After an afternoon of bopping to Klezmer tunes, humming along to Tuvan throat singing, or dancing in the street to a Congolese thumb piano, sometimes you just need a little something familiar to cap off the day. As the Lowell Folk Festival winds down on Saturday, the music heats up at the tent in front of Major's Pub on Jackson Street. Billed as the Uptown Lowell Music and Arts Festival and presented by the pub, this LFF after hours party features four of Lowell's finest bands: Melvern Taylor and His Fabulous Meltones; Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion; Los Wunder Twins del Rap; and a special appearance by Roll the Tanks, the Lowell punk quartet who made the move to sunny California. A Tanks homecoming is always a welcome treat and with the release of last years Suffer City garnering some well deserved praise in punk mags across the country, this is a great chance to see the band before they hit it big. Check out Police Me and Saddle Up two of the standout tracks on Suffer City.
Melvern Taylor gets things started at 7:00 each act performing on the hour after that. $7:00 cover...worth every penny. So saddle up!
Huh? Tunvarian throat singing is the best! Remember last year, when the Ugandian Pan Flute Players made that super late night (5pm at the Market St Mills) guest appearance with the Theramin Troupe from Belize? It was CRAAAAAZY!
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