JD Allen Trio at Unity Church 10/16
The JD Allen Trio creates music that is rooted in the jazz tradition and is relentlessly contemporary, honest, and uncompromising. Driven by raw energy, tenor saxophonist and composer Allen, bassist […]
Roberta Lea at The Front Porch 10/10
Award-winning singer-songwriter Roberta Lea is known as a powerful performer and engaging storyteller. The Virginia native has built a career as a touring member of The Black Opry, one of […]
The Infamous Stringdusters at Ting Pavilion 10/11
Grammy Award-winning progressive bluegrass purveyors The Infamous Stringdusters return to town with Oakland, California’s retro-soul outfit The California Honeydrops. Known for high-energy performances and improv jams, the Stringdusters push the […]
Monica Ong’s ‘Planetaria’ asks us to look further
Monica Ong is a visual poet and author of the new book Planetaria. With a focus on family and diaspora as well as astronomy, the poems in Planetaria are tactile—not […]
Madi Diaz at The Southern Café & Music Hall 10/13
Madi Diaz is overcome with emotion. And she certainly lets her heart rule her hands and her voice. Diaz’s kind of heartfelt music either works for you or it doesn’t; […]
Kissing Other People at Potter’s Craft Cider 10/8
Durham, North Carolina-based folk duo Viv & Riley and Nashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Rachel Baiman linked up in 2022 to form the supergroup Kissing Other People. With encouragement from producer Greg […]
Deau Eyes x Prabir at Dürty Nelly’s 10/4
Award-winning singer-songwriter Ali Thibodeau is the musical force behind Deau Eyes. A storyteller at heart with a strong belief in collaboration, she surrounds herself with a cadre of exceptional artists […]
The Vivaldi Project at Old Cabell Hall 10/3
Since 2006, The Vivaldi Project has been stringing audiences along with a host of engaging programs focused on Baroque and classical works. Co-directors Elizabeth Field (violin) and Allison Nyquist (viola) […]
Kadencia at Rivanna River Company 10/4
Started in Puerto Rico by singer-songwriter Maurice Sanabria-Ortiz and percussionist Roberto Candelario, Kadencia was reborn in Richmond, Virginia, in 2018, courtesy of percussionists Maurice “Tito” Sanabria and Santos Ramirez. The […]
Castle Rat at The Southern Café & Music Hall 10/3
Have you ever seen Stunt Rock? You’d remember if you did. The 1978 trash cinema is some kind of musical/action/mockumentary about an Aussie stuntman who arrives in L.A., meeting up […]