If you like to chill with a good Americana murder ballad, there’s no need to wait for October and the approach of Halloween for a satisfying serving of musical macabre. The September Spirit Ball is bringing folk vaudeville, gothic cabaret music and whimsy on the dark side to a favorite Nelson County haunt.

Charming Disaster is touring behind new music from “The Double,” the Brooklyn, New York-based goth-folk duo’s seventh album. Friday’s show at Rapunzel’s Coffee and Books in Lovingston will unite the duo with Please Don’t Tell, the Charlottesville-based chamber cabaret trio of Christina Fleming, Nicole Rimel and Anna Hennessy.

Queen City Mischief and Magic marks 10 years in Staunton this weekend

Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris, the singer-songwriter team behind Charming Disaster, said the

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