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.
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The Blue Rajas - “Linda Linda”. This song was originally performed by Japanese band The Blue Hearts, but instead of just singing a translation, the Blue Rajas wrote new lyrics and made it their own.
I didn’t record show closer (and one of my favorite songs) “Papyrus”, as it was physically impossible due to my need to dance uncontrollably during that song.
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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”
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My pals the Blue Rajas played 3 shows in 4 days this past week. It was their last batch of shows for a while, as drummer Gracie is heading off to college. For that reason (along with the fact that they were FINALLY playing someplace with decent lighting!), I decided to record as much as I reasonably could. This first video is for “Casanova Frankenstein and Mata Hari Zombie.”
The Migs playing at Bauhaus Haus in RVA. 12 Aug 2012. A tall guy moved in front of me partway in, so most of the movement is me trying to shoot around his head. But it actually worked out well because I captured a lot of the crowd energy, even though the images were dark.
Al Lover performing at Strange Matter, RVA. 30 July 2012
I absolutely love his stuff. I’ve played him on my show several times. So glad he stopped in RVA on his tour.
Hi folks! I hosted WRIR’s River City Limits this week with musical guest Dave Watkins. Follow the link to download or stream the podcast. All music from right here in RVA.
