Solo performance by the Richmond indie-folk singer-songwriter.
Impossibly prolific songwriters Jason and Maryline Pollock celebrates the release of their latest album; we’ve lost count at this point.
“Funky Urban Southern Ensemble” featuring pianist Jim Wray and percussionist Darrell Rose, among others.
F.U.S.E. - Oregon Green
F.U.S.E. - Silhouette
F.U.S.E. - Summer Dawn
Early music vocal ensemble performing motets by Dunstable, Dufay, and Power.
Acoustic Appalachian folk fiddler and guitarist
CD release show for the abstract local psychedelic rock and Americana trio’s new album Mistake.
Photo by Andrew Shurtleff
1970’s metal. With Gunchux and Heavy Burner.
Corsair - Last Night On Earth
Corsair - Space Is A Lonely Place
Corsair - Starcophagus
Acoustic trio playing old-school classic country
Local folk rock songwriter.
Galen Curry - Oh Mama
Galen Curry - I Tore Down A Mountain
Photo by Andrew Shurtleff
Twin-guitar 1970’s proto-metal. Sleep For The Nightlife opens.
Corsair - Last Night On Earth
Corsair - Space Is A Lonely Place
Corsair - Starcophagus
Rock songwriter
Galen Curry - Oh Mama
Galen Curry - I Tore Down A Mountain
Acclaimed California rock ‘n roll bluegrass band. Jamie Dyer and his Hogwaller Ramblers open.
Rose’s Pawn Shop - Dancing On The Gallows
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Former King Wilkie guitarist Ted Pitney celebrates the release of his new Americana-rock EP, his recorded debut as a soloist, with this quartet featuring guitarist Brian Chenault, bassist Jake Hopping, and drummer Brian Caputo.
Rootsy Richmond rock quartet Horsehead open.
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Singer-songwriters. Maria Gall opens.
Mercy Bell - All Good Cowboys
Maryanna Sokol - This Heart’s Mostly Filler
Maryanna Sokol - Pentameter
New Orleans-influenced multi-instrumentalist
Fry’s Spring has hosted its fair share of concerts recently, but a summer pool party soundtracked by this local bluegrass and Americana band is a stroke of particular genius.
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Sue Cow
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Banty Rooster Blues
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Who Killed Poor Robin
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Rocksalt N’ Nails
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Pick Poor Robin Clean
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Kentucky Moonshiner
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Mission To Moscow
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Why Don’t You Do Right
African music scholar performs with a trio featuring local drummer extraordinaire Robert Jospé and exotic instruments like the kamalen n’goni and balafon.
Heather Maxwell - African Women
Heather Maxwell - Ashanti Boy
Heather Maxwell - Boloci
Heather Maxwell - Can’t Take My Man
Heather Maxwell - Orphan’s Lullaby
Heather Maxwell - Surrender
Pack your toothbrush and footie pajamas for this one, as well as a few extra bills — Fellini’s is pulling for an all-nighter with performances by Jim Wray, Bob Bennetta, Art Wheeler, John D’earth, and more at this fundraiser to jump-start a new educational initiative started in memory of fallen jazz pianist George Melvin to be run by the Charlottesville Jazz Society which will help aspiring young jazz musicians acquire instruments and pay for lessons. Your donations are tax deductible, and $5 buys you a raffle ticket to win a painting of George at Fellini’s.
Complete lineup:
Blues duo focusing on relics from the 20’s and 30’s.
Lorie Strother - Wild Women Don’t Have The Blues
Dr. Levine and the Dreaded Blues Lady - Shake It Daddy
Rock from Sons Of Bill bassist Seth Green and experimental guitarist Benjamin O’Brien.
Moby and the Dicks - Ta Na Na
Moby and the Dicks - Red For Dodge
Moby and the Dicks - F
Teenage classic rock quartet
The Wave - My Robot
The Wave - Sometimes
The Wave - Little People
The Wave - She Disappears
CD release show for the teenage classic rock quartet
The Wave - My Robot
The Wave - Sometimes
The Wave - Little People
The Wave - She Disappears
Patriotic music from the local performance ensemble.
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Patriotic music from the local performance ensemble.
Former frontman for pop-rockers Ultraviolet Ballet releases his new solo album in the studio where he recorded it and bundles a copy in with the door price.
Galen Curry - Oh Mama
Galen Curry - I Tore Down A Mountain
Acoustic pop including tunes from as far back as the 1920s
The local performance ensemble WANTS YOU to help them celebrate the 235th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
The local Grateful Dead tribute crew plays 60’s and 70’s-era material and celebrates Jerry’s birthday at midnight.
Husky-voiced local songwriter and his rock band
Classic rock and Americana
Junior Moment - Mirror
Junior Moment - Point Of View
Junior Moment - Number 11
De-acronymed, the name Funky Urban Southern Ensemble pretty much says it all. Featuring pianist Jim Wray and percussionist Darrell Rose, among others.
F.U.S.E. - Oregon Green
F.U.S.E. - Silhouette
F.U.S.E. - Summer Dawn
Local pianists Jim Wray and Hod O’Brien perform classic jazz and tricky bebop in an unusual “dueling pianos” format, also featuring occasional trombone bits.
Jim Wray and Hod O’Brien - Indeed I Do
Classic C-ville performance ensemble playing Gershwin, Sousa, and more. Show up early to catch the Charlottesville-Albemarle Saxophone Ensemble.
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Popular rock covers from what was once a strictly Tom Petty tribute act
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Progressive folk-rock singer-songwriter cut from the same cloth as Sarah McLachlan and the Indigo Girls; pianist Laurence Elder opens.
Wendy Repass - Rain Upon A Wire
Noisy Boston-based piano, bass, and drums trio. Also featuring C-ville staples The Invisible Hand and Philly psychedelic pop nuts The Armchairs, the latter bearing the song we commissioned in honor of the Marco & Luca dumpling shop.
The Armchairs - Solar Puff
The Armchairs - Nebraska
The Armchairs - Lost In A Dream
The Armchairs - Chalk
The Armchairs - An Encouraging Shout To Hunting Hounds
Enthusiastic sunny indie-pop solo project from drummer Adam Brock of the Nice Jenkins. Also featuring Paper Fleet and The Hilarious Posters.
Borrowed Beams Of Light - Kids Are Great!!!
The Hilarious Posters - The Fists The Fighting
The Hilarious Posters - Crossed Over The Ocean
The Hilarious Posters - That Thing You Don’t
The Hilarious Posters - Sugarbread Falls
All-day performance festival hosted by North Branch School featuring food and kid-friendly activities like a cakewalk and student art show in addition to sets by Chapman Stick composer Greg Howard, singer-songwriter Josh Mayo, and folk-rockers HoboJac.
Josh Mayo - Sweet Sweet Love
Josh Mayo - Anymore
Josh Mayo - Blue [live at Rapunzel's]
HoboJac - Uncle Joe
HoboJac - Ramblings Of A Sinner
HoboJac - Crossroads
Locally-rooted rock band featuring Sons Of Bill bassist Seth Green and experimental guitarist Benjamin O’Brien.
Moby and the Dicks - Ta Na Na
Moby and the Dicks - Red For Dodge
Moby and the Dicks - F
Rootsy rock band in which VCU music students perform Americana tunes written by Richmond songwriter Doug Fuller. One-man band Kristoffer Wright opens with loop-based Caribbean-flavored folk-rock.
Kristoffer Wright - Alaskan Wood
Acoustic pop-rock songwriter and guitarist performs with local sax man Andy Roland.
Josh Mayo - Sweet Sweet Love
Josh Mayo - Anymore
Josh Mayo - Blue [live at Rapunzel's]
Sons Of Bill bassist Seth Green reboots his previous band with experimental guitarist Benjamin O’Brien.
Moby and the Dicks - Ta Na Na
Moby and the Dicks - Red For Dodge
Moby and the Dicks - F
Locally-rooted rock band featuring Sons Of Bill bassist Seth Green and experimental guitarist Benjamin O’Brien.
Moby and the Dicks - Ta Na Na
Moby and the Dicks - Red For Dodge
Moby and the Dicks - F
Let’s commemorate the one-year anniversary of Parachute debuting at #1 on iTunes and boggling our minds with the strength of their sensitive Asian YouTube guitarist following with this, the new single “Analyze” and accompanying music video from mostly Asian-American local pop rockers Tim Be Told. And much like Parachute had just landed C-ville’s first major-label record deal in years, Tim Be Told has recently signed on with the William Morris Agency booking juggernaut.
It’s quite an uplifting affair, most welcome after this awful week, featuring an almost certainly methodically diverse selection of people displaying handheld signs about their innermost fears and whatnot, “Party In The USA” and Nick Jonas style. And here’s another Miley/Jonas parallel: the MTV attention; apologies for the misleading post title, then, since they actually got to it first, but we’re really trying over here.
In related news, we urge bandleader Tim Ouyang to read this field guide immediately.
Local bands: got something cool that should be featured here? .
Singer-songwriter recreates his full-band records using a looping pedal
Old-school C-ville folk-rock quartet. Former C-ville singer-songwriter Mariana Bell stops back in from California for the opening slot.
Local jamband. Harmonica-based roots-rockers Blues Farm open.
Bluegrass and Americana quartet
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Sue Cow
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Banty Rooster Blues
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Who Killed Poor Robin
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Rocksalt N’ Nails
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Pick Poor Robin Clean
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Kentucky Moonshiner
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Mission To Moscow
The Buzzard Hollow Boys - Why Don’t You Do Right
Local pianists Jim Wray and Hod O’Brien perform classic jazz and tricky bebop in an unusual “dueling pianos” format at the very same venue at which this nutty idea got its start back in 2008.
The roots-rock and Americana quartet performs at this fundraiser for local food banks and pantries.
The Lost Souls - Wildflower
The Lost Souls - NJ Turnpike
The Lost Souls - Horseshoes
The Lost Souls - Scarred Smart
Americana from the Hogwaller Ramblers head.
Three cheers for this delightfully illogical result of the harsh and snowy winter we just endured; the original plans were postponed, so now you can wear short sleeves while dosing up on Irish music and dance by the BRIMS Traditional Performance Ensemble and instructors including local fiddler Alex Caton.
The UVA vocal ensemble presents their annual “Finals Concert” in which harrowed degree candidates get in for free.
Sax-drenched classic rock band from four unusually young locals. Speaking Of The Elephant opens, with bassist Simon Evans doing double duty in both.
The Wave - My Robot
The Wave - Sometimes
The Wave - Little People
The Wave - She Disappears
Photo by David Kling_Thing
The local hardcore punk rockers host their No Idea Records labelmates Senders; guitarist Cam Taylor promises “stoner emo” based on “many, many long nights smoking tons of pot in our warehouse and trying to rip off 90’s indie rock bands like Hum, Archers of Loaf, Seam, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Braid.” (And also, “feel free to bring the absolutely spiciest thing you can find in the world to our show and I will eat it without question.”)
Worn In Red drummer Brad Perry plays metal and still more punk beforehand as “DJ Nano.”
Worn In Red - Vital Joys
Worn In Red - When People Have Something To Say
Senders - Every Last Detail
Senders - Mind
6 Day Bender’s frontman. Be sure to wish him a happy birthday.
Local rock band. Also featuring jazz-jam quartet Psychedelphia, who have been winning rave reviews from jamband critics everywhere. Well, OK, mainly at High Times, but we’ll count that triple for our purposes here since we don’t really subscribe to any other magazines at this point.
Raw Dawg - Alibi
Raw Dawg - Dig
Raw Dawg - HOI
Country
Galen, Woody, and the Smokey Mountain Swag - Oh Mama [live]
Galen, Woody, and the Smokey Mountain Swag - I Tore Down A Mountain [live]
Your favorite local teenage classic rock power trio is now actually a quartet with the addition of new sax player Sky Young.
The Wave - My Robot
The Wave - Sometimes
The Wave - Little People
The Wave - She Disappears
Local pianists Jim Wray and Hod O’Brien perform classic jazz and tricky bebop in an unusual “dueling pianos” format.
Jim Wray and Hod O’Brien - Indeed I Do
Folk duo
The Honey Dewdrops - Nowhere To Stand
The Honey Dewdrops - Fly Away Free
Roots-rock and Americana band led by harmonica player Fritz Berry
The “southern” in this new Funky Urban Southern Ensemble quintet from pianist Jim Wray and percussionist Darrell Rose apparently sometimes refers to parts more far-flung than Louisiana and Florida; try flavors from Brazil and the Caribbean for starters.
Finger-pickin’ foot-stompin’ folk rock.
HoboJac - Uncle Joe
HoboJac - Ramblings Of A Sinner
HoboJac - Crossroads
Acoustic jams influenced by classic and modern rock ranging from Tom Petty to Toad The Wet Sprocket
Brian Chandler - The Last Resort
Goth-rock featuring members of In Tenebris and former Bella Morte roadies.
The local guitarist performs with a trio fresh from his run playing Hank Williams in the Live Arts production of Lost Highway.
Thomas Gunn - Conversations With A Wishing Well
Thomas Gunn - Ma Jolie
Country and folk from the The Don’t Tell Darlings, except that they’d prefer we not call them that since they’re performing as a quartet here instead of as a duo.
The Don’t Tell Darlings - Single Girls
Reclusive yet wildly prolific Vermont songwriter Dean Wells’ Guided By Voices-styled lo-fi rock project bleeds into psychedelic Rorschach-rock, and 70’s style Maiden metal band Corsair close out the night with sci-fi songs that will have you dreaming of dragons.
Corsair - Last Night On Earth
Corsair - Space Is A Lonely Place
Corsair - Starcophagus
