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[AMERICANA] Woody Pines takes an acoustic approach to jump blues that makes for some of the most contagious roots music you’ve ever heard. Earthy but energetic, sometimes forlorn but always fun, humid but usually well-humored, Pines turns the roots model on its head by keeping the tempo snappy and the mood light even when the subject occasionally dips into the classic country buffet of woe-is-me bummers. A longtime buddy of Old Crow Medicine Show’s Gill Landry (the two once toured together in a jug band), Pines cut his teeth busking, which informs his stage presence with a degree of showmanship that less seasoned troubadours lack: he knows how to hold your attention. Friday, September 9 at Sportsmen’s Tavern.