How many kinds of folk music can you name? There's Appalachian folk, Irish folk, Czech folk, Southern folk, '60s folk and modern indie folk. Anywhere there are folk, and there is music, there is folk music. "Folk", as a genre description, is about as useful as "rock" or "pop." But that doesn't stop Round Mountain from trying to play all of it. Billing themselves as simply "world folk," New Mexican brothers Char and Robby Rothschild run the gamut, wielding West African harps, Bulgarian bagpipes, and a dozen or so other wind, string and percussion instruments from around the country and the world. Expect both a world music lesson and a damn good performance out of Round Mountain Wednesday night.

Round Mountain

Wednesday, May 26, 7 p.m., no cover
Mandolin Café, 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma
253.761.3482