Ladies and gents, can you feel it? That sizzle in the air, the pulse in the wind? That's not just the summer heat, that’s the electrifying buzz of music in Richmond! Bid adieu to the Canadian forest fire haze and say hello to the sizzling fiesta of beats that is about...
It's Wednesday night and Cous Cous is packed. I can hardly make it back to the bar to get another beer, so I stand with my empty glass watching Fight the Big Bull play raucously to a full restaurant. The bar is loud and the music is energetic, yet when the music reaches a hushed moment, the audience becomes silent, both out of respect and genuine...
I got to the show late, stopped on my way to grab a beer from the bar, and watched the rest of the set from right there. It wasn’t that the band was a precision-tight ensemble of professional speed pickers, or that they were playing a favorite old-time tune of mine. There was something in the personality of their sound, the way their notes jumped...
Is genre-dedicated promotion necessary? Certainly, promoters tend to stick to one genre or another. You'll not find a hip-hop promoter pushing a hardcore show, and electronica /rave promoters don't push jazz. But is the Virginia Metal Alliance really a promoter? Is genre-dedicated promotion necessary? Certainly, promoters tend to stick to...
Tom Peloso has a knack for playing any instrument with strings. This is a good skill to have when you’re traveling strange lands, and happen to be on tour with world-famous Modest Mouse. Tom Peloso has a knack for playing any instrument with strings. This is a good skill to have when you’re traveling strange lands, and happen to be on tour with...
SHOW PROFILE: Midnight Soulstice Air Time: 11pm-1am Fridays DJS: DJ Pari and Mr. Felty With an elite repertoire of the greatest soul legends of the sixties and seventies, WRIR’s Midnight Soulstice is the real deal. A radio program that finds it’s reaches all across the globe. With such finesse, the program highlights the greats of old school...
Air Date; 1-3am Saturday Nights/Sunday Mornings DJ: Jason Matty It’s Saturday night and you’re on your way home or to some late night diner or just to keep the night alive for a few more hours. While en route, you might want to tune into WRIR to hear The Lounge. Air Date; 1-3am Saturday Nights/Sunday Mornings DJ: Jason Matty It’s Saturday night...
Have you heard about Amazing Ghost, The Itchy Hearts, Long Jawns, Battlemaster, Color Kittens? Have you heard about Amazing Ghost, The Itchy Hearts, Long Jawns, Battlemaster, Color Kittens? Long Jawns pic by Joseph Talman How about Easy Tiger, Gumby, Cubscout & Rhinocerous, Divine Profitz, Clint Maul? Color Kittens We talk about them and a slew...
It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon. You may be strolling through Byrd Park enjoying the smooth, rhythmic waves in the midst of the ponds. You may be running some last minute errands before the next workweek while noticing the scat-beat of human and automobile traffic. While turning the dial on the FM, you may wonder if there is any station that...
WRIR has a long and bumpy history. Its inception started with just a few radio advocates and a little tenacity. WRIR has a long and bumpy history. Its inception started with just a few radio advocates and a little tenacity. The idea of WRIR was born from the mind of Christopher “Max” Maxwell, who was frustrated with WCVE from getting rid of two...
