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Jump into a mountain of Hampton Roads fall festivals
With earthquake and hurricane behind us, it's time to focus on autumn's peaceful, gentle charms. Those hazy, crazy days of summer are going, going, gone. Maybe that's a good thing – this year,...
View ArticleAcoustic Music Festival will feature Peter Bradley Adams and a host of local...
The Acoustic Music Festival returns to Town Point Park in Norfolk Saturday, Sept. 17. This year's headliner is Peter Bradley Adams and the lineup includes many of the area's best acoustic acts. Adams,...
View ArticleVictorian Station celebrates a year of home-grown musical momentum
Last spring, something strange and wonderful happened on Mallory Street in Phoebus. A hard-traveling musical duo from Nashville called Free Dirt set up inside the Victorian Station, a tea house,...
View ArticleBison and other local bands play to big crowd at 96X event in Hampton
It's easy to be cynical about the local original rock scene, but Wednesday's party at Luckie's Dueling Piano Bar in Hampton helped the year end on an optimistic note. Bison, the 96X local buzz band of...
View ArticleRichmond-based folk group A Good Natured Riot brings eclectic style to...
Folk music is an increasingly elastic genre. Punk rockers, indie kids and jazz heads all have been making acoustic music that could fall under that category. Richmond's A Good Natured Riot is one of...
View ArticleChesapeake Wine Festival coming up Oct. 29
A selection of Virginia and international wines are the draw at the second annual Chesapeake Virginia Wine Festival from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Chesapeake City Park on Greenbrier...
View ArticleHampton acoustic blues fest will feature Scott Ainslie, Rooster Foot
Blues in its most elemental form will once again step into the spotlight at Thomas Nelson Community College later this month. The 11th edition of the Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival taking place...
View ArticleFresh, tuneful rock from Broken Mouth Annie takes stage at PFAC tonight
Tonight, Peninsula Fine Arts Center gives fresh, original rock music a chance shine as Broken Mouth Annie, an alternative, mostly acoustic band from Suffolk, performs as part of the Art After 5 series....
View ArticleAcoustic music will be on the menu at Jewish Mother Deli in Hampton
Scotty Miller, who runs the Jewish Mother restaurants in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, said last week he’s spreading his sandwich, beer and music empire to the Peninsula. He said he’ll open a Jewish...
View ArticleDelta Rae and Ra Ra Riot to headline new indie music festival at Norfolk's...
It's a bad news, good news situation. The Acoustic Music Festival that for several years brought top-flight singer-songwriters to Town Point Park has been discontinued. In its place, though, is a...
View ArticleDiscovery Music Series to present Fishbone, Steve Forbert, Paul Thorn
Norfolk's Discovery Music Series has announced a new set of shows starting Oct. 18 and stretching into the spring of 2013. Shying away from indie rock, the series has steered toward acoustic, folk and...
View ArticleAcoustic music champ Bill Gurley's new solo album is beyond category
Bill Gurley, a veteran acoustic musician who lives on the Northern Neck, has created his first solo album. It's full of craftsmanship and folky Virginia soul. Over the years, Gurley has recorded as a...
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