Tsunami of Love

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1) Sunday, January 30th music lovers of all ages can enjoy a day of live music from some of Richmond’s best bands while also donating money to the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunamis in South Asia. It's “The Sound of Help: A Benefit Concert for the Red Cross International Tsunami Relief Fund,” at the Canal Club downtown. Doors open at 2:00 pm, with live music from 2:30pm-8pm. Tickets, sold at the door, are $20, $10 for kids 14 and under; children under 3 get in free. Cash, checks and credit cards are welcome. Live performers include: The Susan Greenbaum Band, Page Wilson and Reckless Abandon, Plunky and Oneness, Robbin Thompson, The Taters, The Honky-Tonk Experience, The English Channel, Janet Martin Band, Lee Harris 3, Steppinstone, Farewell, Dave Pahanish. There'll also be a silent auction featuring art, jewelry and recorded music by a wide range of local artists.

2) FUSION JAZZ LOUNGEShockoe Slip, 109 S. 12th St.Saturday, January 22, 1:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT This benefit concert is a gift from Fusion and the musical Community to the Red Cross Tsunami Aid Fund. Jared Stone has moved quickly to put together an amazing lineup of over a dozen groups of local and regional musicians for this event from different genres of music, from jazz to funk, from blues to swing, to pop-rock.Scheduled to appear: The George Melvin Experience, Stone Stew with Jared Stone on drums and Alan Parker on guitar, the John D'earth Band, Howard Curtis & the Percussion Discussion, the Modern Groove Syndicate, D.J Williams (funk), Terry Garland (blues), Susan Greenbaum (acoustic pop-rock), Chez Rouee' and others
For more information call (804) 249-2338