Shockoe Sessions Live! Rewind - Episodes Tagged with “Live”

Episode 87 - Women of Soul Part 2

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500

Women of Soul Part 2 featuring Kia Bennett, and Shon Davis

Episode 85 - Be$haun

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:00:00 -0500

Be$haun is a rising star in the music industry, quickly gaining momentum and making a name for herself with her multidimensional sound. With a captivating blend of heavenly harmonies and hard-hitting lyrics, she leaves a lasting impression on her listeners. Based in Richmond, Virginia, she has been captivating audiences with her electrifying performances, showcasing her undeniable talent and unique presence.

Be$haun’s style is a juxtaposition of sexy and street, with a nod to the golden era of hip hop while maintaining a futuristic edge. Her voice glides effortlessly over soulful melodies, creating a mesmerizing sound that transports listeners to another dimension. Her lyrics are raw and thought-provoking, diving deep into personal experiences and social issues, resonating with audiences on a profound level.

Episode 81: Roughshod

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500

Roughshod is a groove-heavy, alternative rock band from Richmond, Virginia. The group’s driving rhythm section, unique arrangements, and bold vocals create a sound that is as accessible as it is surprising. With songs in Spanish and English and off-center chordings, their songs fuse pieces of the band members’ varied backgrounds.

Having formed in 2021, Roughshod wrote the songs for their first EP, Attic Hours, at Austin’s house (guitar, vocals) while waiting for live music to return to the world. This imposed woodshedding led to the band’s tight-knit chemistry that draws fans to their high energy shows today.

Episode 80: Leslie and The Dots

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500

Leslie Lilburn is a Northside singer-songwriter who grew up in scenic Front Royal, VA and moved to Richmond in 2021. His vocation was thrust upon him in his youth as a result of constant and intense exposure to the music of the British Invasion; later in life, a love of the country music of the 60's and 70's seeped into his brain. The powerful synthesis that resulted produces songs of joy, beauty, and heartbreak that would make a fine addition to the soundtrack of a Tarantino film. He passes his time in a well-appointed garage studio, Murphy’s Pocket, with his band, The Dots.

The Dots came to be through serendipitous occurrences, years of friendship, and frequenting a delicious RVA staple of a restaurant, Dots Back Inn. Consisting of Michael Lamp, Robin Liebenthal, Robert Whitehead, and Kevin Vorhis, The Dots bring a plethora of varied musical influences together to help create something beautifully unique, yet complimentary to Leslie’s songwriting.

Episode 77: The Jared Stout Band

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400

An electrifying alt-country band with musical styles that are as diverse as the Appalachian landscape they call home. Runner-ups for the coveted "On-The-Rise" award at FloydFest 22, The Jared Stout Band has quickly solidified their presence in the national music scene. The band's dynamic sound seamlessly weaves Appalachian rhythms with Blues and Rock undertones, creating a tapestry of emotion and energy that resonates with audiences of all ages and musical tastes.

Jared Stout's songwriting is soulful and relatable, with an authenticity that draws listeners in and guides them through a journey of life's ups and downs. From the moment the Jared Stout Band steps onto the stage, this remarkably talented, emotionally charged set of musicians commands attention with a unique sound and an unparalleled, captivating intensity that leaves a lasting impression and forever fuses the shared experience into our hearts.

Set List
Home Sweet Home
Rainbows
Worst of Ways
Lady in Red
Monday
My Heart
Last Breath
One Shot
Song and Dance

Episode 76: Mackenzie Roark & The Hotpants

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400

Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants is an Americana rock band from Richmond, Virginia, known for energetic and engaging live shows that bridge the gap between Americana charm and rock 'n' roll grit. With a voice that carries the weight of lived experience and lyrics steeped in raw storytelling, Roark crafts songs that explore love, loss, resilience, and the search for meaning-all wrapped in the kind of gritty, roots-driven melodies that feel as timeless as they are urgent. Known for their powerhouse performances, the Hotpants round out Roark's dynamic songwriting with the fiery tones of fiddle, electric guitar riffs, funky basslines, and tight harmonies. Their album "Ghost of Rock and Roll" is due out June 6th, 2025.

Set List
Take My Money
Hot American Red Blood
Killin' Time
Cigarettes & TV Dinners
Last Call
Late Bloomer
Ghost of Rock and Roll
Broken Jukebox Blues
Rich Man
Swamp Bait Town

Episode 75: Zarove

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400

Zarove is an instrumental trio from Richmond, VA, formed in 2024. Zarove fuses decades of collective experience in Bulgarian and Middle Eastern traditions, avant-garde art music, rock, and improvisation. Traditional Turkish instruments meet electric fret less bass and a hand-crafted drum kit in songs that meld genres, rhythms, and borders.

Set List
Yes We Kahn
No Safety
Math Trap
Wadidi
Pajdushko
Wiki
Campfire
Vakarel
Kurdi
Punk Zydeco

Episode 74: Brady Heck

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400

Brady Heck is just country. No two ways around it, he was just brought into the world that way. He lives it, and you can hear that in his songs. His songs are both clever and conversational, but also deeply sincere and striking. He writes the way he speaks and sings about the world he knows. The Virginia native released his debut EP, Ain't It Cruel, on Richmond's own Vocal Rest Records in 2022. He then followed up shortly after in 2023 with two singles, Grey Fox (a truckers tale and tip of the hat to classic country songs of the 70's, with the smile and wink appeal of Burt Reynolds à la Smokey and the Bandit) and Watermelon Seltzer, a country blues song that reminds us that poor boy can still live the good life. Now in 2025, Heck, who is most known for fronting the Richmond based southern rock group, Holy Roller, is looking to expand himself further with new music, a new group, and a clear focus on the only thing that really matters: the song.

Set List
Half A Mind
Grey Fox
Watermelon Seltzer
How To Make The Good Ones Hurt
For Sarah
Ain't It Cruel
Used To
Saddle Blanket
Paradise

Episode 73: Big Fancy

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400

Big Fancy, an indie disco band from Richmond, VA, brings a fresh and funky blend of soul and dance that's as timeless on stage as it is over the airwaves. The group of friends behind the sound draws inspiration from neo-soul, R&B, and deep groove to seamlessly intertwine soulful roots, jazz influences, and classic dance vibes. With over 15 original tracks written and two singles released, Big Fancy has gained fans from Richmond to Paris. Over the past three years, their live performances playing around the city have earned them the vote as one of the top five bands in Richmond by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Known for exploring love in all its forms-be it love for people, places, or ideas-Big Fancy always steps up to the stage in celebration of rhythm, connection, and movement.

Set List
All In
Silent Rush
High Dive
Loverboy
Bandit
One of These Nights
Groovy Shoes
Anything Else
Champagne In The Shade

Episode 72: Kofi Shepsu Quartet

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0400

Kofi Shepsu, came out of the womb drumming. He is an African Percussionist and studied the West African drums for 7 years under the Master Baba Olumide, starting at age 4. He was formally introduced to Jazz and the drum set as a member of the Richmond Youth Jazz Guild under the direction of Ashby Anderson. Kofi received a full scholarship for Berklee College of Music Summer Jazz Workshop with Terri Lyne Carrington. He is a 2017 Young Arts Jazz and Vail Jazz Workshop Finalist. In addition, he was selected in 2017 to attend Berklee College of Music Global Jazz Institute/Newport Jazz Festival. He is a 2018 graduate of Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology. Kofi was also awarded a full scholarship to Manhattan School of Music. While there he got to study with master musicians Buster Williams, Kendrick Scott and Marc Cary. He has played with Savion Glover, Alicia Olatuja, Charles Owens, Tim Green, Marc Cary, Benny Benack III, and Julius Rodriguez.

Set List
The Shadow of Your Smile (by Johnny Mandel)
Serenity
Central Park West (by John Coltrane)
The Joy of Letting Go (by Charles Owens)
Record Me
Pent Up House

Episode 71: Gull

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0400

Gull is "best described as a drum; a living, breathing drum of flesh on fire that cries out assorted tongues of creatures past and delivers it from a single unique perspective; a communal music broadcast of blood and bile left as an offering on the altar of sound."

Nathaniel Rappole's solo music endeavor, Gull, was conceived on an endangered wildlife preserve in Front Royal, VA in 1999, and has been publicly active since 2007. Gull has recorded a 7", 6 EPs, 3 full lengths, and has traveled vigorously-playing venues, on the streets, and in the wilds of Canada, United States, Mexico, Europe, Kenya, and SE Asia.

Gull has toured in support of White Rabbits, Tres Mts, RNDM, and Saxsquatch, and has shared the bar arena with the likes of Silver Apples, Girl Talk, Deerhoof, Adrian Belew, Sleaford Mods, Tatsuya Nakatani, Zeta, Ruby The Hatchet, Panda Bear, Mdou Moctar, Dan Deacon, Godcaster, and Melt Banana. In 2012, Gull was featured in a movie about music in Mexico called Hecho en Mexico, and in 2014 he produced and performed in a documentary on street/public music in Kenya (Street Muse Kenya), which premiered at The Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. In April of 2016, Gull performed and answered questions pertaining to his travels at TedX in Richmond, VA, and in 2017 he contributed an improvised performance to Grotesque Tables ii - Noah Wall's anagramic reimagining of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies deck of cards from 1975.

In December, 2019, Gull went to Thailand and Laos to film a new doc (Street Muse Thailand) in an ongoing series about musical ecology and culture around the world. In January of 2023 and again in December of 2024, Gull was an artist in residence at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN and set up an impromptu recording studio while incorporating captured sounds of the city's environment

Episode 70: The Sunslingers

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0400

From the heart of Virginia and packing the heat of the American spirit comes a band that trades bullets for ballads and gun smoke for golden harmonies. The Sunslingers are blazing trails through the Americana landscape with fiddle fire, the rolling thunder of the upright bass, drums to bring the rain, and guitar lines that cut cleaner than a desert horizon.

Rooted in storytelling and raised on the rhythms of country, gypsy jazz, and roots rock, The Sunslingers bring you songs about love and loss, brotherhood and betrayal, glory and grit. These are not just songs—they’re saloon doors swinging open on your soul, and they’re best experienced live.

When The Sunslingers take the stage, you’re not just watching a show—you’re stepping into a new frontier. One where the only thing outlawed is ennui, and every chord carries the weight of redemption.

Set List
Crossroads
Carnivals
Why Did You Leave Me?
Hard Road
Unsolvable You
Julie
Scorched Earth
Red Flag
Time In Between
High Noon
Long Way Down
Bird At My Window

Episode 69: Afro-Zen Allstars

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0400

Afro-Zen Allstars, Richmond's guardians of global grooves, is a high-energy little big band featuring blazing horns, a driving rhythm section, and inspired instrumental jams.

With an extensive repertoire of material from across the globe, most notably the exotic sounds birthed in Ethiopia during its' musical "Golden Age" of the 1960's and '70's, the joyful music of Afro-Zen exists at the place where African musical tradition intersects with Jazz and Jam, rocking both body and spirit.

Set List
Selasa
Yekatit
Dewel
Muramba Doro
Belomi Benna
Here is Freedom
Zombie
Song For South Africa

Episode 68: The Sugar Hollows

Shockoe Sessions Live! — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:00:00 -0400

The Sugar Hollows is “some kind of rock band" from Richmond, VA. The band was formed in 2020 when Mike and Gabe became neighbors in an apartment complex during the nationwide lockdown and heard each other playing music through the walls one day. A few jam sessions here and there quickly became a number of gigs throughout Virginia and North Carolina where the two played covers by the likes of Jim Croce, Brent Cobb, Lord Huron, Kings of Leon, and everything in between. By 2022, they had recruited new members, Sean and Noah, to join their journey and released the band's first singles ‘Follow the River’ and 'Sweet Virginia Girl." Their debut self-titled album included 10 songs and was released in 2023.

After the release, which garnered some positive regional and national press, the band embarked on their maiden east coast tour with stops in every major city from Georgia to Delaware including Tennessee where they appeared on multiple festival lineups and radio shows.

The group's follow up sophomore album ‘Radio Waves’ was released in May of 2024 and included another 10 original songs that really began to identify who The Sugar Hollows are and the direction they are heading as they continue to explore new ways to communicate their music. 2025 sees The Sugar Hollows continuing to grow and playing their most notable shows yet including performances at FloydFest, Riverrock, and Altria Theater.