Articles
The Frye Family Band / Reclamation
The Frye Family Band’s bio is something of a suspense story. It kicks off by mentioning that patriarch Tom Frye got a call one day expressing interest in featuring his […]
B45s
Things happen fast in rock n’ roll. One minute you’re throwing a band together to help out a friend, and the next you’re opening for a legendary local band in […]
Chris Rasor
Chris Rasor was born blessed with a vivid imagination, a flair for drama and the ability to entertain himself for hours on end. This served him well as an only […]
Madeline Wilson
This past June, Roanoke’s Crestwood Gallery hosted an exhibit entitled Permutations, a series of 17 single-print photographs shot with an eye that has the natural ability to combine shape and […]
Joey O. / Wish Upon a Starr
Everyone handles grief in their own way. When Joey O lost his younger Start Me Up bandmate Scott Starr last November, he decided to honor him with the kind of […]
Janet Piercy
Before she even knew what it meant, Janet Piercy was a performer. “I wrote plays as a kid and organized the neighborhood kids doing shows,” she says. “I’d also play […]
Phillip Colglazier
Phillip Colglazier’s life in theater came from a somewhat surprising direction. A gymnast through his school days, he was regularly demonstrating his prowess as a Lane Middle School student. That’s […]
Left Lane Cruiser / Dirty Spliff Blues
Left Lane Cruiser have been making solidly dirty, crunchy two-man blues for 10 years now. Each time out they upped the ante a bit, adding a little more grit and […]