August 19-25, 2004

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Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue

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The harmony in the title of this four-act mini-festival involves a lot more than singing in tune. Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and Patty Griffin (pictured) have produced and played on each other's albums, covered each other's songs and turned up at each other's shows often enough that you might start to expect they actually like each other. On their own, they're powerful enough (even if Griffin's a comparative lightweight), but together, it could be like watching the Fantastic Four team up for the first time. Except none of them is covered with rocks. Note the change of venue; the show's been moved from the Mann to the Keswick.

Tue., Aug. 24, 8 p.m., $48, Keswick Theatre, Easton Rd. and Keswick Ave., Glenside, 215-572-7650.

—Sam Adams