Tyrannosaurus Awesome performing “Jealous” at Strange Matter, RVA.  14 Sept 2012. 

27 Aug 2012: Nervous Ticks performing “Scum” at Strange Matter, RVA

I’ve had this song stuck in my head since Monday.

27 Aug 2012: Nervous Ticks performing Angry Samoans’ “Steak Knife” at Strange Matter, RVA

27 Aug 2012: Nervous Ticks performing “Count Grishnackh” at Strange Matter, RVA.  

I love the energy in this series of videos I recorded the other day.

Sweet Fern performing “Tempe” at the Listening Room, RVA [3 of 3]

Sweet Fern performing Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn’s “After the Fire Is Gone” at the Listening Room, RVA [2 of 3]

Sweet Fern performing Bill Monroe’s “True Life Blues” at the Listening Room, RVA [1 of 3]

Once a month, the Firehouse Theatre hosts The Listening Room, a space where people can sit and quietly LISTEN to musicians performing.  It’s a nice change of pace from the loud bars and restaurants where most bands play.  This month’s Listening Room was curated by Karen, of the blog I Could Go on And On, and featured performances by Sweet Fern and The Nettles.

Here’s one more song from Dave Watkins’ performance at The Courtyard, RVA, during First Fridays, 3 Aug 2012.  Forgive the background talking. It seems particularly loud since Dave didn’t have a microphone.  

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The Blue Rajas - “Jimmy Moon”

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The Blue Rajas - “Reasons I Don’t Wanna Go To Your Stupid Party”