Editor's Note: This story that begins, as too many do, with a clown in someone’s DMs and ends with a camera duct-taped to a toy train. The first thing to know is that Mike Shea tried to make a normal introduction. In his mind, it was a filmmaker reaching out to a...
Tom Applegate is a super nice guy and, by all accounts, an excellent teacher of second graders. Recently retired, he has returned to his roots as a punk. Back in 1976, he started his own punk band, L'Amour, whose complete discography was recently reissued by local label Beach Impediment Records. Later, by happenstance, he joined BEEX (who have...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, March 5, 7 PMBanding Together: A Benefit Concert For RPS Elementary School Music Programs, feat. No BS! Brass, Fear Of Music, Prabir Trio, Erin Lunsford, Landon Elliott, Buenas @ The Broadberry - $20-$100 (order tickets HERE)It's been a rough ol' decade so far, folks, and 2022 is clearly trying to make sure no one thinks...
In order to document the vibrant, ever-growing electronic music scene in Richmond and surrounding regions, Radio RVA gets “In the Mix” through our electronic mix series digging into artists' musical flavors. For the kickoff installment of this new series, we have Joanna O! Joanna has been a part of the electronic scene here in Richmond for many...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, February 25, 9 PMShe, Hotspit, Lobby Boy @ The Camel - $10 in advance, $12 day of show (order tickets HERE)One of the nice things about doing this column for so long has been the way it allowed me to follow the growth and maturation of local bands. Crazily enough, I started writing this column over eight years ago, and I've...
There’s something about Waxahatchee frontwoman Katie Crutchfield’s voice that sounds like coming home. It’s something in the twang or the timbre that feels oddly nostalgic, even for a time or a place that the listener has never been a part of. Maybe that’s why Waxahatchee’s appearance at The National on February 7 felt so intimate, even while...
FEATURED SHOWMonday, February 21, 6 PMObituary, Municipal Waste, Gatecreeper, Enforced, Spirit World @ The Broadberry - $30 (order tickets HERE)In the crazy upside-down world that is Richmond's live music scene in the hopefully-waning days of Omicron, we find that somehow, the early days of the week are becoming the hottest time for live music. I...
Cannabis seed company Stable Genetix brings world-class breeding and competitive craft growing to central Virginia. A towering pine sprouts golden pistils that ripple across its conical rise into the blue California sky. The tree widens and contracts, tendrils of yellow and orange curling from the deep green foliage that cradles them. Hippogator...
FEATURED SHOWSunday, February 13, 3 PMBugs Bunny at the Symphony, feat. Richmond Symphony @ Dominion Energy Center For The Performing Arts - $65 (order tickets HERE)Back when I was in high school -- every bit of 30 years ago, god help me -- I had a cassette called The Carl Stalling Project. I used to love to play it in my car while I drove around...
FEATURED SHOWTuesday, February 8, 7 PMScott Burton & Scott Clark @ The Camel - $10 (order tickets HERE)Back when the pandemic started, I had a vague idea of what the live music scene would be like as it came to an end. I thought touring would be all but nonexistent, and that everyone would just be focusing on the artists in their area were...
