The Goods (July 13-19)

By Aaron DavisDumpstaphunk and funkgrassFounded and incorporated into several years of Jazz Fest and Mardi Gras, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk began spreading the nasty funk love to the rest of the country just a few years ago. Neville, a keyboardist, is supported by his cousin Ian Neville on guitar, drummer Raymond Weber, and a double bass attack—yes, two bassists—Nick Daniels and Tony Hall. Called New Orleans’s best funk band by Offbeat Magazine, Gambit Weekly and The New York Times, the band effortlessly lays down aggressive grooves with 110-percent Crescent City flare.With slap bass, bluegrass mandolin chops and quirky, major-key arrangements, instrumental trio Jet Black Ninja Funkgrass Unit is a fitting local match.Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and Jet Black Ninja Funkgrass Unit, 6 p.m., Thursday, Victor City Park. Free and all-ages. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets. Vendors will be on-site to provide a variety of food options, beer and wine.Top-notch duosPairing the winners of A Prairie Home Companion’s 2008 and 2009 Great American Duet Sing Off, Virginia’s The Honey Dewdrops and locals Anne and Pete Sibley are two duos in a pod. Both husband-and-wife teams are purveyors of traditional-based roots music, with a female lead vocal backed by a male harmony.The Dewdrops present a double-guitar setup with a sound strikingly similar to Gillian Welch/David Rawlings, while The Sibleys generally pair guitar and claw-hammer banjo with more of a gospel influence.The Honey Dewdrops and Anne and Pete Sibley, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts. $15 at Valley Bookstore and Global Treasures. 733-3021.Free Sunday concerts beginMicrophone stand wheelin,’ Elvis dancing,’ Blues Brothers-styled electric harmonica player and frontman John Nemeth will kick off Concert on the Commons music series this Sunday. The Boise native is a rising bluesman with industry accolades and a sound influenced by B.B. King and Ray Charles.John Nemeth, 4 p.m., Sunday, at Concert on the Commons in Teton Village. Free. A Jackson Hole Music Experience student band will open the show. JHMR.com.This piece appears in Jackson Hole Weekly - JHWeekly.com