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Virginia is a state with a rich and storied history, filled with beautiful landscapes, diverse communities, and countless memories. From the rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the bustling streets of Richmond, Virginia has something to offer for everyone. Music has always been a powerful way to capture the essence of a place,

A group of friends formed around In Your Ear Studios is launching Shockoe Records with five Richmond-area artists on its roster.

WHRO Public Media is dedicated to enhancing the lives of the citizens in the communities it serves by responding to their need to be engaged, educated, entertained and enlightened.

The song was one of a number of popular minstrel songs that sentimentalized life in the Old South and perpetuated a myth of Black nostalgia for life in slavery on plantations. The song’s lyrics are sung from the perspective of a freedperson longing to return to the days of slavery: “Carry me back to Old Virginny, There’s where the cotton and the corn and taters grow, There’s where the birds warble sweet in the springtime , There’s where I labor’d so hard for old massa…” In 1970...