This Saturday, culture will spill across the steps of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture as Richmond celebrates its first Diwali Music & Arts Festival, a full-day gathering of color, rhythm, and connection hosted by The Rith Initiative, a new 501(c)(3)...
The Shack Band’s annual music festival is back at The Broadberry this weekend with a lineup specifically chosen to excite the Richmond local scene. This weekend, The Shack Up is hitting The Broadberry for the fifth time in as many years. On Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, your hosts The Shack Band will close out the month and the...
FEATURED SHOWWednesday, September 25, 7 PMBob Mould, Will Johnson @ The Broadberry - $25 in advance/$30 at the door (order tickets HERE)This one should just be a given, y'all. That said, we need to talk about Bob Mould, because I feel like he might be fading from the spotlight a bit for anyone who is under 40 -- and if you are under 40, and you...
With their latest album, Telltale embraces early 20-something life with a timeless pop punk sound. Pop punk is alive and well in Richmond. Its heart beats to the sound of Telltale’s timeless message, for those who face the challenges their many pop punk brethren have faced before them. With the release of their new album, Timeless Youth,...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around we're bringing you a playlist curated with love by the staff of Richmond's best new music venue 2k19 (that's right, we're calling it now): Fuzzy Cactus. They've been open for something...
Ahead of folk/Americana quintet The Way Down Wanderers' three shows across Virginia next week, Graham Stone caught up with the band's principal songwriters to talk illusions, inspirations, and good times. Austin Krause-Thompson and Collin Krause of central Illinois group The Way Down Wanderers have been playing music together since their teen...
Born out of Clair Morgan’s rotating cast of band members, New Lions evolves their sound and looks to the future on new EP End Story. Clair Morgan was not meant to be a band. Richmond-native musician Clair Morgan started the musical project under his own name as a solo act, but couldn’t stop adding friends, until he had enough people on stage to...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, September 21, 3 PMStone's Throw Down In RVA, feat. White Denim (Photo by Barnaby Fairley), J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Cory Wong, Howlin' Rain, The Long Ryders @ Brown's Island - $20 (order tickets HERE)The seasons are changing, y'all. The Autumnal Equinox, one of two days every year in which the sun is up for...
Richmond hip hop mainstay Joey Gallo gives us all the details about his upcoming project with rapper Stalley's new label, Blue Collar Gang. Over the summer I had the chance to speak to a longtime friend of mine and RVA veteran emcee, Joey Gallo, at WRIR studios. Gallo, a longtime collaborator with the late, legendary Richmond producer Kleph...
Get to know Texas indie-folk duo Penny and Sparrow before they charm the river city at The Broadberry Wednesday. If you’ve never heard Andy Baxter sing while Kyle Jahnke plays guitar and sings harmony, you’ve been missing out. On the surface, that’s really all there is to Penny and Sparrow, an indie-folk duo from Austin, Texas. Throughout their...
