Live Music

Jazz Cafe at VMFA: Robbie Cunningham Group

09 Feb 2012 23:00:00 GMT

200 N. Boulevard
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 6 – 9pm

Groove to an eclectic mix of jazz ensembles every Thursday, 6 – 9 pm, at VMFA's Best Café. The Jazz Café is presented to the public by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in conjunction with the Richmond Jazz Society, free of charge! Light fare and beverages available for sale. Event continues through September.

Jan 5 - Larri Branch Agenda
Original compositions and new arrangements of jazz standards as featured on their debut album, Labragenda

Jan 12 - Samson Trinh & The Mills Family Band
An exciting mix of swinging jazz standards and modern favorites

Jan 19 - Lawrence Olds Quartet
A unique blend of “old school” blues and updated arrangements of the great American songbook

Jan 26 - Butterbean Quartet
Jazz mixture from classic songs to contemporary music of Norah Jones, Sade, Michael McDonald and more

Feb 2 - Brian Jones Quartet
Jazz standards and original compositions in the classic style of mid-1960s jazz

Feb 9 - Robbie Cunningham Group
Contemporary jazz and smooth favorites

Feb 16 - J. Smith Jazz Quartet
Original compositions and contemporary arrangements of jazz standards, bebop and Latin jazz

Feb 23 - The LKB Jazz Trio
Mix of contemporary music and standards from some of the area’s most popular jazz artists

More info: www.vmfa.state.va.us…

Dry Branch Fire Squad at In Your Ear Studio

09 Feb 2012 23:30:00 GMT

1813 E. Broad St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 6:30 – 9pm

Door 6:30 PM, Music 7:30PM
$15 advance from www.jaminc.org, $20 at the door. Capacity limited to 85.

www.lobe.com
More info: Wally at (804) 320-7067

Dry Branch Fire Squad - www.drybranchfiresquad.com
For more than 25 years Dry Branch Fire Squad has been one of bluegrass music's most popular bands, renowned for its spry mix of front-porch standards, modern ballads, and the old-time sounds from which bluegrass first sprang. The (quartet) is positively adored for its droll, scampy stage shows, fueled by Ron Thomason's cornpone-and-hard-cider wit. On their irresistible new Rounder concert CD, Live at the Newburyport Firehouse...his laconic monologues unfurl like long, laze serpents: When they strike, it's with such suddenness and accuracy that they almost leave you too breathless to laugh. Almost. Scott Alarik, Boston Globe

Slow Southern Steel Documentary at Strange Matter

10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT

929 W. Grace St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 8 – 10pm

FB - www.facebook.com…

A documentary about heavy bands from the south.

From the director(CT): The film is about underground heavy bands south of the Mason Dixon. It will have intense live performances from some of the crustiest, doomiest, and most progressive of heavy bands from the south. As will include interviews from the dirtiest and smelliest musicians, promoters, and fans from this genre about living and growing up in the bible belt, and other beautiful shit hole christian ran towns, as well as drugged out road stories, and other uncouth happenings.

More info: www.strangematterrva.com…

A$AP Rocky at The National

10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT

708 E. Broad St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 8 – 11pm

Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
$25 ADV / $TBD DOOR

A$AP Rocky - www.liveloveasap.com
Born & raised in Harlem, New York, ASAP Rocky is no stranger to the cliché rap lifestyle, popularized by fellow Harlem Patriarchs from Big L & Kool Moe Dee to Ma$e, and Cam'ron. However, Rocky's entrenching yet melodic rap style has drawn more immediate comparisons to recently incarcerated Harlemite Max B.

More info: www.thenationalva.com

Birds and Arrows (with Skylar Gudasz and The Ugly Girls) at Ashland Coffee & Tea

10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT

100 N. Railroad Ave.
Ashland, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 8 – 10pm

Like the band’s name, Birds and Arrows isn’t easy to pin down. Comprised of husband and wife duo Andrea and Pete Connolly and cellist Josh Starmer, the Chapel Hill and Durham-based group defies the genres and conventions that other bands inhabit. Like a sweet summer breeze that gusts through a wrap-around porch, this group blends Appalachian tradition and indie charm, weaving warm vocals with understated instrumentation and wistful romanticism.

BIRDS and ARROWS accomplish an elegant, warm sound that is truly their own. Their compelling and road tested live show appeals to a surprisingly wide range of audiences; they are the cherished rock band for folk lovers and the favorite folk group for rock fans.

Visit their website: www.birdsandarrows.com

The Ugly Girls: skylargudaszandtheuglygirls.com

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 day of show

More info: www.ashlandcoffeeandtea.com

Dumpstaphunk at Capital Ale House

10 Feb 2012 01:30:00 GMT

623 E. Main St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 8:30 – 11:30pm

7:30 doors open
$15 advance; $18 day of show

Dumpstaphunk - www.dumpstaphunk.com

"Dumpstaphunk is the best funk band from New Orleans right now.” - The New York Times

"Dumpstaphunk is ready to usher in a new age of funk to the masses." - Jambase.com

The project has since grown from a chance side-project into what is now widely considered to be one of New Orleans' most prestigious modern funk ensembles. An offspring with a direct lineage to their fathers in The Meters and The Neville Brothers, Dumpstaphunk is a recipe for creating a new standard for an entire genre.

More info: www.capitalalehouse.com

Roger Carroll & Chez Roue at Bogart's

10 Feb 2012 02:00:00 GMT

1903 W. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23220
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9pm – 12:30am

Jazz.

On the web - www.myspace.com…

More info: www.bogartsinthefan.com

The Dimmer Twins (Jon & Kevin from Horsehead), Eric Hunter, and Cardinal Compass at the Camel

10 Feb 2012 02:00:00 GMT

1621 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9pm – 12am

$5.
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The Dimmer Twins - www.facebook.com…
The Dimmer Twins are Jon Brown and Kevin Wade Inge when they play without the rest of Horsehead... or breakdown on the side I85.

with Eric Hunter, and Cardinal Compass

More info: thecamel.org

Thomas Coleman Walker at The Tobacco Company

10 Feb 2012 02:00:00 GMT

1201 E. Cary St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9pm – 12am

Free

More info: www.thetobaccocompany.com…

Canary Oh Canary at Balliceaux

10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 GMT

203 N. Lombardy St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 10pm – 12am

$5.
10pm-1am

Canary Oh Canary - www.facebook.com…

“Canary Oh Canary take elements of shoegaze and experimental rock to create a style that is entirely their own. In just a little under a year playing out, the group has already developed a strong fan base (with even Kyle Harris of Diamond Center calling them one of his favorites from Richmond).” - Shannon Cleary, RVA Magazine

More info: www.balliceauxrva.com

Hail Hornet!, Zoroaster at Strange Matter

10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 GMT

929 W. Grace St.
Richmond, VA
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 10pm – 12am

HAIL HORNET! (MEM. WEEDEATER, ATP, PARASYTIC, SOURVEIN) - hailhornet.bandcamp.com

ZOROASTER - www.myspace.com…

FB - www.facebook.com…

$TBA
18+

More info: www.strangematterrva.com…