MUSIC: Toto Still Holds the Line

MUSIC: Toto Still Holds the Line

(Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams. Photo by Alex Solca) BY JEFF MAISEY Multi-Grammy Award winning classic rock band Toto, known for its late ‘70s and early ‘80s hit songs like “Hold the Line,” “Rosanna” and “Africa,” will be stopping in Newport News on February 16...
The Oaks & Elvira

The Oaks & Elvira

  By Jeff Maisey After 40 years, the hearts of fans who love legendary country/gospel crossover group The Oak Ridge Boys are still on fire for “Elvira,” the song that in 1981 became a platinum-seller and elevated the harmonic vocal group to superstardom.  “It...
Electric Bass Superstar’s Symphonic Lesson

Electric Bass Superstar’s Symphonic Lesson

By Montague Gammon III Virginia Symphony hosts one of the world’s greatest electric bass players, Newport News native, Denbigh High grad and former Busch Gardens teen instrumentalist, quintuple Grammy-winning Victor Wooten, to conclude a three piece program with his...
Ambient Music Showcase at The Z

Ambient Music Showcase at The Z

Matt Wallace performs, records, and composes as Crash Mosaic.   By Jeff Maisey During a conversation with Liz Terrell, program director at Zeiders American Dream Theater in Virginia Beach, I suggested a showcase of local, independent ambient music composers.  To...