Artist Directory

Hi! I'm a Virginia-based recording artist, born and raised in Hampton, VA. I graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Recorded Music in …

Music production, songwriting, guitar, percussion

Trevor Pietsch is a Richmond, Virginia based musician who has performed with a variety of different groups and styles from folk to fusion to heavy rock on both …

Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Double Bass

Jared Pool is a multi-instrumentalist from Richmond, VA who currently plays mandolin with legendary flatpicker, Larry Keel and teaches locally. From an early age, Jared grew up immersed …

Guitar, Mandolin, Music Theory

Aloha! Pu’uloa is a Richmond-based Hawaiian Band dedicated to sharing the rich traditions of Hawaiian music and Polynesian culture on Virginia's East Coast. Rooted in the authentic Aloha …

Hawaiian Cultural Music and Dance

Jim Robertson started playing guitar during the folk music boom of the 60s. Prior to that his parents gave him a Hohner Marine Band harmonica. At age 16 …

Trad. strings: banjos, mandolin family, guitar, fiddle,whistle, bagpipes, bass,

I’m Angel Alberto Rodríguez Serrano, a freelance Latin and ballroom dance instructor and entertainer. You might know me as the Salsa Guy of Richmond. I am a proud …

Latin Dancing Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia & Swing

Heidi Rugg is an interdisciplinary artist with her feet firmly planted in the worlds of both storytelling and puppetmaking. She is the founder of Barefoot Puppet Theatre and …

Puppetmaking, Storytelling, Puppetry

Traditional Artist – Percussionist – Band Leader Plena is a narrative, energetic, and percussive musical genre created in the early 1900s by working-class Puerto Ricans along the island’s …

Plena, Bomba, Mayagüez-style Plena, percussion, Afro-Puerto Rican Music

Chef Sunun is a native of Bangkok, Thailand who came to the U.S. in the early 2000's. In Bangkok she operated her own street cart for decades serving …

Thai Cuisine

I have taught Irish fiddle off and on for 23 years. Raised in Lynchburg with deep roots in Halifax County, I fell in love with Irish fiddle as …

Irish fiddle