“Klezmer” might not ring any bells, but chances are you’ve run across the style of traditional Jewish music at some point in time, perhaps most notably in the musical film “Fiddler on the Roof.” Despite its relative obscurity, this form of music is alive and well, and the Klezmer Ensemble ensures it has a presence even on Grounds. The group, led by Assoc.
My experience Sunday night at the Paramount Theater was less of a concert than it was an exercise of spiritual arousal.
Katy Perry’s latest album, “Prism”, is another solid addition to the pop music canon. In short, the record does everything a pop album should do; it makes you want to dance, it’s fun and it’s a collection of top-notch anthems, with a few power ballads sprinkled in for good measure.
If you somehow managed to miss the swing dance flash mobs, the colorful chalk advertisements all over grounds and the group of students in AFTERDARK t-shirts tossing out flyers on the lawn, you really must have had a lot of midterms. For everyone who got the memo, you had the chance to experience AFTERDARK, “where music and message meet” and featuring heartthrobs Ben Rector and Tyrone Wells.
It’s Thursday afternoon and you have just finished your last class of the day, maybe of the week. Regardless of whether or not you have class on Friday, you’re looking for something to do to start the weekend off right, but what?
If you’ve seen a headline about Kanye West in the last several weeks, I bet the headline included the word “rant.” West’s passion on his BBC Radio interview with Zane Lowe have spurred parodies like Jimmy Kimmel’s skit making fun of the new Kardashian dad.
Indie rock group The Head and the Heart has achieved tremendous momentum since forming in 2009. The band has opened for notables Dr. Dog, Vampire Weekend and Charlottesville’s own Dave Matthews Band — all artists the Seattle-based band cites as inspiration.
If Virginia hip-hop has a sound, it’s The Clipse. The duo of brothers Pusha T and Malice broke nationally with 2001’s Lord Willin’, an album of vivid drug dealer narratives produced entirely by Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo, another Virginia Beach duo who called themselves The Neptunes.
Long gone are the days of innocent, catchy pop from of Montreal, as the band hailing from Athens, Georgia released their new album, “Lousy With Sylvianbriar” on October 8.
At first glance, The Southern seems the least likely Charlottesville venue to hold an ear-shattering dubstep concert.
I feel no shame in saying that I judged Miley Cyrus harshly for her VMA performance. That said, after listening to “Bangerz,” the former Disney Channel’s star’s latest studio album, I’ve been forced to acknowledge that Miley is far, far more than what she seems.
After Dwight Howard Johnson, the opening act at The Southern this past Thursday night, had played its piece and left the stage, there was an obvious alteration in the audience.
If you were at the Jefferson Theater last Friday night, you know that you don’t need a time machine to go back to the ’80s.
Many have suggested fun.’s hit single “Some Nights” is a melodic cross between Queen and The Lion King.
Country fans decked out in boots, cut-off jeans, tank tops and camouflage piled into downtown Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater last Thursday, hoping for the chance to stand in the front row to see smooth-singing Nashville-native Kip Moore perform.
The origins of DJ duo Ratchet Cat are almost as epic as their stage name. Eeshaan Sachatheva and Ishaan Chaudhary, two current fourth year students in the Comm and E-school, respectively, happened to meet up in New Delhi two summers ago and kick-started their music career together over a shared passion for music.
In a conversation that satisfied the dreams of my 13-year-old self, Switchfoot’s Drew Shirley (guitar/backing vocals) elaborates on the future of the band and on continuing to make waves — in more ways than one.
We’re all self-conscious. Kanye was the first to admit it, but Aubrey “Drake” Graham was the first to relish in it.
Juicy J has enjoyed quite a surge in popularity this year. His aptly named banger “Bandz A Make Her Dance” made its way into dance clubs across the world, and the success led to features on tracks by a slew of popular artists: will.i.am, Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, Rihanna and Lil Wayne.
While every acoustic and folk lover flocked to the local Lockn music festival this past weekend[a], the electro-rock lovers stayed behind to attend a pair of shows at the Southern Café and Music Hall. Friday night featured Pissed Jeans, a noise rock band and a pioneer of the recent punk revival based out of Allentown, Penn.
