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...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey When classic rock mainstays Deep Purple perform September 8 at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia, the British hard rock band will be saying farewell. Judas Priest is co-heading the concert. Deep Purple got its start in 1968 and rode a...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Classical, Music, Music News
(VSO Assistant Conductor Gonzalo Farias) By Montague Gammon III Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s final outdoor summer, free admission, Symphony by the Sea concert fires off an intercontinental musical mix of short works by and about accomplished and powerful women,...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Ziggy Marley is four decades into a performing career, but he sounds loose and free, his idealistic edges as sharp as ever. The crown of being reggae royalty, the son of the one, sits lightly. He’s relaxed, laughing loudly and often, but also...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 7, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison “It’s a fairly chill month as far as touring goes,” says Zack Feinberg, the guitarist for The Revivalists. “We’re Kind of done with “Wish I Knew You” and the last album cycle. It’s sort of the calm before...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 16, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison It feels like The Avett Brothers grew up in front of us here. They’re from nearby North Carolina. They’ve played the area any number of times, notably shows at The Attucks Theatre in 2006 and 2008 that established them as a wild live act...