Top tickets:
Hillbilly Casino, Little Rodger, El Prezidino

By Tad Dickens | The Roanoke Times

SATURDAY :: Hillbilly Casino

This Nashville, Tenn.-based rockabilly combo is no stranger to Roanoke. High-energy rhythms and “Radioactive” Ronnie Crutcher’s brutal guitar playing set up the mood… click for full write-up

Details: 10 p.m. Saturday. The Mix One6, 16 Campbell Ave., downtown Roanoke. $7. Twenty-one and older. thehillbillycasino.com, www.myspace.com/themixone6club

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY :: Deanna Bogart Band

Here’s a triple threat: Fine vocals, keyboard and tenor sax from Bogart, one of the Washington, D.C.-area’s most popular blues/rock/R&B acts… click for full write-up

Details: 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 202 Market, 202 Market Square, downtown Roanoke. $15 for reserved seating; $5 general admission. 343-6644, 202market.net, deannabogart.com.

SUNDAY :: El Prezidino

Christian rap from Demetrius “El Prezidino” Doss, ex-Marshall University and professional football player. The topics can be the same: haters and personal flyness, but with Jesus, not pimpness… click for full write-up

Details: 6 p.m. Sunday, Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, 2138 McVitty Road , Roanoke County. Free. 774-3217, myspace.com/prezidino.

FRIDAY :: High Street

Looks like some of Roanoke’s favorite jammers are back together again. Catch them now, because one never knows when the band will disappear… click for full write-up

Details: 10 p.m. Friday. Awful Arthur’s, 108 Campbell Ave., downtown Roanoke. 344-2997, myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomhighstreet.

SATURDAY :: Little Rodger and the Cheap Thrills

The band is getting ready for its big trip to Memphis, Tenn., for the International Blues Challenge. Hear the sound that won the… click for full write-up

Details: Saturday. Awful Arthur’s, 213 Draper Road (inside Kent Square), Blacksburg. 443-9109, littlerodger.com.

SATURDAY :: Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group

Country, bluegrass and storytelling from the time-tested, road-tested Williams group… click for full write-up

Details: 7 p.m. Saturday. D. Geraldine Lawson Theater, 7490 Roanoke Road, Fincastle. Free admission; cash and packaged food donations requested for the Botetourt Food Pantry. Advance tickets available. 473-1001 or atticproductions.info.

MONDAY :: Drums Along the Roanoke

Make your own music with the Roanoke Drum Circle… click for full write-up

Details: 6 p.m. Monday. Basement of the main Roanoke Public Library , 706 South Jefferson St., downtown Roanoke. 293-4075, http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoanokeValleyDrumCircle