Check out Sarah White’s new video for “I.L.Y.”
Red Rattles and Six Day Bender’s Luke Nutting stars in a new video from our leading local songstress
Open Studio files: Alex Caton
More on the old-time fiddler, including a rough cut of a new track, "Willie Nelson, I Love You (And My Husband, He Doesn’t Really Mind)"
Founder outage
Mike Friend, who founded the alternative WNRN 91.9FM, is not currently in charge of day-to-day operations at the station. Reached by phone, the station’s assistant general manager Anne Williams confirmed that she is currently Acting General Manager.
Indie rock to buy stuff to
If you can shop to bands like Grizzly Bear, how groundbreaking are they? An informal survey of the critically acclaimed music I heard while shopping or eating out
Attack of the cover (and revival) bands
With Pink Floyd at the Paramount, the Dead and Jefferson Airplane revival at the Jefferson and the Beatles at the Pavilion, it’s like 1968 up in here
Places #3: John D
The composer, jazz musician and teacher shows us his favorite parking lot in the latest installment of this series, where local artists show us local spots that inspire them
An under the radar show by bluegrass legend McReynolds, a local release, opera and more
What’s going on this weekend?
Jesse Winchester has esophageal cancer
The acclaimed songwriter announced on his website that July and August dates are canceled
Defriended: Is station founder Mike Friend out at WNRN?
Assistant General Manager Anne Williams is acting general manager. Meanwhile, lots of whispers, but no word from the station’s Board of Directors
Trills and all
Last week I stopped by a noon rehearsal at the black box theater at Charlottesville High School, where the city has allowed Ash Lawn Opera to rehearse before its festival begins this month. The cast of The Barber of Seville, which opens at The Paramount Theater on July 15, wandered through the hallway, past dusty trophies and a fearsome, handpainted Black Knight (the school’s mascot). The show’s director took the stage and started whipping instructions around. A piano tinkled in, and a fight scene began to unfold; puff-chested soldiers singing “eEeEeEeEe” grappled, swinging the kind of bludgeons favored by Bamm-Bamm Rubble.