The musician performs solo, but uses sound loops to accompany himself on guitar. To hear Saint Solitude's music, visit The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra will present its "Swingin' Christmas" concert at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St.

Trombonist Ron Westray, right, will join the KJO for the yuletide jam. After working for years with Wynton Marsalis, Westray now teaches trombone at the University of Texas at Austin.

Admission is $29.50. For information, call 865-656-4444 or visit

Edgy heavy-duty rock trio New Brutalism will perform 'round about 10 o'clock Saturday (Dec. 13) at Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. These fellows perform on guitar, bass & drums all crafted from aluminum. Atlanta band Hawks will also perform. From the MySpace page, it looks like these guys play old-fashioned wood-based instruments and have lots of tattoos. The tunes are also on the heavy punk side of things. I suspect that both bands are familiar with the music of Steve Albini. Not a bad thing, overall.

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The initial artist lineup has been announced for the Langerado Music Festival, March 6-8, Bicentennial Park, Miami. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, Dec. 12.

The list includes:
Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Thievery Corporation (Live), Slightly Stoopid and Dashboard Confessional join Flogging Molly, Broken Social Scene, Girl Talk, Cold War Kids, The Faint, Gym Class Heroes, Tricky, Chromeo, Mute Math, Black Kids, Café Tacuba, The Pogues, The Virgins, Zac Brown Band, Matisyahu, The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, Robert Randolph and The Family Band and Michael Franti and Spearhead.

From the random e-mails department ... I just got an events announcement from Citybeat.com of Cincinnati. Looks like they have concerts coming up featuring Ra Ra Riot, Matisyahu, Margot & The Nuclear So & So's and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

There's also the curious holiday production of "A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant" by the Know Theatre Company. It purports to be "The actual teachings of Scientology ... explained and dissected against the candy-colored backdrop of a traditional nativity play." Now that sounds hilarious.

Wu Music Group, the new label ran by the administrative mind of Mitchell "Divine" Diggs and the creative force of Wu-Tang Clan's chief architect, "The RZA", will release their second album, "Afro Samurai: The Resurrection," on Jan. 27, 2009. The album is the soundtrack to season two of Spike TV's critically lauded animated television show and DVD featuring the voice of Samuel L Jackson and is musically produced entirely by Wu Tang Clan's The RZA.

The soundtrack features unlikely collaborations and guest spots from legendary recording artists such as Sly Stone, members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, Rah Digga, and a whole cast of RZA's protégé's, including the late Ol' Dirty Bastard's son - Boy Jones. This highly anticipated release demonstrates RZA's incredible genius and ability to unite some of the finest voices in hip-hop together in one place.

Read on for more info, tour dates and album track titles.

Country vocal ensemble Little Big Town will perform, along with the Zac Brown Band, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Tennessee Theatre. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12. Admission is $32.50. Visit your favorite Tickets Unlimited outlet, call 865-656-4444 or visit www.knoxvilletickets.com for details.

The Orange Peel, Asheville's premier music hall, will