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When the Music Ends, The Bukit Hedz Begin

by R. Anthony Harris | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, DOWNTOWN RVA, MUSIC

I came across them one night, sitting in the grass at Kanawha Plaza. Two men, buckets stacked like makeshift toms, a lone snare resting in one lap, framed by the warm glow skyline of downtown Richmond. Beside them, a sign made the economics clear: VENMO DRUMKEEM....

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