Editor's Note: We have our full list of New Years events posted HERE. This week is all about New Year's Eve. We got a ton of insane local talent at nearly every venue in town, anywhere you look you got something. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone...
This Thursday night, Richmond Performing Arts Alliance will present Alternate Routes: A Night In Nashville at Dominion Energy Center, featuring a headlining performance from Cassadee Pope. Now, if you only know Cassadee Pope from her run on season three of The Voice back in 2012, when she took top honors and became the first-ever female winner of...
Justin Golden has been a mainstay in the Richmond music scene for years now; his strong guitar chops and blues fundamentals made him RVA's best-kept secret for quite a while. But his debut record, Hard Times And A Woman, is starting to make waves outside the city. Despite the fact that it's his debut, it does not feel like a first project, but a...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, June 10, 7 PMTyler Meacham, Dead Billionaires, Anna Leonard @ Gallery 5 - $8 in advance, $10 day of show (order tickets HERE)Putting out records in the streaming age is weird. Let's take Tyler Meacham's debut album, Into The Fray, for an example. You've been able to buy the CD and mp3 versions on Bandcamp since February, and...
On a steamy Thursday afternoon in Richmond, music lovers poured into Brown's Island for part of Live Loud Music, a summer concert series taking place on the island this year. There was a beautiful stage set up by the river, green lawns, sunny skies, and food tents, all looking perfect for the show. Not long after doors opened, a rainy downpour...
Richmond multimedia artist Seyla Hossaini released her first silent film, Relief, last month amid the uproar following the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion on the vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. The film is drenched in emotion and upholds the honesty of the real life experience of getting an abortion in modern day Richmond. And while...
Strawberry Moon has been a familiar band on the Richmond indie scene for a few years now, but with their brand new single, "Control" -- the first off their upcoming LP, Habitual Creatures -- the band has really come into their own, sporting a stronger, fuller sound than could be heard on their previous full-length release, 2018's Dust Bath. It's...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, June 3, 10 PMQueer Fundraiser, feat. Harli & The House Of Jupiter, Cherub Tree, Roughshod, Neurotix @ Ipanema - $7 (order tickets HERE) Welcome to Pride Month, everyone! There was a time when I felt really good about where things stood, and where things were going, with the LGBTQ community. However, with authoritarian...
Chip Hale is a producer, musician, and the owner of 6807 Studios. He plays bass in Richmond's Moosetrap, but what really made us want to talk to him was his production work -- specifically on Justin Golden’s latest record, Hard Times and a Woman, which is getting rave reviews. Kelli Strawbridge talked to Chip about his relationship with Justin,...
FEATURED SHOWSunday, May 29, 7 PMRikki Rakki Prom Night, feat. Rikki Rakki, Angels Cant See, Frames, Cassidy Snider And The Wranglers @ Gallery 5 - $10 in advance, $12 at the door (order tickets HERE)Returning to my ongoing coverage of the Richmond music scene in the post-pandemic era (by which I mean the era after the pandemic started. When we...
