Content on The Lantern:
Plans continue to develop for Ceritano's new nightclub
September 3, 2009
Can Blacksburg's already fragile live music scene carry on after the closure of it's premier venue, The Lantern? A new venue at Ceritano's may be the light at the end of the tunnel.
June 16, 2009
The Lantern, a Blacksburg music venue and bar, is being shopped on Craig's List.
Column: Live music offers joyful experience
February 10, 2009
There's something about listening to music live that can't be captured over a pair of headphones.
Q&A: Basshound's upcoming album
February 10, 2009
Basshound is a band well traveled. In less than a month of touring, the band has journeyed from its native Baltimore across the United States to Colorado and back with 17 stops in between. While heading for St. Louis from a gig in Des Moines, Iowa, guitar
VORCAN to paint to music at The Lantern
January 27, 2009
Vort Man and Chris Cank of the group VORCAN are on stage while a band plays, but they're wielding brushes, not instruments, and their painting follows the music.
At the Lantern: Cougar Magnum and Boombox
October 21, 2008
The latest weekend acts at Blacksburg's new music club and bar.
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.
Old-time sound rocks the Lantern: Brittany Reilly's 'outlaw music'
September 4, 2008
In between her set at the Lantern on Tuesday night, across from a black table against a wall, bluegrass singer Brittany Reilly lets the term "outlaw music" drop when describing her sound. She is sitting upright, polite and reserved; a small smile sits on
Musical diversity on loud: The Lantern
August 24, 2008
From below the square, brick-red building on the corner of Draper Road at 11:24 p.m., a blast of distortion sails out into the street. For a mild summer Wednesday night in Blacksburg, the blast seems out of place on the quiet avenue.