Chatting with singer-songwriters is one of my favorite things to do, so I was very excited to sit down with Jason Farlow. Based right here in RVA, Farlow is a folk-rocker and the founder and leader of The Last Real Circus. Right now, the band is working on their new...
We get sent a lot of music videos by local groups here at RVA Mag. And of course, since we are always trying to keep track of what’s happening in the local music scene, we stumble across a whole bunch of videos on our own time. The result is an ever-growing list of...
In my role as the general tracker of upcoming shows in and around the Richmond area, I hear about a whole lot of bands that are active in Virginia -- sometimes from the moment they play their very first show. Over the past eight years of show-column-writing, I've seen...
There is a band in Richmond named Drook. They used to be named She. They recorded an e.p. called Life In Estates that's out now. They make me feel old. They make me ask myself too many questions. Is the fact they are chasing their dream and sacrificing stability what...
I have a bone to pick with this city: no one in this town but me seems to have noticed the sheer brilliance of TVLPA. I guess it's understandable: they snuck up on me too. I'd barely heard their name when I discovered their debut album, Walk With Me, on Bandcamp...