Scuffletown at Offbeat Roadhouse
By WTJU
Date: 08/23/2024
Time: 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Scuffletown with Matty Metcalfe will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse Friday night, August 23, for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU. They have performed at concerts and clubs throughout central Virginia and Ireland, where their mix of thoughtful and energetic original songs, classic roots and blues Americana, punctuated with a mix of classic country, jazz, swing and reggae tunes, has been enthusiastically received.
This is a free event, open to all. You can also listen to Offbeat Roadhouse on the radio (91.1 FM) or on-line, and even video stream it at WTJU’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. But concerts always sound better with you as part of the studio audience. WTJU is located at 2244 Ivy Rd in Charlottesville, right next door to Vivace. There is plenty of parking, both in our lot as well as the Sentara lot next door.
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Scuffletown is an acoustic duo featuring Marc Carraway on guitar and vocals and John Whitlow on harmonica, accordion, flute and vocals. The band has performed high-energy original and acoustic roots music for over 25 years and has recorded 4 acclaimed albums along the way. Marc and John have opened for Tony Rice, Buckwheat Zydeco, Pierce Pettis, Cephas and Wiggins and many others, and have shared stages with Tom Paxton, Jesse Colin Young and John Stewart.
Matty Metcalfe is an accomplished and much-recognized multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and vocalist. He has performed with numerous national touring acts (Robert Randolph, Bonnie Prince Billy, Getty Family) on instruments as diverse as accordion, keyboards, guitar and banjo. In addition to international tours, Mr. Metcalfe has performed at the Grand Ole Opry, Kennedy Center and Washington’s DC’s famous Blues Alley. In August 2021 he was chosen for a front page feature in the Wall Street Journal that centered on his life as a musician who was returning to work after the COVID lockdown.
Scuffletown and Matty Metcalfe have performed together many times at concerts and clubs throughout central Virginia and Ireland, where their mix of thoughtful and energetic original songs, classic roots and blues Americana, punctuated with a mix of classic country, jazz, swing and reggae tunes, has been enthusiastically received.
