Editor’s Note: This piece was written by a student at Randolph-Macon College as part of a feature writing course. Thank you to the students and to Professor Seth Clabough, Ph.D., for organizing the project. Gavin Lawton remembers the exact moment he decided music was...
Spurred on by pandemic-provided alone time and inspired by the loss of a loved one, the Richmond/Charlottesville indie-rock quintet brings us their first new music in three years. Over three years removed from their last release, Richmond-via-Charlottesville indie-rock band Post Sixty Five has released a new single, entitled "Middle Child." The...
Johnny Ciggs may regret the goofy name he gave himself at the start of his hip hop career, but with his new album, Lighters and Lightbulbs, the Gritty City Records label head shows that his talent is no joke. Before Johnny Ciggs became a rapper and owner of Gritty City Records, the inspiration for a potential stage name came during a night out at...
Richmond-based psychedelic indie trio Nancy Raygun bring their first EP into a quarantined world with the hope of spreading happiness through music, even in trying times. “Late Nights” opens with the sound of waves crashing on a beach, transporting you to the waterside, sand between your toes. When the whispering vocals start — a voice singing,...
Holy River's latest single, "Spirit Riot," spotlights the two-years-and-counting struggle of the Yellow Finch Forest Blockade and their work to shut down the Mountain Valley Pipeline. It also rocks. If you were to travel to the forests of Southwestern Virginia, you’d find a community of people living in the trees there, known as the Yellow Finch...
Dust's multi-genre collaboration mixes Afrobeat, hip hop, and digital experimentation to create a musical message of progress toward civil rights and away from institutional racism. As social issues and civil rights have become more prevalent in the city, many local artists and musicians have shifted the focus of their work in order to address...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a truly fantabulous playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we've got a set of tunes from PJ Sykes, a veteran musician and photographer who's been making noise around Richmond for years in bands like Hoax Hunters, Angels vs. Aliens, and a ton of...
Recording artist and producer AARNxBRWN dropped a new video and has a new album on the way. His musical journey over the summer coincided with a quest to find himself and justice for his people through protests and activism. Before this summer, rapper/producer Aaron Brown, known to the music world as AARNxBRWN, didn’t consider himself an...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a truly fantabulous playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This time around, we bring you a raging ripper from Loud Night, a Richmond band bringing together members of Battlemaster and Ramming Speed to make some ferocious, heavy noise. They just released their...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a truly fantabulous playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we come to you with a playlist from Lefthnd, the new solo project from Richmond songwriter and producer Scott Lane. You might know Scott from his years as guitarist for The Congress, his...
