Just A Cigarette More
Cover by Charles W. Peale

the earth will accept me into its dirt
Poetry by Stuart Gunter

LaQuinn
When this mysterious promoter-turned-rapper needed to jumpstart his music career, he did what any strategically-minded artist would do: study business administration.

Another Day In Hell
Comic by Seth Casana

Ancient Pillars
Comic by Ishaway Friestad

New Beginnings
Comic by Greg Steele

Breakers
For these alt rockers, music provides a language—and a context—to express that which would otherwise remain hidden.

Chamomile & Whiskey
For these hardworking Americana troubadours, success means getting their music out into the world while still staying true to the folks at home.

Rich Tarbell
The photographs are his own, but the stories? Those amount to nothing less than a multi-generational oral history of the Charlottesville music scene.