by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
Blues great Kenny Wayne Shepherd is excited for audiences to hear up-and-coming star Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (pictured). By Jim Morrison Kenny Wayne Shepherd was about 13 the first time he hung out with Buddy Guy. His father was a disc jockey...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 29, 2022 | CD Reviews, Music, Music News
Jonah Ross “These Days” (Self-Release) Jonah Ross, the lead singer and guitar player of Court Street Company, will unveil a new three-song EP as a solo recording artist. Ross made a slash when his kickoff single “Close to Me” received airplay on Paul Shugrue’s “Out...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 29, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Like a booster rocket, the age of the power ballad thrusted REO Speedwagon from its 1971 launchpad as a straight-up rock band into the realm of the stars. From 1977 to 1989, REO Speedwagon released nine consecutive albums all certified Platinum or...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 17, 2022 | Music, Music News
(Jay Lang on location for the Sundown Concert Series in Hampton.) By Jeff Maisey If you hear of a major jazz concert coming to town chances are Jay Lang has something to do with it. After all, Jay knows jazz. Today, Lang is the station manager/GM at Hampton...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2022 | Music, Music News
MASTERS-FUL MUSICIAN: Jimmy Masters on bass. By Jerome Langston The popular Miller Jazz series returns this month to the Sandler Center, with a show titled The Art of the Alto Saxophone, which will feature the excellent Jeff Smith on alto sax, along with John Toomey...
by Jeff Maisey | May 26, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Allison Russell was 40 before she was able to mine her past to tell her story. The catalyst for the rush of songs she wrote in 2019 was her tour with Our Native Daughters, the supergroup of Black female banjo players including Grammy winner...