Kingdom of Mustang Into Beautiful BlueKool Kat Musik Kingdom of Mustang delivers its fourth album, Into Beautiful Blue, as a power pop slice of nostalgia. The band is a musical collaboration between members of the popular ’80’s-era UVA group The Deal—Mark Roebuck and Michael Clarke—along with Tim Ryan, and Rusty Speidel. Stacked with decades of […]
Kingdom of Mustang Into Beautiful BlueKool Kat Musik Kingdom of Mustang delivers its fourth album, Into Beautiful Blue, as a power pop slice of nostalgia. The band is a musical collaboration between members of the popular ’80’s-era UVA group The Deal—Mark Roebuck and Michael Clarke—along with Tim Ryan, and Rusty Speidel. Stacked with decades of […]
Heart of the matter On her fourth record, American bluegrass singer-songwriter Sierra Hull sheds light on the beauty, chaos, and sorrow of growing up. And after spending over half her life in the music industry, Hull has plenty of stories to tell—she played the Grand Ole Opry at age 10, Carnegie Hall at 12, signed […]
Memory lane Keep your wits about you during Four County Players’ production of The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ famous memory play. Cole Edwards stars as the narrator Tom Wingfield, a merchant marine reminiscing about the Depression years he spent with his overbearing mother and shy sister. The lyrically potent and intensely personal play examines the […]
Classical act Russian piano virtuoso Alexander Malofeev performs a program of classical compositions for the opening concert of the 2022-23 Tuesday Evening Concert Series. The 20-year-old will open the show with two works by Beethoven—the ethereal Moonlight and the dark and stormy Tempest—before the evening crescendos with Medtner’s rhapsodic Sonata in G Minor, and closes […]
Landing it Gary Clark Jr. tells it to you straight on his third studio album, This Land. “Fuck you, I’m America’s son. This is where I come from,” he sings on the titular lead single, a song that arose from an encounter with a racist neighbor at his ranch “in the middle of Trump country” […]
Full speed ahead Someone’s up to something in Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information, a thought-provoking play that explores the mysterious complexity of human connection at breakneck speed. Comprised of over 50 tantalizingly titled playlets portraying fragments of life, Live Arts’ production sees 10 actors bring more than 100 characters to life over the course of […]
To the limit Bask in a kaleidoscope of movement at dance company Pilobolus’ Big Five-Oh! Tour. The iconic dance troupe is known for its radical performances that test the limits of human physicality to showcase the beauty and power of connected bodies. In celebration of turning 50, Pilobolus draws on its history to present a […]
Bill Evans left a lasting impression on the Charlottesville music scene. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1978, the innovative banjo player stuck around town and started a concert series at C&O Restaurant with Cloud Valley, his bluegrass outfit. The group, which also featured award- winning bassist Missy Raines, would also host guest […]
Listen with caution: Canadian punk band PUP’s name may be an abbreviation for “pathetic waste of potential,” but don’t let that fool you—its fourth album, THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND, marks a clever new marriage between melody and chaos. And according to lead singer Stefan Babcock, chaos is where PUP feels most at home, saying “there […]
Metamorpho-sing: Revel in the atmosphere of a vintage jazz club at Love the Color of Your Butterfly, a deeply personal program from renowned soprano and Victory Hall Opera founding troupe member Janinah Burnett. Performing an original blend of “clazz,” a fusion of jazz and opera, Burnett musically explores her life and career with support from […]