Record breaking
Avery Fogarty grew up in Midlothian playing piano, singing in choir, and taking vocal lessons. When they picked up the guitar in high school, their musical world was transformed. “When […]
Pandemic pressings
Didn’t it feel good to see that first live show after nearly a year without live music? The return of concerts this summer fall and marked one major bright spot […]
Sound choices
Lowland Hum At Home, Tone Tree Music The Charlottesville-based wife/husband duo of Lauren and Daniel Goans have returned with their second quarantine-recorded album this year. (They released So Low, a […]
Jeremy O. Harris comes home
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris made history this year when his provocative Slave Play garnered the most Tony nominations ever for a single work (12, including Best Play). He began writing […]
Sound choices
McKinley Dixon For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her Spacebomb Records As one of the year’s most important releases, McKinley Dixon’s Spacebomb Records debut rounds out a trilogy […]
Hometown influences guide new releases
Butcher Brown Encore, Concord Jazz Richmond collective Butcher Brown made its major label debut last year on Concord with the release of #KINGBUTCH, an expansive full-length album that showcased the […]
Three debut albums
John-Robert Healthy Baby Boy Pt. 1 Nice Life Recording Company/Warner Records John-Robert’s musical ascent is the stuff of dreams. Hailing from Edinburg, Virginia—a small town north of Harrisonburg—he was tapped […]
Quarantine creativity begins to show
David Wax Museum Euphoric Ouroboric, Mark of the Leopard As David Wax Museum, the husband/wife duo of David Wax and Suz Slezak have churned out studio albums brimming with their […]
The American dream-pop
Stray Fossa’s “Commotion” is a warm, upbeat indie jaunt—a glassy melody pings away over an active drum track while far-off vocals give the whole thing a touch of the surreal. […]
Reflecting the past and staring down the future
Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley Broken Mirror, A Selfie Reflection Spacebomb/Jagjaguwar For his latest solo effort, the mastermind behind Richmond’s Spacebomb Records has teamed up with 70-year-old Alabama singer […]