This one’s all over the map: gypsy jazz, throwback swing, a medieval vocal ensemble, and bluegrass.

Olivarez Trio - Choti
Olivarez Trio - Adieu, Bienville
Olivarez Trio - Chez Drennon

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Kid Pan Alley leaders Terri Allard and Paul Reisler close the workshop and performance from their kiddie songwriting program with a performance of their own.

Terri Allard - Heroes
Kid Pan Alley - I Used To Know The Names Of All The Stars
Kid Pan Alley - My Dog Did My Homework
Kid Pan Alley - My Shoes Are Spying On Me

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Calypso, reggae, Buffett, and anything else that will accommodate a steel drum. Also featuring the Brass 5 quintet.

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Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko are a guitar-and-violin pair who play progressive acoustic instrumentals either as a duo or with a rocking band behind them.

Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko - JALD

Also featuring the talented kids of the Cordicelli String Quartet.

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Local youngsters playing jazz

Sheesh, for a pair of married folk singers, Paul and Devon sure don’t perform together very often. Aside from the usual Valentine’s show, you might be wearing a goofy 2010 hat before you get another chance to see this.

Americana featuring members of B.C. and the Guano Boys.

Local singer John Carden performs with a band of local jazz players and featuring special guest organ wizard George Melvin. They really mean the “royal” part — $100 a head, attire just shy of black tie.

John Carden - Dreamcatcher

Reggae band from Waynesboro

The popular worldbeat band from the 90’s helps Gravity ring in the new year with one of their increasingly rare reunion shows, and this time they’re bringing copies of their new live album “Wonderful.”

Baaba Seth - Wonderful
Baaba Seth - Upside Down [live]

Long-standing music scene vets play Dead covers with a band they’ve kept together for semi-annual performances over about 30 years now. No, make that 31.

Crazy Japanese punk rockers, color-coded a la Power Rangers for your convenience — or perhaps because absolutely nothing about their zany human-bowling theatrics would make sense otherwise.

Peelander-Z - S.T.E.A.K.

Thank goodness The Falsies will also be there to keep things organized.

The Falsies - Are You Sexually Available
The Falsies - Ten Ton Cheese
The Falsies - John Lonely

Latin jazz from local guitarist Peter Richardson.

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Local blues band

The Chickenhead Blues Band - Talk To Me, Baby
The Chickenhead Blues Band - Glamour Girl
The Chickenhead Blues Band - Hunky Dorey
The Chickenhead Blues Band - Marvin’s Water

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Funky local jams

Party like it’s 1986 with this band of rockers best known for their roles in Charlottesville’s 1980’s music scene.

The Hogs are a perfectly logical way to ring in 2009 — after all, local staple Jamie Dyer and his revolving-door Americana band have been around for decades. Here’s to many more.