Richmond Ballet At St. Andrew’s School Yesterday
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Throwback Thursday: Hotel X
Bad photo of most of the cover of Hotel X’s Residential Suite album, recorded in 1993 and released in 1994 on SST Records
Before it was the name of the still-morphing local avant-garde jazz/rock band, it was the nickname of this Oregon Hill house on Idlewood that used to often offer lodging for touring musicians.
And tomorrow night:
Kokanko SATA + Assaba DRAMÉ + Lamine SOUMANO
Malian String Trio adds RVA to U.S. tour, reveals the Mande touch in Jazz and the Blues
HOTEL X
Richmond’s Afrodelic Funk experience.
8-piece band playing original African-inspired groove music
Friday, 23rd September 2016
At the Neighborhood Resource Center of Fulton Hill
1519 Williamsburg Road, Richmond, VA 23231
www.nrccafe.org
This concert in honor of Mali’s National Independence Day will benefit the Segou-Richmond House. Kokanko’s fantastic trio is lending their gifts to help VFOM raise funds for this joint project between our two sister cities: The Segou-Richmond House will be a community center to support removing barriers to girls education and social empowerment through sports, the arts and IT. On 6 acres of land near the Niger River, donated by local Cheick Mansour Haidara Foundation, the Virginia Friend of Mali and Segou’s Sister City Committee has begun construction of the site’s water source – a 10 meter deep well – that will facilitate the making of bricks, the playing fields and next phases of building.
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Local Rapper In RVA Magazine
Fischer noted the irony of him performing on a track called “Southside” when he’s actually from Oregon Hill, just north of the River. But for the second rapper on the track, he thinks it helps because it sticks with the track’s theme of changes in someone’s life or even within the next 24 hours.
“It’s one of those mood setting song when you’re moving to the next phase of your day and you’re just cruising,” Fischer said. “This is a type of song people are going to play.”
This song launches off at a good tempo and keeps the “vibes” solid as Chance and Deron glide over a distorted orchestral beat.
Relapse Records and Vinyl Conflict Records presents: NOTHING
Tomorrow, between 4pm and 5pm, there will be an in-store acoustic set by the Relapse Records’ band NOTHING at Vinyl Conflict.
NOTHING will be playing again later tomorrow night at Strange Matter on Grace Street.
Drum Lessons
From announcement:
Hey Oregon Hill! I’m offering drum lessons to beginners of all ages, whether you want to learn academically or just for fun.
I’ve been playing drums and percussion for 13 years. I studied percussion from middle school through to getting my bachelor of music from JMU in 2014. I’ve also played in a progressive rock band called Fight Cloud since 2008 (fightcloud.bandcamp.com).
I’ll focus instruction on technique, rhythm, notation, and learning by ear. Having solid fundamentals will allow you to more freely play whatever you like, whether it be rock drum set, jazz, classical percussion, or drum line.
I would prefer to teach at the student’s home as mine is not ideal for teaching lessons. This also adds the benefit of being able to focus on your needs on your drums in your space.
If you’re interested, I’d love to hear from you, and we can negotiate time and price.
Thank you!
Miles Blunt
Scotty Moore On The Mosque (Altria Theater)
Remembering Scotty Moore, Elvis’ first guitar slinger who just passed away.
From his website:
On May 16, 1955 Elvis, Scotty, and Bill made their first appearance at the Mosque with the Hank Snow Jamboree. Martha Carson was the headliner and the show also featured Slim Whitman, the Davis Sisters, Onie Wheeler and Jimmie Rodgers Snow. All of the shows in Richmond were apparently sponsored by Bill Railey of Railey’s Appliance Center.
Times Dispatch Reports Folk Festival Line Up
From Times Dispatch article:
“Our local programming committee has outdone themselves, once again,” said festival director Lisa Sims in a statement. “Dancers from Sri Lanka, zydeco players from Louisiana, virtuosic musicians from Afghanistan, gospel singers from Tennessee and dozens of others will all offer free performances within a half-mile of each other. There’s really nothing else like it in the Virginia.”
Last year, a record-breaking 200,000-plus people attended the festival, up 50,000 from a rainy 2014.
Quick editorial: Hopefully Venture Richmond can become a better neighbor and we can all enjoy it this year as in years past. Still waiting for more agreement to neighborhood’s reasonable requests.
There are also still outstanding questions about how this important, historic area of the riverfront will be recognized and preserved in the future.
https://www.oregonhill.net/2015/10/12/folk-festival-and-a-deliberately-missed-opportunity/
Tonight- Zaireeka at Triple Crossing
Though Triple Crossing is not in Oregon Hill, it is our closest commercial brewery within walking distance…and tonight at 6 pm there-
From the FaceBook event page:
Join us for a special night with an experiment combining all 4 LP’s played simultaneously on 4 turntables.
Zaireeka is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips. Released on October 28, 1997, the experimental rock album consists of four Compact Discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD. The album was designed so that when played simultaneously on four separate audio systems, the four CDs would produce a harmonic or juxtaposed sound. The discs can also be played in different combinations, omitting one, two or three discs. The album’s title is a portmanteau of two words: Zaire, chosen as a symbol of anarchy after Wayne Coyne heard a radio news story about the political instability of the African nation, and eureka (literally: “I have found it”), an expression of joyous discovery.
PBR’s “The House on Oregon Hill”
From Verbicide magazine:
People’s Blues of Richmond is a heavy-touring, blues-psych power trio from Richmond, Virginia. In the past two years, they’ve signed with Madison House Booking, recorded their third full-length studio album, and released a seven-inch single with sought-after producer Mark Neill (Black Keys, The Hives, J. Roddy Walston & the Business).
The band’s new album, Quit or Die (out June 10, 2016), was recorded in Richmond by Ricky Olson at The Ward. Premiering today at VerbicideMagazine.com is a track from that album entitled “The House on Oregon Hill,” which you can stream below.
Late Notice: The VCU Guitar Ensemble At Pine Street Baptist Church
The VCU Guitar Ensemble will be performing at the 11:00 service today at Pine Street Baptist Church. The ensemble has 20 guitarists. All are invited.