Editor's Note: Looking to get coverage for your music? We have a submission form. Take a minute to tell us about your project so we can better plan our editorial coverage. You can find the form HERE. Lots of touring bands in this week's bracket. Keep Richmond on the...
Joseph Calabrese, otherwise known as Pinot, is a newcomer on the Richmond rap scene, and he's ready to make his mark. Born in Washington to a military family, he has lived across the globe in countries like Italy and Germany. Eventually, he settled down here in Richmond, where he has spent the past three years perfecting his craft. I first...
After 17 years working with Top Dawg Entertainment, Kendrick Lamar is leaving TDE, but his final release for the label might be his most vulnerable project yet. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers is Kendrick Lamar's first album in five years, and it's a big one, featuring 18 songs spread across two CDs. It has a lot of features from artists as...
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, June 18, 8 PMNo Moniker, Piranha Rama, Lobby Boy, Gnawing @ Black Iris - $8 in advance, $12 day of show (order tickets HERE)Ever notice how the music scene's activity always gets ramped up in the summer? School's out, everybody's feeling alive again, and big plans are being made. One of the great things that comes from all...
Richmond instrumental quartet Dumb Waiter have never stayed within any easily defined genre limits, and that continues to be true for their forthcoming latest album, Gauche Gists. With the album's release only a week and a half away, RVA Mag is pleased to present the premiere of an exclusive preview track from the album, "Experiencing Loss In A...
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...
