by Jeff Maisey | Nov 30, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Newport News’ Ferguson Center for the Arts has become a traditional stop for Grammy-nominated smooth saxophonist Dave Koz during the holiday season. This year, Koz and Friends — Jonathan Butler (guitar), Rick Braun (trumpet), Richard Elliot (saxophone),...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 30, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Roberts In 1984, when Chip Davis released his first Christmas album, music industry “experts” told him it would end his career. They couldn’t have been more wrong. Thirty-seven years—and 31 million album sales—later, Davis is the best-selling Christmas...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 29, 2021 | Classical, Music, Music News
(Horszowski Trio is set to dazzle a Norfolk audience.) By Montague Gammon III Early December’s Feldman Chamber Music Society concert at the Chrysler Museum’s Kaufman Theater showcases three piano trios: a mid 20th Century masterpiece by the under recognized...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 24, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Mae performing live during a recent concert. Photo by Jim Morrison) By Jim Morrison In their nearly 20 years, Mae has managed to navigate the twisting and turning labyrinth of the morphing modern music industry, rebounding from one whiplashing change to another They...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 24, 2021 | Classical, Music, Music News
(New Virginia Symphony Orchestra Music Director Eric Jacobsen in rehearsal with saxophone great Branford Marsalis. Cell phone photo by Kristen E. Bennington.) By Montague Gammon III Virginia Symphony’s Music Director Eric Jacobsen kicks off the conducting part of...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 15, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Aging as a rock ‘n roll songwriter and performer is a tricky journey. It’s a balancing act between the desire to continue to create while acknowledging that your fans – or most of your fans — are encased in a time warp of your...
