Virginia Coalition mix go-go, rock, and funk into an energetic live show.

Virginia Coalition is made up of four friends who met in the T.C. Williams High School music program. Every member of the band can play almost every instrument. They sing just as well as they play and every one of them writes. Their collaborative song-writing style creates the textured, sometimes eccentric, and always melodic songs that have allowed Virginia Coalition to stand out. Jarrett Nicolay comments, "everybody writes and plays most instruments; we are never at a loss for new material,” adding, “it is also great that we can all contribute to making the songs 'stage ready.'"

Virginia Coalition's live show is a larger-than-life party that has helped the band garner a rabid fan base who affectionately call them “VACO.” It was also Virginia Coalition's extraordinary live show that got them signed to New York City based label bluhammock music. Based on a tip from a friend, the founders of the label came to a show to check them out. "Then they came back a second time, then they kept coming back until we got signed. That's pretty much how everything has happened for us. " Ottinger said. "All the success VACO has is due to people passing the word around and saying good things." Word of mouth is how they sold 35,000 records and it's how they won the 2003 and 2004 Washington Post Reader's Choice Award for Best Local Band.

On January 6, 2006, the band recorded their first live album at a sold-out show at the 9:30 Çlub in Washington, DC. The album will be released on September 9, 2006. They are hoping to showcase the energy of their live show as well as take their listeners on a journey that shows their evolution as musicians, and introduce themselves to new listeners while serving up the stuff that their loyal following loves.

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