ARTS Pick: The Mayfields
Growing up in a bluegrass family in Ohio, brother and sister act The Mayfields got their start in the family band One Way Rider.
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ARTS Pick: The Mayfields
Growing up in a bluegrass family in Ohio, brother and sister act The Mayfields got their start in the family band One Way Rider.
Local musicians join the campaign to support Pussy Riot
The Moscow-based punk rock/performance art/feminist collective known as Pussy Riot gained significant international attention earlier this year when three of its members were arrested, following a filmed protest performance inside a Russian Orthodox cathedral.
December’s First Friday Exhibits
First Friday is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. Listings are compiled in collaboration with Piedmont Council for the Arts. To list an exhibit, please send information two weeks before opening to arts@c-ville.com. First Friday exhibitions: December 7 BozArt Gallery 211 W. Main […]
Album reviews: Flyleaf, Ari Hest, and Danielia Cotton
Love and longevity Flyleaf New Horizons/A&M Records Flyleaf’s Lacey Sturm is well-established as one of alternative rock’s more recognizable voices. Since she recently informed fans that she is leaving the band to be a full-time mother, it is fitting that this last album with Sturm is entitled New Horizons. The video that accompanies the title […]
ARTS Pick: Aaron Freeman
Aaron Freeman drops the Gene Ween moniker and steps out solo at The Southern.
Downtown Busk Break: Les Grosses Erreurs of Lafayette, Louisiana
(VIDEO) You might have seen the members of Les Grosses Erreurs (The Big Mistakes) on the Downtown Mall over the past few days. The Cajun musicians are in Charlottesville from Lafayette, Louisiana, after a stop in Asheville. They’ll be busking and playing house shows until Monday. Here they play “I have a broken heart.” For […]
ARTS Pick: Joel Harrison String Choir
Joel Harrison has made a career guitar-playing, singing, composing, arranging, and songwriting across genres.
Film review: Life of Pi
How Pi survives without killing Richard Parker, himself, or dying of starvation is a fascinating allegory on faith and primal instincts. None of the allegory feels overwhelming or forced, and viewers will probably find themselves taken in by the story and forget they’re wearing bulky 3D glasses.
Frank Fairfield makes a quiet return to the Downtown Mall
Old-time-music enthusiasts who missed Frank Fairfield‘s appearance in town two weeks ago, as well as fans eager for a second helping, are in for a pleasant surprise. We spotted the distinctive Fairfield — hard to miss, with his vintage suite, pomade-ed hair, and a mustache worthy of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood — […]
Stand-up comedian Sheng Wang derives the oddball from the ordinary
Comedy in plain sight Approaching the ordinary as absurd, Sheng Wang tells relatable tales laced with oddball observations within his own striking distance. “There’s a restaurant near my house called Sheng Wang. It’s spelled exactly like my name,” his deadpan delivery begins. “All my friends tell me I have to go and eat there, and […]