With a sound that is reggae fusion, with distinct overtones of ska, funk and rock, the Underwater Sounds headline JimThorpe's Earth DayCelebration on Saturday, April 26, along with special guests, The WallaceBrothers.

The band from Philadelphia has impressive credentials their 2010 record was voted number one debut album by WXPN.org's The Key, and in 2011 the Underwater Sounds were nominated for two Asbury Park music awards, Best Groove Band and Top Female Vocalist.They lay down a sweeping variety of grooves on top of exotic rhythms and captivating melodies. They are about reggae-funk-jam fusion, alternating between periods of technical precision and psychedelic improv.The Wallace Brothers Band write and perform songs about sleeping in a car, being broke and happy, traveling the world and spending the night in the pen. They live the lives they sing about.Formed in 2007, The Wallace Brothers Band performs 200 shows per year and are equally as capable crooning in bar rooms as they are headlining festivals. They have worked with David Bromberg, Rusted Root, Ricky Skaggs, Robert Hunter and Tom Constantine of The Grateful Dead, Railroad Earth, Cabinet, and Junior Brown.Tickets are $10 and available on the Opera House website at mcohjt.com, and by visiting SoundCheck Records in downtown Jim Thorpe, or by calling them at (570) 325-4009.The Opera House box office is open from noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at (570) 325-0249. Tickets are also available at the door when they open at 7 p.m. The show begins at 8 p.m.