Ryan Kent has always had a warm, calming presence for me. I met him when I was still very young. We were bartending at Sabai, a job that neither of us would be at for long. We established common interests in lyrics and poetry, and went out to parties a time or two. It...
Folks, if you're not paying attention to what Richmond vocalist, poet, and writer extraordinaire Ryan Kent is up to by now, you're really overdue for a wakeup call on that one. And Dying Comes With Age, Kent's debut solo album, is the perfect thing to give it to you....
FEATURED SHOWSaturday, April 2, 2 PMWRIR's Party For the Rest Of Us, feat. Colin Phils, Ant The Symbol, Gritty City Records, Prabir Trio, Cassidy Snider & The Wranglers, The Wimps, Holy River @ Hardywood Park Craft Brewery - Free!Y'all, it's been 17 years since...
FEATURED SHOWFriday, January 14, 6:30 PMDwight Yoakam, Reid Haughton @ The National - $45-$52.50 (order tickets HERE)Every week I start the column with it, and every week I say it's for the last time. Let's stop kidding ourselves. I'm gonna bring up COVID to start...
Sometimes the body makes decisions for the mind. Sometimes it side-steps the brain and all of its rambling nonsense. You see athletes in the Olympics or people in acts of extreme heroism do this. Muscles popping. Faces contorted into white-knuckled fists. In agony but...