Was giving DJ Harrison’s new album a listen preparing the interview. I’m sitting with the tracks, getting a feel for the album’s pulse, when “Seek God” comes on. Fly Anakin steps into the beat with that effortless Richmond control that comes from years of sharpening...
FEATURED SHOWSunday, May 26, 12 noonJonny Z Fest 2019, feat. Kenneka Cook, Washers, Gull, Josh Small, Night Kid @ Hardywood - Free!It's hard to believe that it's been 12 years since we lost Jonathan Zanin, known to all and sundry as Jonny Z. To get personal right out the gate, he was a longtime friend, and I still can't think too much about his...
Michael Millions is an up-and-coming hip-hop artist and music engineer whose roots are planted and thriving in Richmond. It’s the city he refers to in “Sirens,” on his 2018 album Hard to be King, as “once one of those capitals where those murders be.” It’s a calm Wednesday evening in the city’s East End, and at the beginning of a dead-end street...
The movers and shakers of Fredericksburg’s music scene are younger than you might expect. Fredericksburg All Ages is a non-profit organization run by and for the youth of the city, and since 2006, it has been one of the primary sources for live music events, as well as other fun events like improv shows and coding and digital arts classes, in the...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops an absolutely amazing playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This one comes to us from Blessed, a British Columbia-based band who remind us with their music that, yes, Canada really is pretty far north. They'll be bringing their gothic, metallic postpunk to The Camel...
FEATURED SHOWMonday, May 20, 7 PMCursive, Mewithoutyou, The Appleseed Cast @ The Broadberry - $22 in advance/$25 day of show (order tickets HERE)This show is an absolute bonanza for people who were crazy about emo fifteen years ago. I shouldn't even have to tell you that I'm one of those people. Back in 2004, Cursive, a band closely associated...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops an absolutely amazing playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around our festival of musical excellence is brought to you by Marcus Tenney, who you may know from many different arenas of sound around Richmond. On trumpet and saxophone, he performs with...
Put together by Virginia Beach native Pharrell, the inaugural Something In The Water festival brought music, art, togetherness, and creativity to College Beach Weekend. Pharrell’s Something in the Water music festival in Virginia Beach, VA brought tens of thousands of people to the water on the last weekend in April. A Virginia Beach native,...
From jazz and blues to funk and soul, the low-lit clubs of Richmond incubate a rich musical flavor that’s all our own. And the musicians at the heart of this sound are what make it all possible. Richmond’s best-kept secret is its sound. On the surface, the city is known for its craft beer, breweries, and historical landmarks. But if you take a...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, May 10, 4 PMSaturday, May 11, 3 PMCacophonous Pianos at ICA, a sonic arrangement by Dylan Languell @ VCU Institute Of Contemporary Art - Free!Summer's coming, and as the saying goes, the living's easy. It's in the 80s pretty much every day lately, and who can complain about that? But you know us critics -- such contrarians!...
