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Enter the Haggis

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

Enter the Haggis

Get a steaming stomach load of musical yet figurative innards, courtesy of these Toronto, Ontario-based Celtic rockers. The act hits Sun Music Hall in Floyd on Friday and then heads to Big Island for the Sedalia Celtic Festival. Ask for neeps and tatties at the concession stand.

Details: 9 p.m. Friday at Sun Music Hall, Floyd. $16 advance; $20 at show. 745-6643, dlpconcerts.com, enterthehaggis.com. 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Sedalia Celtic Festival in Big Island. 299-5080, sedaliacenter.org.

SATURDAY

Bernard Hairston Group

I’ve heard Hairston play bass twice around here. Both times, he just blew me away. For this gig, he’s got Shawn Spencer on vocals, Keith Thomas on keys and Carlos Aranguran on drums. These are top musicians, with a good singer in Spencer. Go listen.

Details: 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Red Clay Restaurant, Roanoke. Free. 344-4494, redclayrestaurant.net.

TONIGHT

John Cowan Band

One of the best singers in any style made his name with the pioneering New Grass Revival. Read more and hear a podcast at music.roanoke.com.

Details: 7:30 tonight. Kirk Avenue Music Hall, Roanoke. $15. myspace.com/kirkavenuemusic, myspace.com/thejohncowanband.

The World/Inferno Friendship Society

The horn-driven New York pop-rock band's "Only Anarchists Are Pretty" has been played about 225,000 times on MySpace.com.

Details: 9:30 tonight. The Lantern, Blacksburg. $10. 951-1019, thelanternblacksburg.com, myspace.com/worldinferno.

The Kind

It used to be Thirsty Thursdays. Now it's Rockin' Thursdays. The Kind still jam out for you, and your donations go to the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank.

Details: 10 tonight. The Cafe at Champs, Blacksburg. $3. 552-2233, champssportsbar.com, thekind.org.

FRIDAY

Rogue Motel

With Turbo Pro Project

Rogue Motel's new record, "Daylight Breaking," has good, '70s-flavored rock 'n' roll songs and a vocalist who sounds like a gutsier Ed Kowalczyk (of Live). It shares this bill with Turbo Pro Project, which is playing three nights in the valleys -- get details and hear a podcast at music.roanoke.com.

Details: 10 p.m. Friday. Awful Arthur's, Towers Shopping Center, Roanoke. $5. 777-0007, myspace.com/awfularthurs, myspace.com/turboproproject, myspace.com/roguemotel.

DJ Williams Projekt

Richmond's Williams and his funky rock and jazz act are becoming Martin's regulars. That's good. For a review of the band's last Martin's show, check out the music blog, tinyurl.com/cehk8m.

Details: 10 p.m. Friday. Martin's Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke. $5. 985-6278, martinsdowntown.com, myspace.com/djwmusic.

Lenny Marcus Trio

Talented jazz pianist/flutist/composer Marcus brings bassist (and Jefferson Center artistic director) Dylan Locke on bass and Lynchburg-based music educator Larry Scott on drums.

Details: 8:30 p.m. Friday. Red Clay Restaurant, Roanoke. Free. 344-4494, redclayrestaurant.net, lennymarcusmusic.com.

Electric Chameleon

There's a reason this band is so popular in Roanoke. The players are tight, and their original music sounds like it belongs on pop radio.

Details: 9 p.m. Friday. Blues BBQ Co., Roanoke. Free. 344-5683, bluesbbqco.com, myspace.com/electricchameleon.

Reid Speed

With DJ Rahbee

Los Angeles DJ Reid Speed comes to the Lantern with a fog behind her. Bluntfest, 4/20 Festival and Together as Weed are three L.A. festivals she hit before heading to Blacksburg.

Details: 9:30 p.m. Friday. The Lantern, Blacksburg. $10. 951-1019, thelanternblacksburg.com, myspace.com/reidspeed.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

The Soul Brothers Band

Now for the rare tribute band plug: The Soul Brothers, a James Brown tribute, have the Godfather style dialed in. Singer Jeremy Johnson doesn't really sound like Brown, but he's not bad, and he's willing to work with a cape.

Details: 10 p.m. Friday at Awful Arthur's in Blacksburg. Cover charge TBA. 443-9109, myspace.com/awfularthur39sblacksburg, myspace.com/thesoulbrothersband. 10 p.m. Saturday at Awful Arthur's, Towers Shopping Center, Roanoke. 777-0007, myspace.com/awfularthurs.

SATURDAY

Rock for Life: Benefit Show for Relay for Life

With Madrone, An Eternal Decree, Along Those Lines, 710 Oil, 12 O'Clock Knob, Head Over Kills

Here's an idea -- pledge money to fans at this concert, based on laps around the mosh pit. You could raise some good money that way.

Details: 5:30 p.m. Saturday. 460 West, Roanoke. $7. myspace.com/1nightstandbooking, myspace.com/madrone, myspace.com/aneternaldecree

Middle East Micfest

With Poe Mack, Case Jones, Tre'Mendous, Porsh Box, Jah I Witness, P. Batters, Metaphor the Great, Celinski and more

Tre'Mendous has been one of Roanoke's best under-the-radar rappers. This will be his last set in town before he moves to Florida.

Details: 9 p.m. Saturday. Market Street Pub, Roanoke. $5. 982-6618, myspace.com/marketstpub, myspace.com/poemack.

SUNDAY

Pretty Lights

Electronica-based music from Fort Collins, Colo. This band is hitting a bunch of the big summer festivals -- Wakarusa, Bonnaroo, Rothbury and more.

Details: 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The Lantern, Blacksburg. $12 advance; $15 at show. 951-1019, thelanternblacksburg.com, myspace.com/prettylights.