Ten years ago, three brothers just out of college ambled down from New Jersey to Vienna and invested in a coffee and music business. They inherited a coffee bar, a stage, instruments for sale hanging ...

For over 47 years the Skip Castro Band has been a musical component on the east coast, opening for famous blues artists, hitting the college towns, and keeping up the local sound that’s kept them ...

French-Algerian guitar master Pierre Bensusan's 2020 North American tour was in full swing when the pandemic shut it down causing him to return home to France. He's making up for lost time with an ...

Think American Idol finalist Blake Lewis can beat-box? Then you should have been at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, Va. this past May 15 to see how it’s really done. Two great local vocal groups took center ...

British singer-songwriter Declan McKenna made everyone feel like his valentine with his Feb. 14 show at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, Va. “I’m here to steal your hearts this Valentine’s Day. And I’ve got ...

Byrd is the treasurer of the Society of Art Rock, an organization of progressive rock music enthusiasts and arts that work to enhance education and exposure to progressive rock in Washington, Maryland ...

The date of the Fairfax County Bookmark Contest Winners Awards Assembly was incorrect in the Nightwatch column in the March 1 Weekend section. The assembly will be held today from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at ...

After several years of living in New York while recording her new album, Vienna native Natalie York is primed for her return to Jammin Java. York's show is in support of her new album, “Promises,” ...

Virginia’s own Charlie Greene was a student at Belmont University in Nashville a few years ago, performing around Nashville as much as he could, mostly playing solo writers’ rounds around the city ...

Cat Ridgeway, riding high on the success of her most recent album, “Sprinter,” will be playing a gig at Jammin Java on Sept. 29. The singer will be touring to support jazz bebop vocalist Victoria ...