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Under the Table and Screaming Volume Four: The Front Porch, C'Ville Coffee, and Jefferson School

Erin O'Hare

Under the Table and Screaming is a multi-volume series exploring the history and legacy of the local music scene in Charlottesville, VA. From literally underground shows in DIY basements, to the racially suppressed hip-hop scene, to thriving roots music on woodsy back porches, to elegant recitals in restored theaters, UTTaS presents a full and diverse picture of this incredibly musical city, still largely known nationally as the home of Dave Matthews.


In volume four, local journalist and radio DJ Erin O'Hare centers The Front Porch, C'ville Coffee, and Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. These three venues have been vital to Charlottesville's homegrown folk, world, soul, R&B, and other roots music scenes, and are especially important in making space for the excellent Black music and musicians in town. They also continue the legacies of longtime cultural institutions, like the Prism Coffeehouse, who were integral to music, art, and culture in Charlottesville for decades.


Recommended for those who like music schools for master instrumentalists and five-year-olds alike, a legendary decades-long concert series in cozy coffeeshops, or a multi-generational tribute show for the local jazz theorist who taught John Coltrane.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Wtju Radio
  • Publish Date: Feb 5th, 2024
  • Pages: 116
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.32in - 0.32lb
  • EAN: 9798988058748
  • Categories: History & Criticism - GeneralUnited States - State & Local - South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,Philosophy & Social Aspects

About the Author

O'Hare, Erin: - Erin O'Hare is a writer, equity reporter, and rock DJ from Charlottesville, VA. She writes about peoples and cultures left out of mainstream narratives, including independent and DIY music scenes (like punk and hip-hop), Black female muralists, seed savers, low-profile jazz legends, Aboriginal Australian photographers, Native American tribes fighting for federal recognition, night-shift workers, and bizarre guerilla art. Regularly writing for hyper-local nonprofit newsroom Charlottesville Tomorrow, Erin has also contributed to Women in Sound, Bandcamp Daily, C-VILLE Weekly, and The Australian.