by Jeff Maisey | Jun 16, 2026 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Jesse Chong and Skanks front Ganjacat at the Point Break Festival on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Photo courtesy of Jesse Chong.) By Jeff Maisey Virginia Beach-based pop/reggae group Ganjacat has once again been tapped to perform at the highly successful Point...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 14, 2026 | Concert Previews, Featured, Music, Music News
(Grace Potter will perform on the Lawn of the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. Photo by James Mountford) By Jim Morrison Grace Potter is on the phone from her Topanga Canyon residence, but the restless rocker is about to head out on another cross-country road trip...
by Jeff Maisey | May 27, 2026 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
VSO Music Director and “Potsdam” director Eric Jacobsen. Photo courtesy of Virginia Symphony Orchestra. By Montague Gammon III Two classical musicians, Army enlisted men, helped the competent amateur pianist who was their Commander-in-Chief set the course of post...
by Jeff Maisey | May 22, 2026 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Roberts When you’ve played as many gigs as Joe Satriani, some of the memories blur—venues, crowds, even cities. But every now and then, something sticks. Asked for recollections of his time in Hampton Roads, he doesn’t mention a show. He remembers the ride...
by Jeff Maisey | May 3, 2026 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey When the Virginia Arts Festival presents “Music of Queen — A Rock Symphony” May 15 at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, much of the stage will be filled with members of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra with a rock band positioned front and center...
by Jeff Maisey | May 3, 2026 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Steep Canyon Rangers are outstanding in their field. Photo by Jay Strausser.) By Jim Morrison Barrett Smith joined Steep Canyon Rangers in 2017, nearly two decades after the band formed as a group of friends attending the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill....
