Under the radar and dreaming: Who's next to break out of the Charlottesville scene?
It's been more than 14 years since Charlottesville began its upward trajectory in the music world from sleepy college town to music industry hot spot. That's when Dave Matthews Band became Charlottesville's most famous musical export since Thomas Jefferson's violin with the release of the band's major label debut Under the Table and Dreaming on September 27, 1994.
Since then, DMB's manager Coran Capshaw has built a music business empire with Red Light Management, MusicToday (now destined for Ticketmaster ownership), and ATO Records. Meanwhile, his Charlottesville Pavilion and UVA's John Paul Jones Arena have attracted the biggest names in rock 'n roll to town, and even the Rolling Stones and soon U2 will become the first and second acts to play Scott Stadium since DMB's big homecoming in 2001.
And yet, we're still trying to find the next big homegrown act to follow in Dave and company's path up into the musical stratosphere. For the last three years, the Hook has tried to identify that next big thing, and we've picked up on some promising leads. Both Parachute and Sons Of Bill have graced our annual music issue's pages, and now both will have their new albums in record stores across the country this summer.
So who's next? We asked six local experts with their ear to the ground to tell us what rumblings they're hearing on the horizon. Keep your ears and eyes open, folks. Otherwise, you just might miss them on their rise to the top.
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