Richmond gets it. More than any other city in Virginia. So here’s your Weekend Frequency, your weekly reader-curated playlist, built for the city, by the city. This week’s playlist comes from Deau Eyes. "Here are some songs I’m vibing to now and songs that have...
What do you get when you mix a Celtic-Americana-indie-rock band, a garage studio in the suburbs of Richmond, and Maymont Park? Turns out, it’s Carbon Leaf. The local band, whose career has spanned almost 25 years, is due to play at Maymont Park this weekend. The band hasn’t played at Maymont since 2010, but the quintet is excited to return to...
"It's been a... a real crazy journey." That's acclaimed singer-songwriter Angelica Garcia summarizing the events of the last several years of her life, a tumultuous yet rewarding time that included multiple cross-country moves, periods of isolation and discovery, and, ultimately, landing a coveted slot on Warner Brothers Records who released her...
Sophia Nadia, aloft on a Reston, Virginia garage rooftop, was holding her acoustic guitar, working through new songs that would be the material for Richmond favorite, Cold Beaches’ https://www.facebook.com/coldbeachesmusic/ next release, when a security guard came walking by. “You can’t do that,” he said. Nadia reasoned with Officer Sourpuss....
Fulton Lee might be the only guy wearing dress shoes and suspenders that could be described as explosive- not in the sense of GWAR spraying pig’s blood on a crowd, but explosive in the way that Elvis was. In fact, from the big hair to the girls screaming bloody murder in the front row, the whole performance was laced with subtle hints of The...
For three years, the rowdy, bearded guys that make up the band Dharma Bombs have brought RVA feet-stompin’, booty-shakin’, whiskey-drinking party tunes with their fusion of blues, folk, and swing, a genre they refer to as Appalachian Dixieland. But the group has been toiling away on their latest effort, Old Time Romance, their first full length...
Americana at its finest with deep soulful roots, and a voice with such conviction and depth, RVA singer/songwriter Sid Kingsley is the next musician you need to check out. The artist first made RVA Mag's ears perk up when he released his single, "Good Way Home" a few months ago, which is the title of his debut album set to drop via American...
Here's a Valentine's Day present for local music fans: a succinct new song from folk rock duo The Tide Rose in the spirit of love. "Wanna Be Yours" is a playful, yet cautious song detailing feelings of new and unrequited love, and the tender secrecy that naturally follows. "For me, the song was inspired by that feeling of wanting something to...
RVA Mag has been dropping the name Saw Black here and there for quite some time now. He’s the local man of mystery whose behind some of the latest albums to come out from up and coming RVA bands Dharma Bombs, Death Birds Surf Club and more. But what's his story? Well Justin Black, which is his real name, is the co-owner of burgeoning RVA indie...
"Let's go upstairs and make sure we can see the whole city while we chat." That's Tyler Williams, drummer for The Head And The Heart, speaking to fellow band member Jonathan Russell and myself in the lobby of The Quirk Hotel almost instinctively after the first music question was asked. This article was featured in RVAMag #27: Winter 2016. You...
