RVA 5x5 - Oct. 2, Easy Like Sunday Morning

Folk Festival Discovery; Christmas Cadillac; Gospel Hub; Fleet Is Green; Not Undervalued.

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You can find the 5 main stories from Friday’s edition here, and today features the “ALT 5” stories for a nice, leisurely, “Easy Like Sunday Morning” read. Enjoy!

THE ALT 5

ALT #1 - OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Folk Festival Fun & Discovery
The Richmond Folk Festival returns this Friday (Oct. 7) through Sunday, and — as always — it offers a plethora of incredible musical and artistic variety and discovery that never disappoints.

Let’s be honest, before the Folk Festival began in 2005, few of us in these parts had ever seen throat-singers from the Himalayas, Aleppian wasla music from Syria, Ethiopian Azmari music and dance, Dominican merengue, or witnessed a dozen people on stage perform Brazilian Capoeira (a dance art that combines music, acrobatics, martial arts, and spirituality) that literally drove people to tears of joy.

And of course, there are always the genres you have heard of (blues, folk, go-go, country swing, zydeco, bl…