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Fans of live music will have something to look forward to at Piedmont Virginia Community College when the radio station 106.1 FM The Corner hosts this year’s “The Corner Lounge LIVE!,” featuring local acts Grey Matter and the Eli Cook Band. The show will include live performances and interviews with the bands hosted by 106.1’s […]
Continue ReadingTom Waits, the gravelly-voiced god of modern beatniks, returns with his first album of new material in seven years. Fans of Waits, however, have not been left high and dry; in 2006, “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards,” a collection of b-sides and rarities, was released, and 2009 saw a live album, “Glitter & Doom.” With […]
Continue Reading“World Peace” is an ambition many people desire. It is also a vague notion, and there have been many different ideas proposed to achieve it. One film, however, has inspired a unique idea: achieving peace through rock ‘n’ roll music. “Air Guitar Nation” follows individuals performing rock ‘n’ roll without physical instruments. Adam Lee, a local […]
Continue ReadingWhen Das Racist first burst upon the scene with the viral sensation “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,” many wrote the group off as a novelty act or one-hit-wonder. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth. Unbeknownst to most, Das Racist has continued making music in the three years since their initial foray into […]
Continue ReadingAlthough Zach Condon uses “East Harlem,” the lead single from his latest release as Beirut, to lament how “another rose wilts” in the titular city, it is clear this stellar act is only just beginning to blossom. A Santa Fe, N.M. native, Condon left the states at only 17 to visit Europe and live with […]
Continue ReadingSally Rose Monnes is no stranger to music, and if her success continues, she will soon not be a stranger to anyone. Monnes is a modern folk singer-songwriter, whose unique voice and well-trained musical ear lend a timeless yet current quality to her work. A former PVCC student hailing from Nelson County, Monnes has been […]
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