With a name like Hot Day at the Zoo, you had best be good! No fears, folks, this quartet — made up of Jon Cumming (banjo, dobro, vocals); Michael Dion (guitar, harmonica, vocals); Jed Rosen (upright bass, vocals): and JT Lawrence (mandolin, vocals) — has tight songwriting, killer chops and a laid-back, though intense stage presence which makes this New England-based band a favorite where ever they perform. This can be heard on their latest CD — titled “Zoograss” — which is the group’s third album and their first live recording (it clocks in at 77-plus minutes). In fact, they’ll be supporting that disc when they hit Mainely Brews in Waterville at 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27.

Mark Wahlberg is not a bad actor. He can often be very good. Wahlberg has proven over and over since “Boogie Nights,” that he can be menacing, courageous, lightly comic and heroic.