by Jeff Maisey | Apr 16, 2019 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Maestro JoAnn Falletta will be concluding her final full season this spring with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, capping off a year filled with accolades and memorable performances. In February, she won her third Grammy Award for a recording with the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 9, 2019 | Music, Music News, Musical Theater
By Michael Curry Three of Broadway’s — and American Musical Theatre’s — most adored and enduring stars are coming to Coastal Virginia. Look up American Musical Theatre or Great American Song Book and you will be sure to find the names Rob Fisher, Michael...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 4, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Storm Large is best known for her appearances as a contestant on “Rock Star: Supernova,” the second season of the reality television show. Following her elimination as a finalist in 2006, Storm released three studio albums — “Ladylike Side One” (2007),...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 29, 2019 | CD Reviews, Music, Music News
Kinetic Element “The Face of Life” (Melodic Revolution Records) In my early teenaged years, I used to slouch down into my bean bag chair with headphones strapped onto my cranium. With only the dim blue glow of the stereo amplifier serving as light in my otherwise...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 29, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Luther Dickinson has his talented fingers in so many projects. His solo records. A stint with The Black Crowes. Work on an album with ex-Replacement Tommy Stinson’s group, Bash and Pop. And, of course, playing and touring with his brother, Cody,...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey California-based Celtic-rock band Tempest used to make semi-annual appearances at the ol’ White Horse Pub in Virginia Beach, pulling in a couple hundred fans on an off-night while touring the country where they’ve played huge outdoor events like the...
