Andrew Cothern

Andrew Cothern is an award-winning author and music lover, best known for his music blog RVA Playlist, created to highlight Richmond, Virginia’s overlooked and often underappreciated local music scene. Over the next few years, RVA Playlist grew into one of the most popular music blogs in the city and now exists as an email newsletter. Follow him on social media at @rvaplaylist.

Cothern has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond.com, Style Weekly, River City Rapids, RVANews, and many other outlets. Cothern’s work with RVA Playlist has also been featured in New York Magazine, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, RVA Magazine, and Richmond Magazine.

He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his husband and overly obnoxious dog.