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An abstract discourse

With history behind it, ‘Charlottesville Collects African American Art’ breaks norms

PICK: Sweet Honey in the Rock

Solidarity in song: Raising voices and raising awareness since 1973, Sweet Honey in the Rock is an African American a...

Sound Choices

Ruth Good Haunt EP, Citrus City Records Richmond/Brooklyn-based Citrus City Records has served as a platform for...

Hitting the right note

Roland Wiggins taught his first music lesson when he was in elementary school. He was about 10 years old, and his...

Combo players

Greg Weaver has been playing video games since…well, since he can remember. Growing up, his family had an Atari...

ARTS Pick

Charlottesville Jazz Society kicks off its concert season with guitarist Charlie Ballantine and his trio....

ARTS Pick

To understand the music of composer David Dominique, shuffle a playlist that features Charles Mingus, Sun Ra Arkestra...

The Rainey Day Quartet gets...

If you’ve been on the Downtown Mall this summer, you’ve likely seen four young musicians set up in front of Kilwin’s,...

Brendan Wolfe delves into...

If you have never heard of Bix Beiderbecke, the unlikely jazz legend from a Midwestern, German-American family,...

Leaning In

When Chris Dammann was a kid growing up in Charlottesville, he spent a lot of time looking at his dad’s upright bass....