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February 27, 2008

Your videos: Mack Jones

What would the Roanoke hip-hop scene be without Poe Mack and Case Jones? They both spend plenty of time doing their own thing and working with other musicians, but it's great when they perform together.

Web pages: myspace.com/poemack | myspace.com/casejones2

February 25, 2008

Your videos: "OxyContin Rock"

Here's a good one from the Roanoke Allstars, from their new DVD, "Smashed With Sound."

February 5, 2008

Red Clay River

Recorded Jan. 15, 2008

Producer Notes: Red Clay River, based in Roanoke, is the brainchild of Dan Bivins, formerly of Black Jack and the Long Haulers. Bivins' music, steeped in ancient styles that recall such old-time players as Dock Boggs, will haunt you. Bivins writes on the decidedly modern forum of myspace.com: "Red Clay is keeping the sounds of ghosts riding through the holler on their four-board pine coffins. And they're comin for you boy, they're comin for you".

Your videos: 3feetup

Notes: This is from a North Carolina husband and wife duo called 3feetup, which occasionally plays at High Point Coffee in Roanoke County.

Your videos: Charlie Hughes

Notes: We recently started asking for user-submitted music videos. We've got some now.
Alec Baldwin, aka Charlie Hughes, is a Roanoke guy who can play some funky guitar. Check out "Two Chicken Sandwiches."

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Top 5 music videos this week on the MusicCast

Updated May 14: We have a new number one music video in MusicCast land. For six weeks, The Seed ruled the top spot with "No More." Well, no more. This past week, the Pickin Buds from Rocky Mount moved into the top spot on our list of most-played local music videos with "Demijohn."

The Seed didn't fall far, though. The jamsters still own three spots in the Top 5. And the Roanoke Allstars continued to hang in there, as well. Falling out of the Top 5 this week: The Wading Girl.

If you think your band's video should be in the Top 5, well, post it to our site, and maybe it will be. We base this list on who gets the most plays each week, so keep clicking. Details are below.

Here’s the week Top 5, based on number of plays on this MusicCast this past week:

1. Demijohn," by the Pickin Buds
2. "No More," by The Seed"
3. "Can You Understand?," by The Seed
4. "OxyContin Rock," by the Roanoke Allstars
5. "A New Season," by The Seed

Next update coming: May 21.

Next band coming to the MusicCast: Maybe yours, if you submit a video.


What is the MusicCast?

The MusicCast is a video blog of local bands. We started in the fall of '06 bringing bands into our studio at The Roanoke Times. That proved popular with fans, not so much with our co-workers -- especially after one metal band brought in amps the size of a small house. We're told that things were rattling on desks on the second floor.

Now we're recording out of Jake Dempsey's Red Room Studio in Roanoke.

Along with the videos themselves, you'll find links to the band's website and MySpace profile. Click the MySpace profile link to see when the band is playing again and to contact them directly.

How do I navigate this site?

Below, you'll find an alphabetical list which contains all of the MusicCast videos. Don't know what you're looking for? Just click around until you find what you like - it's all here.

How do I upload my band's video?

Got questions? Got a request? Want to know how to get your band on the MusicCast? Contact music writer Tad Dickens or click here to upload your video(s).


For more about the local music scene . . .

Check out our local music blog, cutNscratch by Tad Dickens and Ralph Berrier.

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Other music videos

Here are some other music-related videos we have:

* Benefit concert at Jefferson Center for musicians who lost instruments in fire.

* Blame James, a feature on the Blacksburg band.

* Christmas song contest winner Jeremy Lorton.

* Concert for Virginia Tech, featuring highlights from Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Phil Vassar and Naz, September 2007.

* Guitarists Dan Dunlap, Charlie Hamill and Kenny Seay talk about Eric Clapton’s influence.

* Harper, an Australian musician, leads a workshop on the didgeridoo. That's an instrument, by the way.

* Harper performs at Blue 5.

* Hip-hop at the Roanoke library.

* North American music blends three styles, from Quebec to Appalachia to Mexico.

* Roanoke punk rockers talk about music and anger.

* And we also have more than 50 podcasts with musicians, ranging from locals such as The Wading Girl and TK-421 to national acts such as Aaron Neville, Southern Culture on the Skids, and Col. Bruce Hampton.

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