At the Lantern: Future Kings of Nowhere and The Wading Girl
September 23, 2008
Blacksburg's new music venue showcases acts you'll want to check out downtown.
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Muscian's Tour of Blacksburg: Where to go, buy, learn
September 10, 2008
When I was young, I remember listening to Green Day's "Dookie" and coming to the hasty conclusion that I wanted to do nothing with the rest of my life but play guitar.
Getting in tune with local musicians: Royce Campbell
August 27, 2008
Royce Campbell is running late for his nine o'clock gig at The Cellar's jazz night on Tuesdays. Luckily, he's a jazzman and, if anything, he's just following protocol.
Blacksburg plays host to 'Easy Friend'
August 6, 2008
When Kurt Cobain wrote "About a Girl," he had proven to the rest of the world that there was more to Nirvana than grunge. Listeners fit the shoes and had a clue. They yearned for an altered landscape in music, and somewhere beneath the posthumous reign of
Q & A: Southern rock guru to play at The Lantern Tomorrow
July 30, 2008
During his 45 years in the music industry, Col. Bruce Hampton (ret.) has fronted such musical acts as The Hampton Grease Band, The Late Bronze Age, The Figi Mariners and The Aquarium Rescue Unit. An eclectic expressionist, the Colonel has also appeared i
July 9, 2008
Tonight, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Gillie's will host a night of soothing soul with acoustic roots, free of charge, along with its signature inventive vegetarian food from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Column: Modern music blurs classic genres
July 2, 2008
Though, as with most things, it is the matter of some debate, many popular music critics acknowledge that The Beatles seminal 1967 record "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" marks the point at which rock music began to be taken seriously — as art. Tha