by Jeff Maisey | Jun 29, 2018 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham For the last 10 years, The Taphouse in Ghent has been my home away from home—my “Cheers,” if you will. I started going there in 2008 after the end of a long marriage and quickly got to know the staff and regulars. There was great comfort in...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 29, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison What is it about the red dirt of Oklahoma that rises up and infuses one generation after another with the storytelling songwriting gene? Go way back, of course, and you land on Woody Guthrie, son of Okemah, the folkie torrent of words who howls...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 29, 2018 | Music, Music News
By Jim Roberts Chase Payne, an up-and-coming country rocker from Virginia Beach, was recently nominated for two Josie Music Awards (Rising Star Male and Song of the Year). He’ll go to the awards ceremony at Dollywood in September, but he’s more excited about the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 29, 2018 | Horton, News & Views
By John L. Horton Human dignity is a universal truth whose time has come. Throughout history, we have been given the opportunity to rethink our past and to foresee our future. We must learn to use our precious present to our fullest advantage so that we can...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 23, 2018 | Art, Art News
By Michael Curry That phrase has been and continues to be the lifelong mantra or reason for being for Gloria Coker who is one of Coastal Virginia’s most renowned artists and visionaries who gleefully states “I can’t not paint”. Let me introduce...
