Maybe we should call it Grassroots Iconica.

With nearly 2 dozen performers calling dibs on roughly 3 dozen tunes, April 10th's Boulder To Birmingham Edition celebrates Emmylou Harris' (belated) birthday with the kind of catalog comb that Grassroots Acoustica's becoming known for (Santa Monica Mirror, for example, called our yearly Nicolette Larson commemoration "a Rhino-worthy retrospective"). The 3-hour hip-hip-hooray raises pledges for our friend Rique's participation with Team JiggyWiggits in Walk MS 2010 benefiting the local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Rique, perhaps the only lineup guest to have recorded with Emmylou, has visualized a personal fundraising goal of $10,000 in sponsorship for this year's walk. To help him, Emmylou, who has a cousin with multiple sclerosis, has offered up one of her stage garments for auction as well as autographed Grassroots Acoustica posters featuring Rique's never-before-published photo, one of which will be available night of show. eBay details on other auction items to be announced shortly.

If you're unable to attend Grassroots Acoustica's Tribute To Emmylou but would like to support Rique & Team JiggyWiggits in their steps toward a world free of MS, please do so directly at:

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/CALWalkEvents?px=3252422&pg=personal&fr_id=13066.
Featuring: Lauren Adams, Bliss Bowen, Claire Holley, Debra Davis, Dudley Saunders, Jeff Kosak, Lisa Johnson, Lisa Turner, Lisa O;Kane, Marc Francoeur, Mare Lennon, MArk Pocket Goldberg, Merrily Weeber, Nicole Gordon, Paul Zollo, Randy Sacks, Wendy Conrad and hosted by Mark Islam.