No BS! member guiding UR pep band
A No BS! Brass Band member is helping tweak the UR pep band’s sound with the help of some of the city’s best musicians.
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Toby Whitaker Big Band at Balliceaux
Wednesday night, a large crowd gathered at Balliceaux to see the Toby Whitaker Big Band and Smalltown as part of the Spacebomb concert series. The bands did not disappoint.
UTV.chamber: The First Letter
A cast of old and new faces, The First Letter offers a new perspective on UTV.chamber’s music.
Listening Back: Lucas Fritz Quintet and Old Soul
Presenting the next generation. This week on Listening Back, we hear from Lucas Fritz Quintet and Old Soul, two student-led groups with big ideas.
No BS! releases No BS!
With every album, every tour, every sold out show, and every Thursday night rehearsal, No BS! Brass is finding their sound, and they might be the closest they’ve ever been on that search.
Richmond Jazz Collective: Anticipated premiere
Two months later, it’s happening: the premiere of the big band that was to rival any other like it in Richmond. This band is actually way more than two months in the making, though.
Brass boys in the studio
Richmond’s favorite brass band entered their resident studio this past weekend to record for their next album. The large group of brass players plus lone reedsman and drummer that make up No BS Brass got down to business at the eccentric and popular Minimum Wage studio.
Using, exploring, and championing the vastness
At yesterday’s recital at VCU, Use The Vastness performed a set of dynamic, creative, and thought-provoking music. It’s postmodern music from a postmodern generation, yet it urges our scatterbrained youth to slow down with long and thoughtful group improvisations and tantalizing orchestrations.
No BS! Brass Tour Reflection, Pt. 2
From August 5-8, No BS Brass, Richmond’s Manliest Band (as described by Style Weekly) set out on a busking tour. We drove, we played on the street, we drove again. These are our adventures, as told by Bryan Hooten, trombonist and usually successful navigator. After what would be our last full night’s sleep for a […]
