Let’s be honest: most local summer music guides read like they were written by someone who’s never been to a show. A few safe headliners. Maybe a festival or two. So we made our own and put it all in one place for easy reference. This is RVA Magazine’s...
For about five years, Orlando Joel has been professionally producing and songwriting for local artists, and more recently, he’s decided to share his own voice. Taking a step into personal expression with a new project IAMSON, Joel takes on heavy subjects like navigating identity, spirituality, and right from wrong. The RVA artist had the...
Whenever a musician steps outside of his/her comfort zone and away from their regular gig to pursue another project it’s always exciting to hear what they come up with. For local musician Steven Boone, fans will get to hear what he’s been working hard on the last few years on Friday when he drops his debut solo album, SoulLow. Boone has been...
Whenever a musician steps outside of his/her comfort zone and away from their regular gig to pursue another project it’s always exciting to hear what they come up with. For local musician Steven Boone, fans will get to hear what he’s been working hard on the last few years on Friday when he drops his debut solo album, SoulLow. Boone has been...
Ladies, please contain yourselves. Or don't because I know I'm all giddy like a little teenage girl because Trey Songz is coming to Richmond to grace us with his lovely voice (and body) next month. The R&B sensation first made his way into our hearts in 2005 with his debut album, I Gotta Make It and has been making us swoon with hits like...
Ladies, please contain yourselves. Or don't because I know I'm all giddy like a little teenage girl because Trey Songz is coming to Richmond to grace us with his lovely voice (and body) next month. The R&B sensation first made his way into our hearts in 2005 with his debut album, I Gotta Make It and has been making us swoon with hits like...
Jessica Fox, Mariah Hargrove, and Joseph Clarke are no strangers to singing. The long-time friends have spent time in recording booths providing backing vocals to other artists until they were called to take center stage, so to speak. The local gospel trio, known as Resound, released their first single, “Black History,” in February and they...
Back before it got cold, I drove over to the Jellowstone Records house to interview Marcus Tenney and producer DJ Harrison of Tennison, who had recently released Crack Music on their bandcamp and a cd which RVA Magazine deemed as “essential listening” in the Winter 2015 issue. I caught their act at The Broadberry (opening for Detroit’s own Slum...
14 years after his last album release, and three years since his last tour, the odds seemed stacked against Richmond native and renowned R&B performer D’Angelo. 14 years after his last album release, and three years since his last tour, the odds seemed stacked against Richmond native and renowned R&B performer D’Angelo. After his blockbuster...
This year, RVA Magazine will be celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary--and in honor of our first decade of publication, we'll be taking a look back and some of our favorite articles we've run over the past 10 years. Today, we revisit our interview with Pharrell Williams, the cover story from our Summer 2010 issue. It is around 3:30PM and we're in...
