Shining an admittedly small spotlight on our rich Charlottesville live music scene.
Meet Emily Woodhull.
Emily is definitely an artist to watch. What makes her song Virginia, I’m home so special is that it speaks for all of us who are not from Virginia, but chose Virginia.
Photo Credit: Jamie LeBlanc, 3 Bears and a Cat Photography
Brady Heck Is Rollin’.
From his writing to the voice, his stage presence to the projects he fronts, everything about this guy drips old school Country Music Cred. The 2 new cuts he dropped on Spotify Friday are no exception.
Heaviside, Post-Hardcore, and Why Any of This Matters.
Post Hardcore Bazz catches us up with a really good local band and breaks down the genre that defines him.
Will Overman hosts Sunday Evening Services at the Southern.
Will Overman brought Holy Roller RVA and Ramona Martinez to the Southern for the final show of his Stranger Tour and inspired Old Hank to dig around for an apt metaphor for how good it felt.
Found one!
Thumbnail photo credit: Tristan Williams
Rebecca Porter’s Halloween Country Creep Show at Durty Nelly’s.
Clear your schedule for Thursday Oct. 30 cuz Rebecca Porter is hosting the annual Country Creep Show (with Highwater and Jules Kresky, which is even more icing on an already devilshly good pumpkin spice cupcake.)
Prabir Mehta’s Journey.
The dude genre hops like water over stones. Who has the best Petty cover band around? Who marries Indian Raag to American Rock and Roll? Who plays Classical Indian Music at Durty Nelly’s? This guy.
Ramona and the Holy Smokes’ perfect night.
Ramona’s fans packed the Southern on this rainy night. The Holy Smokes never sounded better. It was more than a record release party, it was a Charlottesville homecoming, and it did not disappoint. So click thru and saddle up for a great interview.
Overman: The Sidetracks Interview
It’s just so much fun to see one of our favorite artists at the peak of their powers making a run. Will has never sounded better. His full length record Stranger is crushing the reviews. And the sky is the limit.
Reasons to Wreck: Gia Ray.
One of our amazing Cville Wreckfest artists, Gia sat down with Old Hank for an interview at Durty Nelly’s. If you haven’t got your dang tickets yet, what the Sam Diddly are you waitin’ for?
Reasons to Wreck: Dan Randlemanson
Old Hank sat down with Dan and tried his level best to do a professional job with this interview that covers everything from Dan’s rise to prominence as a journalist, to his fixation with some sort of coming apocalypse, to his early years in the fashion business.
The Beautiful Ferocity of Holy River.
This duo is showing us how to make change. By getting out there and working, everyday. In important, DIY, messy, thankless, gratifying, PMA, apolitical kinda ways.
Reasons to Wreck: Lord Nelson.
Cville, If Lord Nelson were the only band playing Wreckfest on the weekend of September 20-21, you should buy tickets and plan accordingly. (Of course they aren’t the only band playing Wreckfest but we’re just making a point.)
Adam’s Plastic Pond at Fa5.
Bazz caught APP “throwing out shimmering, angular indie grooves” that make him forget about the week he just had. Doozy.
HBD Durty Nelly’s.
Monday was the old gal’s 47th and her haggard beauty was on full display.
See every live show in Cville in one place.
Old Hank and Bazz jack jawin’ about a new page on the site that’ll get you up to speed on all the shows in town every month.
Reasons to Wreck: Üga Büga.
Üga Büga reminded everyone at the Southern that rock and roll, real rock and roll, isn’t dead, it’s just been loading up on ammo.
Reasons to Wreck: Shagwuf.
As promised, we’re working our bb’s off to get you up to speed on the bands you need to see at Wreckfest in September. And now…Shagwuf.
Fa5: Jesse’s Houze, Sally Rose and a Song.
Want another example of the interwoven, prolific, beautiful relationships between these bands and musicians runnin’ up and down this section of the Blue Ridge? Here you go.
Reasons to Wreck: The Currys.
We’re here to get you up to speed on everything you need to know to get ready for this first ever IX Art Park Music Festival. First up, The Currys!
Wreckfest!
This September, Charlottesville is getting its own music festival called Wreckfest! Disco Risque horn section and festival organizer Ryan Calonder gives us the skinny in this ridiculously informative CSC Vlog.