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Saturday August 27, 2011  Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds www.silopannafest.com

The 4th of July means time with friends and family, the red white and the blue, music, crabs, giving thanks to our troops… it all goes hand-in-hand.  So in case you need some 4th of July music inspiration, we suggest checking out some of the bands of Silopanna Fest 2011.

Here is the 4th of July round-up as to the what, when & where’s of the Silopanna 2011 bands:

The Grilled Lincolns & PASADENA:
7/1 8×10 in Baltimore

Sweet Leda:
7/1 Nick’s Fish House Baltimore

Pressing Strings:
7/1 The Bridges in Grasonville
7/2 Sly Fox Annapolis

Sam Grow:
7/1 Popes Creek Waterfront Newburg, MD

Bond & Bentley:
6/30 Shuckers Baltimore

And in case you are a jet-setter and looking for some travel for your 4th of July weekend, you can join up with these guys:

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings:
6/30 with Prince in Paris

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue:
7/2 London Bluesfest

Fitz & the Tantrums:
7/4 Louisville, KY

Matt & Kim:
6/30 Boston House of Blues

Harper Blynn, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, All Mighty Senators, Deep River, Jarflys, Mike McHenry Tribe, Cris Jacobs of the Bridge, Tobias Russell and LAZERlibby are resting their vocal chords in celebration of the 4th of July (or they have secretly encrypted their tour schedule on the world wide web).

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Happy 4th of July to you and yours. Give thanks for the red, white & blue.
Erin

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One of the most talked about names on the lips of customers leaving last year’s Virgin Festival was Sharon Jones who, along with her Dap Kings, threatened to steal the show from the much more ballyhooed headliners. It would be easy to call her funky R&B sound “retro” but the appropriate description is probably “timeless.” We are so excited to be bringing her back to Baltimore May 7th. Her story, well chronicled here in a 2007 Village Voice feature, features enough conflict and strife for a James Brown-meets-Rocky style underdog pic. Really, though, dramatics aside, all you really need to know is that this lady can sing. I mean really sing, and she’s backed by a group of guys cool enough to give the Reservoir Dogs a run for their money. Showing is better than telling, of course and thanks to the gobizillions of videos online ,you don’t have to take my word for it. You can see for yourself a pretty good sample of this explosive live show below (courtesy of YouTube). See for yourself why you should take a chance on this show if you don’t it.