by Jeff Maisey | Mar 4, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey From his early days as a member of British Invasion pop/rock band The Hollies in the 1960s to a lifelong career of social activism and songwriting as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash and beyond, Graham Nash has remained a people’s favorite. Nash...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 28, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison M.C. Taylor, the songwriter and leader of Hiss Golden Messenger, moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to earn a graduate degree in folklore after living in San Francisco for a decade and playing in bands there. He needed a break. So he crossed the...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 20, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Get this straight: Anderson East is from Nashville, but he’s no country singer. On his latest, “Encore,” East is a flat-out blue-eyed soul crooner, backed by arrangements Curtis Mayfield would love. He’s St. Paul without the...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 12, 2019 | Music, Music News
(A capacity crowd at Granby Theatre in Norfolk for the Veer Music Awards. Photo by Ray White) By Jeff Maisey Veer Magazine presented its 8th annual Music Awards on February 12 at Granby Theater in Norfolk. Local bands, musicians, and industry folks in nearly 40...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 7, 2019 | Music, Music News
By Buck E. Down Arguably the most successful band to emerge from Norfolk’s golden era in the late 1980s/early ‘90s, Caroline Records recording artist Combine will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Veer Music Awards February 12 at Granby...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 31, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Rayland Baxter’s original plan to write songs for his latest album was to rent a cabin. That proved too expensive. When a buddy offered a room in a former rubber band factory in Franklin, KY, an hour from Nashville, Baxter grabbed the...
