New music: Manorlady’s debut LP “Home”
We knew Manorlady was good. But this good? Enjoy rainy day tunes from the California-bred local trio.
What’s going on this weekend?
Drive-by Truckers play tomorrow at the Pavilion or free at Plan 9 for Record Store Day, and much more
Shaking all over
When Luke Nutting was home in New Hampshire between semesters at boarding school, he says he’d pack his dog and resonator guitar into a rowboat, push off into the Connecticut River and teach himself to play in open-G tuning. That’s the tuning that bluesmen like Skip James and Son House used to achieve that unrestrained, […]
Tina Fey talks Charlottesville in her new memoir Bossypants
"To get some play in Charlottesville, you had to be either a Martha Jefferson or a Sally Hemings"
What’s going on this weekend?
"Mapping the Dark" at Live Arts and "Dirty Barbie" at the Hamner; plus, a (sort of) funny joke (sort of) related to Itzhak Perlman’s Sunday performance
Youth in fast-forward
Depending on what you find funny, Denise Stewart either has the best or the most offensive sense of humor in town. She is both an actress and a writer, and with Mendy St. Ours, she performs as the Tip-Top Twins, a bouffanted fictional comedy duo said to entertain at the diner of same name with […]
It’s official: the Charlottesville Pavilion is now the nTelos Wireless Pavilion
City Council gave the go-ahead last night. Plus, Snoop Dogg is coming to town
Win tickets to see TV on the Radio
The band hits the Jefferson on Saturday in support of "Nine Types of Light," out April 12
What’s going on this weekend?
R. Kelly Monologues at the Southern and openings across town, McCutcheon and more