by Jeff Maisey | Jun 15, 2021 | News, News & Views
(Juneteenth now has an official flag) Compiled by Staff On June 19, 1865, Union Army general Gordon Granger announced all enslaved people in Texas were free as announced in General Order Number 3. Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day, has...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 11, 2021 | Concert Previews, Featured, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Chris Thile’s first solo album started with a conversation with Bob Hurwitz, the former head of his record label, Nonesuch, backstage after his now-canceled “Live from Here” did a show focused on God. “He’s like,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 9, 2021 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Maestro JoAnn Falletta bids us farewell with Beethoven. Photo by David Beloff.) By Montague Gammon III Celebrating Beethoven by polishing off a couple of Fifths, JoAnn Falletta, formerly Music Director of our Virginia Symphony Orchestra and now appointed to the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 2, 2021 | News, News & Views
By Montague Gammon III The Virginia Symphony announced Wednesday that Eric Jacobsen, conductor and cellist, is the VSO’s new Music Director, the twelfth in its century-long history.. Jacobsen brings along an engaging smile and wit, a 1745 cello made by the...
by Jeff Maisey | May 31, 2021 | CD Reviews, Music, Music News
Runnin’ Shine “Nowhere to Go” (Self-Release) Award-winning contemporary country band Runnin’ Shine have another excellent album to be proud of with the 13-song “Nowhere to Go.” Rockin’ country requires some upfront guitar and they are keen to deliver it on songs like...
