JEFF AUSTIN & FRIENDS
Yonder Mountain String Band’s mandolin man joins some of the region’s finest bluegrass pickers tonight at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St. 9 p.m. $15.
THE CHRISTINES
The original lineup of this popular 1990s powerpop band reunites tonight at The Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., during the Rising Up! tribute to all things mod show. 9 p.m. $7.
THE RAILBENDERS
This was another band to make the recent “Mountain Homegrown Vol.4” CD, the fourth local music tribute from 99.5 The Mountain. These alt-country rockers play the Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., tonight. With The Calf Branders and Oakhurst. 8 p.m. $10.
PURPLE BUDDHA
This jam band tries to distinguish itself from the neo-hippie pack with thoughtful harmonies and lyrics. At Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey, 717 E. Colfax Ave., 9 tonight. $6.
WILLIE HOUSTON
Saturday this old-school blues man and his Blues Prowlers play The Skylark Lounge, 140 S. Broadway. 9 p.m. $5.
THE FRAY
These piano-rockers signed to Epic Records play Sunday with Pieta Brown during the “Etown” radio show taping at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. 7 p.m. $15.
Staff writer Elana Ashanti Jefferson can be reached at 303-820-1957 or ejefferson@denverpost.com.
