Every year around this time, Richmond slips a little. It starts small and you catch it out of the corner of your eye. Someone in armor pumping gas. A Jedi standing at the crosswalk on Broad, waiting for the light like everyone else. A guy in full wizard robes standing...
Punk rock has been enshrined in pop culture as music with something important to say, and I think that’s great, but one thing punk rock has always had room for, one that gets de-emphasized when we focus on The Clash and forget about the Ramones, is pure no-frills rock n’ roll melody. Durham’s Lifters might not qualify for punk rock if you’re...
Dropping Julia with Handlines @ RVA’s boutique retro bowling alley, River City Roll! Charlottesville-based funky Neo-soul / pop with lively elements of rockabilly, funk, rock, gypsy jazz and R&B layered over dreamy and haunting stories. Upbeat, fun and quirky, Dropping Julia weaves together their own lush tapestry of roots music that is both...
Join us at River City Roll on 2/21 for a Free Show with Fireside Collective and Red Light Rodeo!
Fusing a love for SUBwoofers and elecTRONICS brings us Subtronics. Since emerging on the heavy bass music scene, Subtronics has gone on to release with Never Say Die, NSD: Black Label, Disciple Roundt Table, SubCarbon, Deadbeats, Kannibalen, and more, and to collaborate with GRiZ, Space Jesus, Ganja White Night, SQUNTO, Boogie T, and other...
Established in Birmingham, AL, The Brook & The Bluff is a four-piece band that consists of front man Joseph Settine, drummer John Canada, guitarist Alec Bolton and bassist Fred Lankford.The Brook & The Bluff have quickly become recognized for their evocative blend of instrumental talent and vocal harmony. These elements are readily...
River City Roll is excited to host Thorp Jenson and The Eastern Freightliner for a bi-weekly Tuesday Residency starting on 1/28/2020. You can expect a special Eastern Freightliner performance, different From Thorp Jenson's typical set with a rotating cast of musicians! This is FREE and Open to the public! These special bi-weekly performances will...
In all of his songs, Kulick shows his rare ability to turn everyday pain into music that’s undeniably life-affirming. Revealing his refined alt-rock sensibilities, each track also spotlights the sharp songcraft and tight musicality he’s carefully honed since first learning to play drums and guitar back in the town of Tamaqua. Along with recording...
Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF! Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life,...
There are a few different reasons you might be aware of singer/fiddler Amanda Shires; her frequent collaborations with her husband Jason Isbell and his band the 400 Unit is one of them. Another is her role in The Highwomen, an all-female take on the classic outlaw-country supergroup The Highwaymen featuring Shires, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris,...
