There’s a note and a pattern to how music starts from one’s imagination and comes to fruition. A set of demos could be released into the universe with a particular ease that people couldn’t begin to imagine at the turn of the twenty-first century. With that in mind,...
RVA #26: The birth of ‘Virginia Is for Music Lovers’ and the campaign’s impact on tourism
“Virginia Is For Lovers.” This succinct ad rolled out in 1969 and in the almost fifty years since, it has become one of the most iconic marketing campaigns of all time with numerous awards, museum inclusions, and hall of fame inductions. It has given Virginia a...
RVA #26: The mystery men behind Brooklyn-based artistic duo ASVP
Since leaving the corporate world and advertising industry to form their own artistic duo, ASVP has developed a graphic style marrying Eastern and Western iconography with nods to advertising, pop, and comic book culture. This article was featured in RVAMag #26: Fall...
RVA #26: 10 Virginia artists to check out
We all know Richmond has a vibrant music scene, one that's constantly transforming and getting better every day, but what of the rest of Virginia? It's important to remember that as good as we have it here in town, Old Dominion still has plenty of fresh and exciting...
RVA #26: The $un rises from the West End: A chat with RVA hip hop artist Peter $un
As we cool down from the hottest summer in RVA history, the city is still heating up with outdoor activities and the sound of new local music, something that will always be exciting regardless of the temperature. That music scene has always been fueled by a blue...
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