Contributor Crew
Evan Lineberry
Evan Lineberry is the CEO of MusiSpace, Inc. which owns and manages Blue Ridge Rocks and a professional audio engineer with over 15 years experience in the music industry. He was born in Roanoke Virginia and moved to Charlotte, NC for ten years before returning to the Star City. Evan started his career in Sound Production in Charlotte and created a successful freelance Audio engineering business that services clients such as Jason Derulo, Erykah Badu, The Jacksons, Sergio Mendes, and many more. Evan started MusiSpace in 2017 to create, manage and operate music businesses to help musicians succeed in the Blue Ridge Region of Virginia.
Ashley Lucas
Ashley Lucas is a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter residing in Botetourt Co. She holds a couple different day jobs in the creative and marketing fields, and is also the acting Vice-President of the Southwest Virginia Songwriters Association. A long time Roanoke resident, she loves the local music scene and considers Roanoke to be an emerging music town. Together with her husband and daughter, Everly, they spend their free time playing outside, hitting up local breweries, seeing shows, and falling asleep on the couch by 9pm.
Robert (R.A.) Fadley
Robert (R.A.) Fadley- Freelance Writer, Musicologist, Music Critic, Music Writer, Author, Musician, Singer-songwriter, Composer, Guitarist.
"Keeping the Purist of High Jam Music Accounted For."
Jam Band Purist: Professional Music Critic, Journalist and Writer, with a degree in Music Journalism and Creative Writing from James Madison University. I specialize in Jam band and Rock music but have an interest in all types of music. I review albums, concerts, festivals, interviews and can do copy writing, editing and any basic content writing.
Meagan Iwaniszek
Meagan Iwaniszek is a photographer in the Roanoke Valley area. She grew up in Franklin County and has had a passion for art and photography for as long as she can remember. She has been in portraiture photography for 13 years and counting. She began shooting live music photography at her friend’s shows many years ago, and it quickly became her favorite alternative style of photography, combing her two of her favorite art mediums; music and photography. She has been on the Floydfest photography staff since 2013 and also contributed many local music venues, blogs, magazines, organizations and other events. Check out more of her work at www.mirphotoz.com
Advisory Board
Jenna Lazenby
Co-founder of Blue Ridge Rocks
Tim McCoy
Co-founder of Blue Ridge Rocks