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Off the heels of her international debut in London, Richmond-based R&B/Soul artist Moneá is back with a smooth and inspiring new hit entitled “Check In”. Boldly confronting the hectic rat race that is our lives, the young artist encourages herself as well as her fans to take a moment to stop, be still and check-in with themselves. Acknowledging how easy it is to lose ourselves in a busy sea of to-do lists, Moneá's new track offers a calm and soothing R&B melody that serves as the perfect pairing for her meditative and encouraging attitude we've grown to know and love. Driving home the importance of staying grounded, Moneá's spirituality bleeds through her soulful melodies, pulling listeners in from the very start. “Check in, Your mind, your body, your soul / You need to check in, Let it all through, let it all go” ~ “Check In” Wise beyond her years, Moneá's new track drops off the heels of the immense buzz received for her most recent single “My Eyes Are Open”. “My Eyes Are Open” received high praises from local publications like RVA Magazine as well as top tier blogs like This is RnB and Celebmix. Leading with spirituality, her music continues to inspire self love, unity and self-worth. Moneá's presence on social media has also seen extreme growth this year with over 38k loyal TikTok followers to date. Online, the young artist offers an engaging combination of enchanting R&B music and spiritual advice, appealing to lovers of personal growth, great melodies and a keen interest in the complexities of our universe and beyond. Ending the year on a high note, “Check In” delivers the perfect message ahead of all of your New Year's resolutions. Listen to "Check In" on Spotify bit.ly/3XQ1kaW Connect with Moneá with oneline: https://twitter.com/moneaofthemoon https://www.instagram.com/moneaofthemoon https://www.tiktok.com/@moneaofthemoon Spotify: bit.ly/3OXAxFp ________________________________________ Support the channel here: DONATE – CashApp… https://bit.ly/30ps5cT Patreon… https://bit.ly/3vyWVvr Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/2Z1JfwZ ________________________________________ Check out Merch at ‘The Soul Shop' https://bit.ly/3aIS7df For more information and news, check out our website and on social media: Web: www.BringBackSoulMusic.com Facebook: /BringBackSoulMusic2019 Instagram: instagram.com/bringbacksoulmusic2019 Twitter: https://twitter.com/BringBackSoulM1__… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bringbacksoul... Bring Back Soul Music Playlist on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ah9eWz
Original airing date on Radio IQ in Virginia: October 16 2021Good Afternoon friends!This week on Appalachian Vibes we learn about Celtic traditional music with the SW Virginia Celtic and folk duo, Kinnfolk; all roads lead to Bamboo café in my interview with the Appalachian influenced writer and RVA magazine author George Wethington. We also hear his story “it takes all kinds”...and we get funky with Audacity Brass Band, a 10 piece brass band from Richmond Va. Learn more about the artists:Kinnfolk: https://www.kinnfolkmusic.com/George Wethington : Read George's article here: https://rvamag.com/music/powerful-moments-at-the-appalachian-vibes-music-festival.htmlAudacity Brass Band-https://www.audacitybrassband.com/Appalachian Vibes Radio Show from WNCW is listener nominated, you can nominate an artist by emailing Amanda at appalachianvibes@gmail.com. Appalachian Vibes Radio Show is created and produced by Amanda Bocchi, a neo soul singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and journalist hailing from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.
This episode of Breaking Brave is brought to you by: https://soulsnacks.ca/ (SOULSNACKS! )Soul snacks are single ingredient, eco conscious dog and cat treats! Sourced directly from farms in Ontario and wrapped in fully compostable packaging. Treating your pets never felt so good. Head to https://soulsnacks.ca/ and use coupon code BREAKINGBRAVE for 15% off your purchase!!! & https://shop.nealbrothersfoods.com/collections/crank%C2%AE-coffee-co (CRANK COFFEE) the newest member of the Neal Brothers family. Crank Coffee is a new Canadian whole bean coffee brand that is certified organic and fair trade. Founded by the Neal Brothers Peter and Chris. This brand was influenced by cycling, coffee lovers, and experts! Check it out at the Neal brothers online shop here: https://shop.nealbrothersfoods.com/collections/crank%C2%AE-coffee-co and USE COUPON CODE BRAVE for 20% OFF Your first Crank Coffee purchase! -- https://fau.academia.edu/LukeWilson (Lucas Wilson) is a PhD candidate in Comparative Studies at Florida Atlantic University, writing his dissertation on second-generation Holocaust literature and oral history. He holds an MA in English from McMaster University, as well as an MTS from Vanderbilt University. His research mainly centers on Holocaust literature and oral history, but he has begun working in the field of critical evangelical studies. His academic work has appeared in Canadian Jewish Studies and https://www.academia.edu/40368495/Of_Gossip_and_Gaze_The_Shift_from_Symbolic_to_Social_Exclusion_Seen_through_a_Post_Holocaust_Aesthetic_in_Flannery_O_Connor_s_The_Displaced_Person_ (Flannery O'Connor Review) and in edited collections published by https://www.academia.edu/44661143/Dismantling_Christian_Readings_of_Jewish_American_Literature_in_the_Christian_College_A_M_Kleins_The_Second_Scroll (The MLA), https://www.academia.edu/44661067/Enduring_Anti_Semitic_Christian_Scripts_in_Elie_Wiesels_The_Gates_of_the_Forest (SUNY Press), and https://www.academia.edu/50675776/Unlearning_Evangelicalism_What_a_Poor_Education_Taught_Me (DIO Press). His public-facing work has appeared in https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/13/gay-man-says-he-was-tormented-liberty-university-now-hes-suing (The Advocate), https://www.queerty.com/jerry-falwell-jr-plays-gay-students-suffer-universitys-conversion-therapy-20200122 (Queerty), https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/liberty-universitys-board-trustees-remove-jerry-falwell-jr-schools-president/ (LGBTQ Nation), https://religiondispatches.org/liberty-universitys-in-house-conversion-therapist-retires-but-will-the-christian-school-cease-this-discredited-practice/ (Religion Dispatches), and https://rvamag.com/gay-rva/group-conversion-therapy-and-its-aftermath-at-liberty-university.html (RVA Magazine). He currently teaches at University of Toronto and Seneca College. For more from Lucas, please connect with him via: Instagram: @lukeslamdunkwilson; Twitter: @wilson_fw Facebook: Luke Wilson (networks: Vanderbilt Divinity, McMaster University, Liberty University); Academia.edu: https://fau.academia.edu/LukeWilson For more from Marilyn Barefoot or to get in touch with her directly, please connect via: Marilyn's website: https://marilynbarefoot.com/ (https://marilynbarefoot.com/ ) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynbarefootbigideas/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynbarefootbigideas/ ) Twitter: @MarilynBarefoot Instagram: @marilynbarefoot ABOUT Marilyn Barefoot, the Host of Breaking Brave: https://breaking-brave-with-mar.captivate.fm/listen (Breaking Brave) is Hosted byhttps://marilynbarefoot.com/ ( Marilyn Barefoot), one of the foremost business coaches & creative ideators in North America - Marilyn gets hired by several of the world's biggest brands, companies, and organizations (the NHL, McDonald's, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, MTV, Viacom, The CFL, Forbes Magazine; to name just a few) to help
9/11/21Happy Saturday from Appalachian Vibes!Last week saw the first ever Appalachian Vibes Music Festival at Mountain Valley Brewing in Axton, VA over Labor Day weekend. It was an incredible 3 day festival featuring the diversity of music created in Appalachia- and if you missed it- there is a wonderful review in the RVA magazine by George Wethington:
Award-winning artist Amy Black speaks to Shannon about her nonprofit, Pink Ink Fund, which offers financial assistance to women for nipple and areola repigmentation (tattooing) post mastectomy. Amy's goal is to enable as many women as possible to have the opportunity to regain the natural coloration of their nipples, which is only possible is thru tattooing. Pink Ink Fund helps ease the financial burdens along the path to complete healing. Amy attended the prestigious Columbus College of Art and Design. After college, she interned at a tattoo shop and ultimately ended up buying the business from the owners. She has been rated the Best Tattoo Artist/Studio in Richmond Magazine and Style Magazine multiple times, and was also named RVA Magazine’s Best Local Tattoo Artist. The Authentic Woman with Shannon Fisher explores personal, political, and societal perspectives of the American experience. The show delves deeply into the worlds of writers, artists, celebrities, and community leaders and offers listeners food for thought on ways to better themselves and the world around them. Copyrighted podcast solely owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, LLC. Follow Shannon on Twitter: @MsShannonFisher.
Episode 7 of the All Things Richmond podcast is here! Duke sits down with John Reinhold of RVA Magazine to discuss how he got into the Richmond scene, the growth of RVA Magazine over the years, the purchase of Gay RVA, and his favorite local hotspots. Thanks so much for joining the podcast, John. It was a great conversation!
Shannon's guest this week is an award-winning artist with a lot of talent and an equally large heart. Amy Black is the founder of the nonprofit Pink Ink Fund, which offers financial assistance to women for nipple and areola repigmentation (tattooing) post mastectomy. Her goal is to enable as many women as possible to have the opportunity to regain the natural coloration of their nipples, which is only possible is thru tattooing. Pink Ink Fund helps ease the finncial burdens along the path to complete healing. Amy attended the prestigious Columbus College of Art and Design. After college, she interned at a tattoo shop and ultimately ended up buying the business from the owners. She has been rated the Best Tattoo Artist/Studio in Richmond Magazine and Style Magazine multiple times, and was also named RVA Magazine’s Best Local Tattoo Artist. The Authentic Woman is a weekly radio show hosted by women's rights leader Shannon Fisher offering perspectives on the female experience in America. The show delves deeply into the worlds of writers, artists, celebrities, and community leaders. Follow Shannon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsShannonFisher Copyrighted podcast solely owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, LLC.
This week we sit down with David Streever, editor in chief of RVA Magazine, to talk about Jordan Peterson. We talk about some of the inconsistencies in his teachings, the odd fan base he seems to attract and Scott Adams.
Podcast Description Chelsea Higgs Wise is a clinical social worker and intercultural communicator who specializes in connecting underserved and misrepresented communities with policymakers to advocate against racism and misogyny. Chelsea is a proud Virginia graduate as she earned her Bachelor’s of Social Work from Longwood University and her Master’s in Clinical Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. Chelsea is an experienced event moderator and offers facilitated dialogue services for topics around race, history and feminism. As an activist who helps evolve narratives and policies, Chelsea has been an instrumental voice in numerous campaigns and was recently brought on as Narrative Change Officer to the Truth, Racial Healing, Transformation Enterprise granted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and implemented by Initiatives of Change, USA. She's a regular contributor to RVA Magazine in political and artistic commentary and co-hosts a radio show, Women and Politics on WRIR LP 97.3 FM. Within the past year, Chelsea has been appointed to serve the City of Richmond, Virginia through the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority Board of Directors and the Richmond City Social Services Advisory Board. Chelsea values genuine connection, authentic relationships, and meaningful impact. She is fueled daily by her village of family, friends, and especially her young daughter, Chloe. Additional Resources Chelsea's BlogOpinion: Michelle Wolf's Performance At The White House Correspondents' Dinner Is White Lady Goals What Happens When A Black Woman Writes A Viral Article About Race Twitter Chelsea Higgs Wise Become a #causeascene Podcast sponsor because disruption and innovation are products of individuals who take bold steps in order to shift the collective and challenge the status quo.Learn more >All music for the #causeascene podcast is composed and produced by Chaos, Chao Pack, and Listen on SoundCloud. Listen to more great #causeascene podcasts full podcast list >
This week we sit down with Chelsea Higgs-Wise, a social worker and writer for RVA Magazine. We cover the recent traitors (Kanye West, Candace Owens, Walt Heyer) and also cover the history of women and minorities seeking to halt the progress of their own kind. We also get the backstory on some of the articles Chelsea's written for RVA Magazine (https://rvamag.com/author/chelsea_higgs_wise). Stick around to the end to see if we can come to a consensus on reparations for slavery.
This week in The Armory we welcome ILLEXXANDRA of the Vitamin B crew in Brooklyn to the 1s and 2s. For her Armory mix, ILLEXXANDRA brings together the world of classic ghetto breaks with the homegrown NYC-area sounds of Jersey club tracks and ballroom vogue, New Orleans bounce, and UK underground club music. Press play. Get down. Brooklyn-based DJ/producer ILLEXXANDRA brings a consistently fun party vibe, drawing from the worlds of funk, UK future sound, global bass, electro swing, and classic club culture. Her sets draw you in with innocent joy, smack you around with raw ferocity, and then set you down gently with deep musical knowledge. She'll kill it with an hour of bangers, or take you on a five-hour journey into sound. ILLEXXANDRA has played all over the world, from the East Coast's best underground parties (Thunder Gumbo, House of Yes, Gemini & Scorpio, BangOn, Winkel & Balktick, Bangarang, No Man's Land, the JunXion), to major international venues (including The Room in Tokyo; Sound Channel and Union in Osaka; the Button Factory in Dublin; Club Love, the McKittrick Hotel, Pacha, and APT in NYC; the Rock & Roll Hotel and Tropicalia in DC; the Parish in Austin; 1015 Folsom, DNA Lounge, the Elbo Room, and Public Works in San Francisco; King King, The Echo, and El Cid in LA; the Freakeasy in Chicago; Club Popozuda afterparty for Notting Hill Carnival in London among many others), and festivals (SXSW, Gathering of the Vibes, Long Beach Funk Festival, and the ISA World Surfing Games in Costa Rica). She has released tracks and remixes for Rot10 Muzik, Peligrosa, Boogie Boutique, Cast-A-Blast Records/Mishkin, MC Zulu, Feral aka MC Kinky, Jon Kwest, Kuenta i Tambu, Gato Preto, DJ Tack & DJ Tamalero, and Jaymay, and numerous cult-classic bootlegs. Her tracks were named best track of 2011 by TropicalBass.com, one of 2011′s Most Underrated Music by Marcus Dowling, and featured on BBC Radio 1. She has released mixtapes with Afropop Worldwide, Brooklyn Radio, Space Cowboys RIPEcast, the Armory Podcast, Brousse FM, and RVA Magazine. She has played all over the Burning Man festival, including the coliseum at Root Society, Funky Town, Dustfish, Basshenge, PEX, Kostume Kult, Disorient, Nexus, Burners Without Borders, BMIR, Dirty Beetles/Black 22s, Black Rock Boutique, Tsunami Bass Experience, Pedal Bump, and Brulee, as well as the arts cars the Janky Barge, Icarus, the Bump Bed, A Cavallo, the Dodo, and the Nautilus. She has played prominent sets at regional Burning Man-related events Transformus, PEX Summer Festival, Playa del Fuego, Frostburn, Freeform Festival, Decompression in NYC and Chicago, and Figment NYC and DC. ILLEXXANDRA is a resident DJ at Vitamin B, New York's longest running monthly breakbeat party, and at Tropic of Bass in Washington, DC. She is also a resident of the infamous and long-running Rubulad party, a core DJ of the Mischief DC crew, and member of the Plug 4 camp at Burning Man. Upcoming gigs include: Oct 24 - London Decompression Oct 25 - Guachafita (Toulouse, France) Nov 1 - Hot Cakes Halloween (London) Nov 8 - Vitamin B 6th Anniversary with guest Tony Quattro (NYC) Dec 6 - Naughty Snowball (Washington, DC) For more information on ILLEXXANDRA visit http://illexxandra.com Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com
Todays Episode is with Andrew Necci. As long as I've known Andrew, he has been writing, whether in his zine "Nothing Is Cool", lyrics for his band Tri-State Killing Spree, or currently, as the Editor-In-Chief of RVA Magazine. In fact, his writing is how I got to know him, when he interviewed my 15 or 16 year old self for a zine he was doing, back in 1995 or 96. So when I started doing these interviews, I knew I wanted to interview him. Enjoy!