by Jeff Maisey | Sep 30, 2018 | Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston Like so many of his peers and musical idols, smooth jazz bassist Julian Vaughn got his musical start in church. Though initially playing drums, Julian eventually taught himself to play the bass guitar in order to ensure more music playing...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 25, 2018 | Music, Music News
(Jazz pianist John Toomey) By Tom Robotham Hampton Roads is a culturally vibrant region, thanks to major institutions like the Virginia Symphony and the Chrysler Museum, as well as countless smaller organizations and venues. But one thing it’s always lacked is a...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 25, 2018 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Old Dominion University Professor of Music Andrey Kasparov and Oksana Lutsyshyn have been the dynamic piano duo co-chairing the prestigious Norfolk Chamber Consort since 2009. Through their collaborative artistic vision the Consort has continued to...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 21, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison When the Athens, Georgia, alt folk-rock group Family and Friends decided to record an album after a pair of EPs, they changed the prescription. After all, why not mess with success? Rather than have front man Mike MacDonald pen the songs as...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 18, 2018 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III In JoAnn Falletta’s next to the last year as Music Director of our Virginia Symphony, its 2018-2019 Classics Concert Series bears the special stamp of the woman who was named, in the London based Bachtrack website’s international survey a few...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 10, 2018 | Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Perhaps jazzman Jae Sinnett took a cue from radio colleague Paul Shugrue’s “Out of the Box” program when he decided to explore a multi-genre approach to his new “The Americana Groove Project.” As a jazz recording artist, percussionist/composer Jae...
