UPDATE February 2nd, 2026: Mad Skillz has won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. You can read about that HERE. In honor of that win here is our interview with him back in December. ------------- "A life lived through music, is a life well lived." - Mad Skillz Mad...
Since 2015, Northern Virginia-based guitarist and lead singer Sean Flanagan has worked to mold his band, The Firnats, into the diverse indie-rock four piece they are today. Their novel style is reminiscent of 50s doo-wop music, 90s grunge, and a wide array of genres to fill in the cracks, and as far as The Firnats know, they’re the only band that...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, as we all attempt to survive yet another week of quarantine with no end in sight, we've got a playlist from Unmaker vocalist Aaron Mitchell to hopefully lift you out of the doldrums of boredom and/or the...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we bring you another set of tunes to help get you through the extended period of sheltering in place that we're all living through. It comes from GWARbar's Jonah Laze, who has been inspired to some...
RVA #39 is on the streets now! Here’s another article from the issue, in which the artist behind J. Roddy Walston and The Business gets together with Kelli Strawbridge for a fresh look into his work on The Hustle Season Podcast. You probably know his business: now meet his pleasure. J. Roddy Walston, of J. Roddy Walston and The Business,...
Well, here we are again, stuck at home with no shows to go to, trying to find a way to survive without live music for... who knows how long? I don't have any good news for you on that front, but I can offer you another collection of great live footage with which to fill your days and nights over the next week and try to ease the pain of social...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. And this week, we definitely had a plan to bring you a playlist from a rad artist who was coming through town to perform for us in the coming days. But then, COVID-19 happened, and made live music a thing of the...
The Kingston Trio will come to The Tin Pan for two intimate shows this Sunday, March 22. Our own John Reinhold talked to the current lineup about the enduring legacy of this pioneering folk group. It's been over 60 years since The Kingston Trio first came together and helped kick off the folk boom of the early 60s. Their early music mixed...
Hey there, folks, it's that time of the week when we normally let you know all the best goings-on in the live music scene here in Richmond and around the state for the next week! As you may have realized, though, the current COVID-19 outbreak and the many social and legal restrictions placed on large gatherings have almost entirely shut down the...
RVA #39 is on the streets now! Here’s another article from the issue, in which Reggie Pace catches up with Angelica Garcia: Richmond's Latinx star emerging for her widely-loved Latin Pop/Indie sound. Angelica Garcia is a bold vocalist. Her voice -- forged in ancestral Latinx culture and the raging kilns of danceable pop -- commands not just...
