Between songs at a concert last Friday, Old Calf frontman Ned Oldham said that he’s been working nursery rhymes into lyrics since the mid-’90s. It started when he was studying for an MFA in fiction at UVA in the 1990s, and the poet Charles Wright used Mother Goose to illustrate lessons in rhyme and meter. […]
Inspectors say the historic building must meet restaurant guidelines. "Ironically, our success has proven to be our undoing," owners say.
What’s going on this weekend
Discussed: Why they came, October’s LCD Soundsystem concert, a sense of belonging, paradigm shift, how to sell records, why The Strokes stink now and post-9/11 music
If you’ve been on the Downtown Mall recently, you probably already know that the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph returns from its off year this week, with a string of events across town that celebrate that which is worth 1,000 words: the photograph. The festival’s broad theme, “Home,” is fitting for the husband-wife duo Kathy […]
Plus, what’s inside this week’s paper, and VQR is hiring
The Crozet fest later this month is a standout in this year’s circuit
UVA’s alumni magazine and a local history book from the "Images of America" series highlight some interesting moments in local music history
When I caught up with Parachute’s frontman and songwriter Will Anderson last year, he had just moved from Charlottesville to Nashville, and his band had wrapped up sessions in Los Angeles with the producer John Fields, known for his work with pop artists like the Goo Goo Dolls and Colbie Caillat. Anderson said then that […]