I first met Billy Wallace when The Wading Girl played at Empire. The show was Barn Burning, Josh Small and Brandon Peck. There was a tremendous honesty to Wallace’s craft as a songwriter. I would soon there after send him an email asking to play a show with him. This...
No one was killed in Richmond in June 2010. Going back to at least 1980, Richmond has only had three months without any homicides. Each of these quiet months has come in the last 8 months, and 2 of them have come in 2010. Murder in Richmond, VA 1971-2009 Until 2008,...
Tatiana Suarez will be showing at DC's street art gallery Art Whino. She was nice enough to answer a few questions for RVA on the upcoming show and approach to her work. If you are in the harbor area swing through and check the place out, its definitely worth it....
Wavves - King Of The Beach (Fat Possum Records) Yet another bassless two-piece band, but these guys are a far cry from the blues-punk of The White Stripes and The Black Keys. Wavves create lo-fi jangle-pop tunes that sound like Guided By Voices on a Beach Boys kick....
The God of the Bobble Heads is a new radio show coming out of Ashland. Its pretty damn funny and RVA is a proud sponsor. We will be posting a new episode every week on RVAMAG.com. Be sure to check it out live every Saturday on WHAN1430AM and download all the past...