JACKSON WARD PUT THEIR OWN FLAVOR ON COUNTRY MUSIC STAPLES AND ORGINALS ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, GOODBYE TROUBLE, AND TREAT THEIR FANS LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS

INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS PROVIDED BY JACKSON WARD With more than 8,000 likes on their Facebook page and photographic proof of it, JACKSON WARD is not a cult or a religion; it is a family. And their family is only… Continue Reading

THE JUDY CHOPS SATISFY ALL CRAVINGS FOR GOOD WHISKEY AND GOOD MUSIC, AND RELEASE NEW “ZOMBIE KILLIN’ ALE” WITH LOCAL VIRGINIA BREWERY JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN

INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE JUDY CHOPS VIDEO BY DOUG STANFORD American novelist Mark Twain once said, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough,” and the same could be said… Continue Reading

CABIN CREEK VENTURES INTO NEW GROUNDS COMBINING ELEMENTS OF MODERN FOLK ROCK WITH AN OLD TWIST ON EARLY 1900’S STRING BANDS

INTERVIEW BY SHELBY BAKER PHOTO AND VIDEO BY TRAVIS FERRELL ALBUM ART BY JERR MEDIA For those interested in new music with an old twist, look no further than CABIN CREEK. The band, which consists of David Hall (Lead Vocals/Banjo/Guitar), Blayne… Continue Reading

RICHMOND NATIVE SAVANNAH VALENTINO CREATES HER OWN UNIQUE BRAND OF FOLK FOR A NEW, YOUNGER GENERATION

INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS BY THERESE KEIL PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHILIP EDWARD LAUBNER PHOTOGRAPHY Though she is only 20-years-old, SAVANNAH VALENTINO is way beyond her years in terms of her songwriting prowess and natural ability to capture deep emotional responses… Continue Reading

VIRGINIA’S TOP 10 BEST ALBUMS FROM 2013

LIST COMPILED BY JOE FITZPATRICK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF It has been a crazy year in the Virginia music scene, but we would not have it any other way. Every genre was on their game this year from metal to EDM to punk… Continue Reading