Beer hunter: It’s not entirely clear what Dennis O’Hagan loves more, music or beer. But it doesn’t matter because the Irish-American musician designed a career around both. Since 2018, O’Hagan has been traveling the country playing guitar, drinking craft beer, and posting about it. With 300 stops behind him, he’s sampled enough hops and encountered […]
Beer hunter: It’s not entirely clear what Dennis O’Hagan loves more, music or beer. But it doesn’t matter because the Irish-American musician designed a career around both. Since 2018, O’Hagan has been traveling the country playing guitar, drinking craft beer, and posting about it. With 300 stops behind him, he’s sampled enough hops and encountered […]
Pop singles scene: Dan + Shay’s wide-eyed love songs and laid-back ballads have earned the country-pop duo multiple Grammys and billions of streams, not to mention collaborations with celebs like Kelly Clarkson and Justin Bieber. Now they’re on the road for The (Arena) Tour. Alt-rock trio The Band CAMINO opens the show, and adds a […]
Texas tuned: Guy Clark (left) was known as a songwriter’s songwriter. The legendary musician-luthier’s songs have been covered by a range of Nashville heavies, from Jerry Jeff Walker and Ricky Skaggs to Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson. The new documentary Without Getting Killed or Caught delves into Clark’s journey as a […]
Puppet love: In Jane Yolen’s original fairy tale “Dawn-Strider,” a jealous giant named Night-Crawler captures the sun from the sky before learning an important lesson about love. Nettle Shirts Puppet Works brings the story to life in a family-friendly outdoor show featuring a two-stories-tall version of Night-Crawler that takes four people to operate. Rain cancels. […]
September shows Atlas Coffee 2206 Fontaine Ave. A selection of photographs by Katie Hickson. BozART Located in Hot Cakes, Barracks Road Shopping Center. “Local-scapes,” landscapes in oil by Julia Kindred. The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative 209 Monticello Rd. “Eyes on Sen Soley” showcases works by Haitian art collective Sen Soley. The Center at Belvedere […]
When Orion Faruque was a child, and adults asked him, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” he remembers thinking, “I kinda just want to sit in my bedroom and play music.” Now, at 29, Faruque is a working musician, and also the founder of local recording and production studio RedMusic Productions. […]
The foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains rise quickly as you drive west from Charlottesville. Snake into those hills a little bit and you’ll find Waynesboro and Staunton, where a wealth of history and wonderfully preserved architecture surrounds several craft beverage producers worth seeking out. If you’re getting an early start, head over to Crucible […]
Falling for it: Just like local alt-weeklies, local alt-radio stations are fans of the well-crafted pun. Which is why WTJU’s Freefall Music Festival is exactly what it sounds like: concerts throughout the fall, completely free! The series kicks off with a Labor Day weekend cookout. Munch on hot dogs and chug local brews as WTJU […]
Totally mental: Mentalist and illusionist Craig Karges opens PVCC’s live performance season with a challenge: If you can prove that volunteer audience members are actually coached ahead of time, and planted at his show, he will donate $100,000 to charity. The entertainer dazzles audiences around the globe by reading minds and performing baffling tricks. Karges […]
Southern goodness: Brent Cobb found fame in Nashville, but his heart remained in his home state of Georgia. Now that he’s based in the Peach State again, he’s taking a more intuitive approach to his music, and the resulting album is soft, reflective, and soulful. South Carolina’s Nikki Lane pairs her “vintage ’60s country-pop swagger” […]