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When the Wading Girl broke up, Sarah Garrison had to figure out what to do next, and whether it would even be a musical thing. Quickly, she got an offer to join The Circus Band, aka Cirque Roanoke, aka The Circus Practice.

She's performing with that act on Sunday, and solo on Thursday as opening act for the latest Emerging Artists Series show at the Roanoke Main Library. On this podcast, we talk about the band's break-up and her latest projects. Plus, we stream her performance of "8th of November," an old Wading Girl tune that she'll perform on Thursday.

Look for a full story in Saturday's Extra section and at roanoke.com/entertainment.

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Courtesy My Radio

At the old cutnscratch deadwood column today, I write about My Radio's deal with Ocean Park Music Group and the band's deal to get a song on Cleveland Cavalier televised halftime highlight reels. Here's the song the band licensed to Fox Sports Ohio, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah."

Hear a podcast with the band's J.P. Powell, who talks about the deal and the band's new CD, "Bring Us The Sun." Bonus: Podcast includes a couple of streaming tracks from the record.

My column in print tomorrow features a few words about the Down by Downtown festival, which planners say will be based somewhat on Austin's South by Southwest fest. Here's what musician Cyrus Pace, one of the planners, had to say about the early details and philosophical intention behind the fest.

> The Down by Downtown festival will be the culminating event in a year long series of initiatives created by the Tolerance section of the recent Creative Connectors Program run by Stuart Mease and Roanoke City.  The overarching title for the year is STAR, The Spirit of Tolerance and Art in the Region.  It was our thought that the great art and music of our country has always held the sentiment necessary for true inclusion.  Black and white musicians were playing together long before they were allowed to stay in the same hotels.

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Here's this week's column, about a rough Sunday night for a great band. We've already got a good conversation going about this topic at http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/cutnscratch/2009/02/23/question-of-the-week-deadest-show-ever/, so jump over there and tell us about killer shows that didn't get the audience they deserved.

Here's another column, in which I revisit my news obit of phenomenal fingerpicking guitarist Buster B. Jones. I meant to post this link sooner, but other work just ate up my time.

A little late posting schedules related to my Taubman column from this morning. Better late than never.

If you missed it, here's the column. Oh, and here's a link to the Taubman's series in conjunction with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra -- http://www.theartsinconcert.com/

The listings follow, courtesy of the museum, and some youtube video of Larnell Starkey and the Spiritual Seven ...

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I came in this morning and saw that my column wasn't online. Here it is now.

Typically, I wouldn't worry too much about it, but I promised to post streaming audio of two cool songs -- My Radio's "Angel in the Choir," and Poe Mack and Jane L. Powell's collaboration on Mack's "My Dreams." Go check them out.

I was working late and couldn't make it out last night, but my friend Alison texted me with the news that The Wright Kids' crowd at the library's Emerging Artist Series show was standing room only. Next stop for the kids: Pop's Ice Cream and Soda Bar, on Saturday. Here's the column, with show details.

Here's the column: http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/181500. (Sound clips are up now.)

Check out the new record label, and tell me what you think about the concept and the music.

Here's the first one -- Change is a constant with Roanoke's clubland.

Look for another one Friday, about the new music recording label that The Wading Girl's Billy Wallace has started online.