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Published Fri, Jan 13, 2012 05:11 AM
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Sarah Jarosz plays tonight in Saxapahaw. Courtesy of Sarah Jarosz

Submitted by DAVID MENCONI — STAFF WRITER

Sarah Jarosz won't be old enough to drink legally until May, but you'd never know it from her music. Mature and polished beyond her years, Jarosz plays a deft blend of folk, bluegrass and pop that lands somewhere between Nickel Creek and Shawn Colvin. Her first album, 2009's "Song Up in Her Head," was stellar, and she topped it on last year's "Follow Me Down" (Sugar Hill Records) without even breaking a sweat. She plays tonight at Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw. Lizzy Ross opens the show at 8 and tickets are $12-$15. See hawriverballroom.com for details.

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Branford Marsalis opens a two-night hometown run at Duke University's Reynolds Theater tonight; Red Collar and Spiderbags kick it Saturday night at Chapel Hill's Local 506; two acts with Avett Brothers connections hit the area this weekend - family patriarch Jim Avett at Carrboro's Cat's Cradle Saturday with Mipso Trio, and G Love (whose latest album was produced by Scott and Seth Avett) at Raleigh's Lincoln Theatre on Sunday; iconic R&B hitmakers O'Jays sing at Durham Performing Arts Center on Sunday (see page 1D); and cranky comedian Adam Carolla gets his gripe on Thursday at Durham's Carolina Theatre (see page 7D).

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