Chuck Taylor, the groundbreaking former WTJU general manager who died on August 11 at age 74, was, by most accounts, married to music. He had a collection of vinyl records numbering in the thousands. He kept a spreadsheet of all the concerts he attended over a 40-year period. More than 600 shows, many at beloved […]
According to Dark Star Orchestra percussionist Rob Koritz, the seven-piece cover band is “fanatical” about capturing the spirit of each Grateful Dead show it reenacts. When DSO takes the Ting Pavilion stage on September 10, that attention to detail will be on display. But as Koritz told C-VILLE Weekly in a recent interview, exactly which […]
Recounting the experiences of an around-the-world trip, author and poet Ebony Walden’s new memoir, Where I’m From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents, engages deeply with her childhood in New York, as well as aspects of her time in Charlottesville. Before moving to Charlottesville for graduate studies in urban planning, Walden grew up in Queens […]
Self-described “fresh organ trio” Parlor Greens built its funky instrumental reputation with In Green We Dream, the band’s 2024 debut. The three pros of R&B music—Tim Carman (Canyon Lights, formerly of GA-20) on drums, Jimmy James (True Loves) on guitar, and Adam Scone (Scone Cash Players, The Sugarman 3) on organ—go heavier on the group’s […]
A look back at Robert Cray’s career traces the bluesman working his way up as a student of masters before becoming a legendary musician himself. Inspired by Albert Collins, Freddie King, and Muddy Waters, Cray put his own group together and workshopped his style on the road throughout the ’80s. By the early ’90s, he […]
Fifty years after the 1976 Judgment of Paris—a blind tasting in France that upended the world’s assumptions about great wine regions when California labels beat out some legendary French ones—Virginia wines found themselves on a similar stage. Old World, New Roots, a blind tasting held on June 29 at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, was organized […]
Student stories are the headliner at Light House Studio’s 25th Annual Youth Film Festival, but it’s also the biggest fundraiser of the year for the organization that provides unique filmmaking education to the Charlottesville community. Support the arts and get a preview of the films before they hit the amateur screening circuit. $20.50-139, 5:30pm. The […]
Like ancients made visible, Virginia is home to 25 species of turtles, many of them already in decline or vulnerable to it, due to eroding federal protections that went into effect in July of this year. But with a bit of care, protection, and respect, these creatures—clomping around since the Triassic period 230 million years […]
Executed well, songwriting is a skill that stands up to just about any style. That is to say, even if the dressing up of a track is not to your liking, if you’re discerning, you won’t be able to deny the reassuring solidity of what’s buried under scrunched-up bundles of tulle and organza. Such is […]
It’s been just over a year since Molly Tuttle dissolved her Grammy Award-winning bluegrass quintet Golden Highway, but the band’s virtuosic fiddle player Bronwyn wasted no time getting back on the road with her third solo album, Rattlin’ Bones. The two-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year earned her own Grammy nom in the Best […]
Dear Evan Hansen follows a high school senior with social anxiety and depression who falls into a complicated coverup after a simple mistake leads to tragedy. Fabricated friendships, fraught family dynamics, and young love all factor into this celebrated contemporary musical, produced by Venture State Company in coordination with DMR Adventures. The play contains mature […]