Richmond-based recording project Peter Johnston RVA shares the emotional and expansive new release “Coronation,” a meditation that is at once intimate and vast. Keeping with the project’s themes of human dignity and the common good, this song embodies the small victories and shared dreams that mark our common humanity.
“Coronation” draws listeners into a world that feels quietly transcendent from its opening moments. Slow-blooming music, a tapestry of layered textures and ruminative melodies that pull like a heartbeat behind an emerging sense of purpose. There’s a feeling of arrival, but also of reflection as though every note anoints the listener not with glory, but with grace.
Johnston's art sits in equilibrium, the near-mystical way he combines cutting-edge modern production with uncut emotional sincerity. Every note is purposeful, every rhythm an act of empathy. It’s music that isn’t merely beautiful to listen to, it says something. At a moment when connection can all too easily feel frail, “Coronation” is also a reminder that dignity, compassion, and common purpose are still possible.
“Coronation” functions as a brief sacrament for the spirit, a moment to stop, breathe, and remember the collective light that binds us all together. Peter Johnston RVA, has designed not only a song, but an invitation to listen long, think wide, and walk into a greater humanity.