Take the jump for this week’s live music schedule.

If you want your band and/or city added to the line-up, holler at blog@brahsome.com

Have a great holiday weekend … you kids be safe out there.

Asheville
All Weekend - Asheville Music Jamboree

Atlanta
Friday - Erika Badu/The Roots (Fox)
Saturday - James Taylor (Chastain Park), Asleep at the Wheel (Variety Playhouse)
Sunday - James Taylor (Chastain Park)
Monday - James Taylor (Chastain Park), The Sword (Lenny’s)

Austin
Friday - Junior Brown (Antones), Jambang/Greg Ginn and Texas Corrugators (Emos)
Saturday - Murder By Death (Emos), The Kills/The Child Ballads (The Parish)

Boston
Saturday - Cake/Cracker (Hatch Shell), Son Volt (Museum of Fine Arts)
Sunday - Matt the Electrician (Club Passim)
Tuesday - KT Tunstall (Orpheum Theater)

Carrboro/Chapel Hill/Durham
Friday - Mayhem String Band (The Cave)
Saturday - Sea Wolf/The Jealous Girlfriends (Local 506), The Afromotive (Taste of Durham Festival)
Wednesday - North Mississippi Allstars (Cats Cradle), SeapeopleS (Local 506)

Charlotte
Friday - Hoots and Hellmouth (The Evening Muse)

Chicago
Friday - North Mississippi Allstars (HOB), Papa Mali (HOB Back Porch), Panic at the Disco (who cares they suck), Kanye West (United Center)
Saturday - Panic at the Disco (seriously, they suck), Kanye West (United Center)
Sunday - David Murphy [STS9] (Tonic Room)
Wednesday - Fareed Haque (CMM Gala Musical Vintages)

Dallas
Friday - Alejandro Escovedo (HOB), Guy Forsyth (Granada Theater), Watermelon Slim (Pearl at Commerce)
Saturday - Forever the Sickets Kids (HOB), Muchos Backflips! (Mardi Gras Cafe)
Sunday - Boy Named Sue/Bluff City Backsliders (HOB)

Horseshoe, NC
Friday - RAQ
Saturday - James McMurtry (Deerfields)
Sunday - James McMurtry (Deerfields)

Indianapolis
Friday - Robert Earl Keen (The Music Mill), Stone Temple Pilots (Indy Motor Speedway)

Kerrville, TX
All Weekend - Kerrville Folk Festival

Philadelphia
Friday - The New Deal (Fillmore)
Saturday - The Disco Biscuits/Bassnectar (Electric Factory)
Sunday - Dark Star Orchestra (Electric Factory), Behold … The Arctopus (First Unitarian Church)
Saturday and Sunday - Jam On the River

Raleigh
Friday - Doc Murdoch/Better Off Dead/Drunk Stuntmen (Berkeley Cafe), Mensrea (Volume 11)
Tuesday - James McMurtry (Berkeley Cafe)
Wednesday - James Taylor (Walnut Creek)

Richmond, VA
Friday - Sam Bush/The Whiskey Rebellion (Brown’s Island), Sister Hazel (Toads Place)

Seattle, WA
Friday - Branford Marsalis (Meydenbauer Center)

St. Louis
Friday - Wayne Hancock (Beale on Broadway), Yellowjackets (Jazz at the Bistro)
Saturday - North Mississippi Allstars/Robert Earl Keen (The Pageant)

Washington, DC
Saturday- Midnight Spaghetti & The Chocolate G-Strings (State Theater) Incredible band name.
Sunday - The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience (Birchmere)
Tuesday - The Raconteurs/The Black Lips (9:30 Club)
Wednesday - The Raconteurs/The Black Lips (9:30 Club)

Wilmington, NC
Friday - Who’s Bad (Downtown Sundown)
Saturday - Mayhem String Band (The Whiskey)

Wrightsville Beach, NC
Saturday - Bloodkin (The Palm Room)