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The RLA Jazz Trio is joined again by Paula & Don this evening at the Mad River Brewery Tap Room at 6 p.m. for free. You'll get some good jazz to sway to but you'll be comfortable tapping your feet and sipping your John Barleycorn as well if you just want to ride it out. As always, it's a free show but tips are always welcome for the bands. Starting off in Mammoth Lakes in the Sierras, Sweetwater String Band now has members living in Santa Cruz, Wyoming and Colorado, yet it keeps playing on. With a cello, mandolin, guitar and bass, this soulgrass band has its third album At Night coming out in just a couple of days, so the members are assembled and on the road drumming up support. The album deals with topics such as "nature's rest, love's plight and the curiosities of the human experience," according to the press release. Get a preview of songs you'll find on this soon-to-be-released album and, if you're lucky maybe they'll have some advanced copies for you to pick up. They'll be at Humboldt Brews around 9 p.m. for only $10 tonight.