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World Folk: How many kinds of folk music can you name? There's Appalachian folk, Irish folk, Czech folk, Southern folk, sixties folk and modern indie folk. Anywhere there are folk, and there is music, there is folk music. "Folk", as a genre description, is about as useful as "rock" or "pop". But that doesn't stop Round Mountain from trying to play all of it. Billing themselves as simply "world folk", New Mexican brothers Char and Robby Rothschild run the gamut, wielding West African harps, Bulgarian bagpipes, and a dozen or so other wind, string and percussion instruments from around the country and the world. Expect both a world music lesson and a damn good performance out of Round Mountain tonight. Wednesday, May 26, 7 p.m., no cover, Mandolin Café, 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, 253.761.3482 - Joe Izenman
Neo-Swing: There's excitement circulating T-town with the return of Cherry Poppin' Daddies to Jazzbones tonight. Having ska-ed, skanked and swung for 20 years now, the Daddies recently released Skaboy JFK - an ode to ska that includes reworked numbers from the band's past along with four new tracks. Wednesday, May 26, 9 p.m., $15, Jazzbones, 2803 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.396.9169 - Michael Swan