Charlottesville music community mourns loss of local radio pioneer
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 […]
Dark Star Orchestra drummer remembers Bob Weir, looks ahead
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 […]
Ebony Walden details the transformative power of travel
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 […]
Parlor Greens at The Southern 9/13
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 […]
Robert Cray at The Paramount 9/12
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 […]
A blind tasting in Paris sees Virginia wine gaining global respect
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 […]
Light House Studio’s 25th Annual Youth Film Festival at the Paramount 9/13
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 […]
Everything we should know—and appreciate—about Virginia’s 25 turtle species
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 […]
Sierra Ferrell at Ting Pavilion 9/8
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 […]
Bronwyn goes for a trifecta of musicianship on her third solo album
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 […]