Updated: Lockn’ adds to its infrastructure and allure
Updated: Due to a powerful storm, the opening of Lockn’ campgrounds has been delayed until further notice and Thursday performances have been canceled. When gates open to the show field […]
Perfect landing: Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady on Jefferson Airplane’s golden anniversary
In 1965, amid the notorious counter-cultural hub of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district, began what would prove to be one of the most influential experiments in rock history: Jefferson Airplane. As […]
ARTS Pick: Low Cut Connie
The electrifying duo Low Cut Connie formed in 2010 when singer-songwriters Adam Weiner and Daniel Finnemore got stuck in a freight elevator together for four hours. The unlikely pair joined […]
Lockn’ through the lens: Rock photographer Jay Blakesberg shoots Virginia’s biggest jam fest
Back in September 1977 Jay Blakesberg caught his first Grateful Dead show in Englishtown, New Jersey. He quickly became a die-hard fan, and as a hobbyist shutterbug started bringing a […]
Space exploration: An orchestra of gongs takes the stage at The Haven
“I have two arms and two legs to work with my instruments,” says musician Tatsuya Nakatani. Indeed, in his solo performances he makes full use of all four, improvising with countless […]
ARTS Pick: Guy Gilchrist
Nashville singer-songwriter Guy Gilchrist has enjoyed a very colorful career—literally. An accomplished illustrator, Gilchrist got his first big break when Jim Henson hired him (along with brother Brad) onto The […]
Woman of steel: Lily Erb’s unyielding approach to modern sculpture
For Lily Erb, art mirrors life—but only to a certain extent. The Charlottesville-born and -based artist creates large steel sculptures, most lately composed of numerous steel rods bent into gentle, […]
Film review: Zac Efron plays up the cute in new EDM rom-dram
There are two types of people who will find something of value in the EDM apologia We Are Your Friends: GoPro oversharers who post hours of vapid, slow-motion footage to […]
September First Fridays Guide
En plein air, a French expression meaning open air, is used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Artist Meg West prefers the form, the environmental immersion and challenge that […]
ARTS Pick: Will Overman Band
The hum of American life reverberates throughout the hills and valleys of Virginia in the form of the Will Overman Band, a passionate quartet whose music is simultaneously rooted in […]