by Jeff Maisey | May 22, 2025 | Concert Previews, Featured, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Swamp Dogg’s return to the charts he first cracked as Little Jerry Williams from Portsmouth is a zig-zagging journey through musical genres, accidental connections and his attraction as an underground legend. “I’m finding out all...
by Jeff Maisey | May 4, 2025 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Tracii Guns briefly was part of a marriage of Los Angeles bands named Guns N’ Roses, but he left before fame arrived to found Sunset Strip sleaze metal group L.A. Guns. While he has been in and out of other groups over the last 40 years,...
by Jeff Maisey | May 3, 2025 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey In mid-May, post indie Brit-pop sensation Vinny Peculiar will release a new collection of songs under the album title “Things Too Often Left Unsaid,” but not before he vacations in Norfolk (Virginia) — of all places — to visit with friends. While in...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 26, 2025 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Founding singer Danny Hutton. Photo courtesy of Three Dog Night) By Jeff Maisey In 1993, hitmakers Three Dog Night were the last band to headline the Virginia Beach Dome, but don’t expect founding singer Danny Hutton to necessarily remember the venue. “If you showed...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 26, 2025 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(John Moreland. Image by byAngelina Castillo.) By Jim Morrison For a decade, John Moreland pursued his dream. He’d evolved from playing in a hardcore band to a singer/songwriter who brought audiences to tears. He made a stunning appearance on The Late Show with...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 9, 2025 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III One of the most acclaimed of contemporary composers, the 2024 GRAMMY winner for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, Jessie Montgomery, who’s also a prime instrumentalist and who just happens to have a real, albeit distant, familial Norfolk...
