MUSIC

It would be coy to say that Cubscout and the Rhinoceros’ Kemper Blair and Stuart Holt didn’t have a history together. Their involvement in the Richmond music scene is unprecedented. It seems appropriate to take a walk down memory lane in Holt’s Oregon Hill backyard....

There’s a scene in the classic mocku-rockumentary Spinal Tap wherein Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnell is showing the documentary-maker around his impressive stash of equipment. There’s a scene in the classic mocku-rockumentary Spinal Tap wherein Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnell...

If George Reuther could name his Breakfast Blend program on WRIR, he would call it Sammy. Reuther explores music of the twentieth century. If George Reuther could name his Breakfast Blend program on WRIR, he would call it Sammy. Reuther explores music of the twentieth...

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...

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....

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? ...

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...

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...