-28-99
see also: Guano Boys - T'ain't
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TR3
Tim Reynolds' platform for electric expression
shows: 9-26-99
see also:Tim Reynolds - Wonderband
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True Love Always
jazz chord love pop
shows: 5-15-00 - 9-25-00
webspot
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George Turner
jazz guitar band leader
shows: 11-28-99 - 4-10-00 - 9-19-00 - 3-29-01
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Ululating Mummies
border folk futurists from Richmond
shows: 1-1-00
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Unit F
a shrine to big metal power punk
shows: 12-5-99 - 3-27-00 - 9-13-00
see also: Nerve No Pain - Visions In Blue
cd: Friend of Sorrow
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Utris
kook rockers
shows: 1-31-01
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V8 Pussy
spookabilly Bella Morte/Counselors merge side project
shows: 5-22-00 - 6-19-00 - 11-14-00
see also: Bella Morte - The Counselors
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Van
re-new wave rock alternative
website
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Visions In Blue
dark gothic chasms
shows: 1-23-00
see also: Unit F
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The Waking Hours
super beatles mod revivalists
shows: 5-31-00
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Walker's Run
wahoo bluegrass hometeam
shows: 9-8-99 - 10-21-99 - 11-21-99
1-17-00 - 1-23-00 - 5-8-00 - 7-31-00
7-31-00 - 2-28-01
cd: self-titled
see also: Slamgate
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William Walter
acoustic rock alternative
shows: 2-14-01
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Robin and Linda Williams
country folk and fellowship in Va. tradition
shows: 8-14-00
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Raphael Wintersberger
secret pop seeping up from the streets of Charlottesville
shows: 10-17-99 - 12-19-99 - 1-9-00 - 7-31-00 - 12-6-00
cd: Avon Street #2
see also: Supertanker
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Wisher
former Parasols still rock strangely
shows: 1-23-01
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Wonderband
Houston Ross and Johnny Gilmore's supergroove powerhouse
shows: 8-29-00 - 1-15-01
see also: Plutonium - TR3 - Supertanker
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Maria Woodford
soulful alternative folk from N.J.
shows: 1-17-00
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Shannon Worrell
queen of hip altenative and songmistress superior
cd: The Moviegoer
shows: 9-26-99 - 2-6-00
website
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Zofia Drone
modern acoustic duo
shows: 9-13-00
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