by Jeff Maisey | Sep 16, 2015 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III The Virginia Symphony Orchestra marks its 25th year under the baton of JoAnn Falletta with a Classics Series that touches, in each concert, on high points of her quarter century as its Music Director. From Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, which...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 9, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Thanks to his critically-acclaimed “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music,” Sturgill Simpson became the first artist to win the Nashville Scene’s Country Music Poll without having a Top 40 country song. He topped the No Depression...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 3, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Rex Rutkoski By the way this Crow flies (into Virginia Beach), true artistry is the wind beneath its (her) wings. Crow, Sheryl Crow, is the artist in question. And there’s little question that she will arrive for her concert, September 6 as part of the 22nd Annual...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2015 | Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Sitting around the island in the home of Gina Dalmas and Chris May in Winona, we’re going over the songs off the latest Gina Dalmas and the Cow Tippin’ Playboys album, “Trailer Swift.” The honky tonk starts with Robbie...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 28, 2015 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Elizabeth Blachman This past September, I attended High Holy Day services for the last time at the last Jewish synagogue in Portsmouth. Rabbi David Goldstein presided over Yom Kippur services, and then Gomley Chesed Synagogue closed its doors, ending more than a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 26, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Katie Cooper Jeff German and the Blankety Blanks could be called the working man’s band. Hailing from Columbus, OH, German balances a full time job, roles as dad, grandfather, and hockey coach with traveling musician hitting the road at least twice a month...
