By Jedd Ferris Joe Russo juggles a lot of projects. The versatile drummer, a fixture on the New York City jazz and jam scenes, is an in-demand studio player and a prolific live collaborator. When reached by phone in late July, he was preparing to play two different sets at the renowned Newport Jazz Festival, […]
By Jedd Ferris Joe Russo juggles a lot of projects. The versatile drummer, a fixture on the New York City jazz and jam scenes, is an in-demand studio player and a prolific live collaborator. When reached by phone in late July, he was preparing to play two different sets at the renowned Newport Jazz Festival, […]
Pig R, 92 minutesViolet Crown Cinema Sometimes the beauty of a film lies in its simplicity. When character development and atmosphere are allowed to be front and center, the strength of cinema as an art comes into focus. With a few missteps, Pig is a beautiful example of earnest filmmaking. In short, the film, written […]
McKinley Dixon For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her Spacebomb Records As one of the year’s most important releases, McKinley Dixon’s Spacebomb Records debut rounds out a trilogy of albums that were five years in the making. The Richmond-based artist’s first two albums, Who Taught You to Hate Yourself? (2016) and The Importance […]
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was born in 1999, the same year that northern Mississippi’s area code changed to 662. Ingram spent his first 22 years mastering blues guitar, and his debut album, Kingfish, earned him a Grammy nod, as his face graced multiple music magazines including Rolling Stone, which compared him to B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, […]
Perfect Timing: Back with its first theater production since the start of the pandemic, Four County Players is making up for lost time with a smorgasbord of mini plays taken from David Ives’ collection All in the Timing. These bite-sized comedies link wit, intellect, and satire to create fantastical storylines—from a conversation between monkeys tasked […]
Bursting with sophisticated musicianship and intelligent lyricism, Vibe Riot makes a scene with its bluesy funk. Fronted by Brooklyn-born and Virginia-raised J. “Jaewar” King, the group’s percussive music awakens the mind and soul, bringing diverse genres together with socially conscious messaging that draws comparisons to Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak. Friday 8/13, $10, 6pm. Rivanna […]
Landing the joke: In 2017, Heather Land picked up her phone, swiped to the big-mouthed Snapchat filter, and began posting snarky commentary about the trials and tribulations of single motherhood in the South. More than 300 million views later, she’s on the road with The Age Gap Tour, holding court with her Tennessee drawl and […]
Don’t stop believin’: Television changed forever when “The Sopranos” premiered on HBO in 1999. The complex storytelling and raw humanity of the show about New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano was a huge critical success, and paved the way for a new culture of TV series. Italian gangsters became hip again, tough guys considered going […]
What on earth? The band’s name is Earthish Uncle Angelica X. That’s got to spark your curiosity, right? Fronted by Charlottesville wunderkind Will Evans, EUAX’s music ranges from avant-garde jazz to indie-rock, with influences that include Ornette Coleman, Frank Ocean, and Sonic Youth. The group’s rotating cast of characters most often sees Evans on trumpet, […]
Almost 10 years ago, Warren Parker figured out how to make a cool hobby a whole lot cooler. The local music industry lifer and collector got into vinyl around the time the format had a resurgence in 2010. He was drawn to rare record pressings and small runs. So what better way to get his […]