A tuneful new issue of Virginia Cavalcade, the quarterly illustrated
magazine of Virginia history and culture from the Library of Virginia, is
on its way to readers. The theme is Virginia roots music, with articles
about the Hampton Roads quartets (by Vaughan Webb of the Blue Ridge
Institute); the Tubize Royal Hawaiian Orchestra of Hopewell (by Gregg
Kimball of the Library of Virginia and Ron Curry of Richmond); Bela Lam and
the Greene County Singers (by David Nealon, of Harrisonburg); and a photo
essay about radio station WRVA and the 1929 OKeh recording sessions in
Richmond.

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The issue joins the Library’s current exhibition, “Virginia Roots Music:
Creating and Conserving Tradition,” in a celebration of the state’s musical
heritage. A lecture series also brings the music to a wider audience. Three
upcoming noontime lectures at the Library feature author Vaughan Webb and a
performance by the Paschall Brothers, keepers of the quartet tradition, on
November 21; archivist Jay Gaidmore speaking about the WRVA collection on
January 23; and the Richmond Sacred Harp Singers performing shape-note
music on February 6.

Julie A. Campbell
Editor, Virginia Cavalcade

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