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3 days ago | 
richmondmagazine.com | Adam Cheek |Nicole Cohen |Davy Jones |Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
From budding artists to Grammy winners, our local music scene is a mesh of genres and talents that rivals that of any midsized metro area. This summer, Richmonders will have even more opportunities to sway when the Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront debuts this June and casual, post-workday shows return to Glen Allen with the reinstatement of After Hours Concerts at Innsbrook.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
Breakout local jazz/funk band Butcher Brown, and rising young conductor Naima Burrs, along with a flurry of guest artists, are the key attraction in Richmond Symphony Pops celebration of Black music in film this weekend [a long weekend for many due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday]. Local entrepreneur James Crump-Wallace, co-founder and creative director of The Spot RVA, conceived the program.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
Calling Mark O’Connor a bluegrass fiddler is accurate, but it is woefully incomplete. The mostly Americana-centric violinist, who appears this Friday with his wife Maggie at Hopewell’s Beacon Theatre, has played with a who’s who of the musical world, from Dolly Parton to Yo Yo Ma. His recordings have won multiple Grammys and Country Music Awards. Violin is not his only instrument; he is also widely recorded on guitar and mandolin.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
With it is driving beat and spidery dual guitar lines, Congolese band Loboko is exactly the kind of band that would have a packed crowd on their feet at the Folk Festival Dance Pavilion. They are coming to Richmond due to the efforts of an emerging alliance of local and regional promoters, expanding performance opportunities for world musicians. Getting the chance to see them up close, among the gilded skeletons and fairy lights at Révéler Experiences is an exceptionally rare opportunity.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” opens with an exotic, floating, bassoon solo. Other instruments join in a lovely, increasingly detailed, impressionistic introductory section ending with a ticking on plucked strings. Then the modern musical era begins.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
New York-based violist, violinist and composer Jessica Pavone first gained attention in the early years of the century as a frequent collaborator with eminence grise of the avant-garde Anthony Braxton. Like her frequent collaborator, guitarist Mary Halvorson, she combines jazz improvisation with modern chamber compositions to create music that is at one lilting and spikey. The result, when she performed at the Firehouse Theatre a few years ago, was music that was quietly transfixing.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
Peni Candra Rini sings in a free concert with Gamelan Raga Kusuma at Virginia Commonwealth University on Tuesday night at the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. The focus is on traditional Javanese and Balinese music, but with the phenomenal range and exquisite control of an operatic soloist, and the willingness to soar far beyond fixed cultural bounds, Candra Rini is a singular talent. For the past couple of years, it has been deceptively easy to see her perform.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
In COVID’s darkest days, the sonic sweep of a pandemic-downsized Richmond Symphony proved a perfect complement to the illuminating beauties of another city treasure, Miramar. This weekend, they play together again, this time with a full orchestra, new arrangements, and an exceptionally promising new year ahead. It has been a slow burn for Miramar, with more than a bit of randomness in its formation.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
One of the great charms of the Richmond Folk Festival is the ability to see widely varying music, from hip-hop to rockabilly to traditional Javanese within a reasonably constrained stroll. The 2024 edition offers over 100 events from Friday night to Sunday evening promising both the comfort of sinking into familiar traditions, the opportunity to dance to different rhythms, and for the adventurous, surprises that may open new musical vistas. The biggest change is logistical.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
styleweekly.com | Peter McElhinney |peter mcelhinney
This is a great weekend for RVA big band music. On Friday night, local legend Doug Richards leads Laura Ann Singh and his ensemble in a Virginia Commonwealth University performance including his brilliant recompositions of Antonio Carlos Jobim classics. On Saturday, Butcher Brown bassist Andrew Jay Randazzo leads his large band for two sets in a first-ever collaboration with vocalist Deau Eyes at Révéler Experiences. The alignment of dates is accidental, but the two groups represent an RVA lineage.
