Friday, there will be a fantastic sound echoing through the Vine neighborhood. It will reverberate from hill to dale to street sign to the broken remains of Oak Street Market. It will make doves wonder at their purpose, and grown men weep. Mostly, though, it’s gonna sound great.

What is this great sound? Why, the celebration of Cold Mountain Child’s first trek in to the wild unknown that is the Midwest tour. Some of their friends, of course, are fixin’ to send them off in style.

Helping bring CMC’s fantastic (though sometimes forlorn) tunes out on the road, Peter Damien Juan Diego Cook, formerly of the Philly Crawlers, will be playing an eclectic mix of his personal favorites and his personal compositions, and all with the help of an acoustic guitar!

Alex Quinlan (one of my local favorites) will be bringing his brother Marcus down to play his thoughtful, wandering melodies over excellently understated guitar-work. This is not an act to be missed ever, if one can possibly help it.

Cold Mountain Child’s friends from afar, Lobo Marino, will be coming up off Virginia way to get all the way down. Their sound is a strong, haunting chant on a wind-swept hilltop at sunset. S’wunnerful.

Finally, Rust Whip’s Dylan Lancaster will be bringing his Rock-Americana to the Milhouse once again. His songs are about lost love and hard life and good times and rough times and making it all work out in the end. Another personal favorite.

The music will start PROMPTLY at 8pm at the Milhouse. If you come late, you’ll miss it. Bring a little cash to either donate, or buy Cold Mountain Child and Lobo Marino’s merch to help them down the road. Other than that, bring a good ‘tude, a few friends, and some fine taste, and get ready for some fantastic tunes!