Posts Tagged ‘People’s Blues of Richmond’

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Weekend Show Picks: Chris Young, Bart Walker, Chickenstock, Jonathan Vassar & the Speckled Bird, DJ Williams Projekt

June 1, 2012

I’ve planned every day of your weekend. You’re welcome.

Country artist Chris Young heads down to Brown’s Island for Friday Cheers on Friday, June 1.

Update: According to Friday Cheers, to make sure Chris Young has enough flexiblity to play tonight, the Honky Tonk Heroes opening set has been canceled.

Update: Due to weather, Friday Cheers has been canceled.

Yet another update: Friday Cheers is still cancelled tonight, but Chris Young will play the Hat Factory. Honky Tonk Heroes will perform immediately after.

Chris Young – Neon

Nashville Blues guitarist phenom, Bart Walker brings his band to Current at the Hat Factory on Friday, June 1 with the ever popular Peoples’ Blues of Richmond. Ex-Stevie Ray Vaughan keyboardist Reese Wynans will be playing with Walker, so there’s some extra excitement for Blues lovers.

Bart Walker Band – Left Turn

If you happen to be in Short Pump on Saturday, June 2, head over to the Chick-fil-A for “Chickenstock III,” a day-long festival featuring lots of activities, food and live music from the Trillions, Atlee Community Church Band and others. The festival will be benefiting LINK’s charitable actions in the African country of Niger with our proceeds going to their efforts.

photo by Rob Jefferson

Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird have been keeping a low profile lately while they finish up work of their upcoming record “The Sky in Country,” set to be released on July 1. The group will perform at Balliceaux on Sunday, June 3. Listen to a track from the new album below.

Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird – Heron and the Hummingbird

DJ Williams Projekt has been playing around for nine years. That’s quite an accomplishment and definitely calls for a celebration. Having just thrown a birthday party, I know that they are always a blast. DJ Williams and crew hit the Camel on Sunday, June 3.

Watch the hilarious promo video below.

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RVA Beer Fest This Weekend

May 3, 2012

Just go to this.

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End The Drug War Concert & Rally

April 20, 2012

It’s 4/20, a day commonly associated with marijuana use. However you feel about the issue, there’s a big party happening at Monroe Park which you may want to check out.

The End the Drug War Concert and Rally takes place today from 1-6 p.m. and features music from People’s Blues of Richmond, Antero, Night Idea, Young Adult Fiction and Midair. The event will also include speakers Adam Kokesh, Matthew Fogg, Michael Krawitz, Eric Sterling and Nathan Cox.

From the press release:
April 20th in 2012 will signal a shift in how people view drug policy. With a majority 50% of Americans favoring marijuana legalization last year for the first time, it is evident that the War on Drugs should end.

The failures of the war on drugs stretch deep into various sectors of our society. From the 40,000 dead in Mexico since 2006, to the arrest of medical marijuana patients for using their medicine, the war on drugs affects us all.

From police shot down on the job by cartels that generate revenue from prohibition, to college students who are stripped of financial aid for having possessed a drug, the war on drugs hurts our ability to live prosperously.

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Why in the World is Less Than Jake Playing A Neighborhood Festival?

October 13, 2011

When I heard about Fantoberfest going on this weekend, i figured it was just a music festival to compete with the Richmond Folk Festival with a bunch of local bands playing. But then I found out ska punk rockers Less Than Jake were headlining and I had to do a double take.

Here is a band that has been hugely popular for many years, sold out many shows and is worldwide famous and now they are playing a simple neighborhood festival? I’m still weirded out by this. These guys deserve to play somewhere big like the National or at the very least Canal Club.

However, I’ve seen these guys numerous times and they do put on an amazing show. It should be a good time, minus all the obnoxious drunks (it’s a microbrew festival as well). Also playing are Kings of Belmont, No BS Brass Band, The Big Payback (a James Brown cover band), The Gill, Cheap Thrills, Peoples Blues of Richmond and Audio Ammo.

Goodbye Mr. Personality

Animaniacs Theme

Automatic (Live)

All My Best Friends are Metalheads (Live)

Liquor Store (Live)

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Some Good Drinks in RVA

March 8, 2011

Some Good Drinks in RVAPeople’s Blues of Richmond has played almost 100 shows in two years of being together and have self-released their own album ‘Hard-on Blues’ They’ve opened up for such acts as the DJ Williams Projekt, Farm Vegas, Keller Williams and have just been added to the Dominion Riverrock Festival opening up for Yonder Mountain String Band. You can catch them on Saturday, March 12 opening up for ZOSO at The National and Friday, March 18 at The Camel with Silo Effect and J3 Project.

Only Insane

For Your Love

Another good band to drink in? The Milkstains, a psych-surf-punk band thats been playing richmond for almost 6 years now. The band will be playing at Bandito’s on Sunday, March 13 with Pinche Gringo. They’re about to release their first full length EP ‘Family Ghost’ in April which you can check out here.

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