by Jeff Maisey | Dec 6, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Marie Osmond needs little introduction. Marie’s older siblings debuted as bubblegum pop group The Osmonds in 1970. Her brother Donny soon after became a teen idol as a solo artist. Marie Osmond, the second youngest and only daughter in the family,...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 30, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Newport News’ Ferguson Center for the Arts has become a traditional stop for Grammy-nominated smooth saxophonist Dave Koz during the holiday season. This year, Koz and Friends — Jonathan Butler (guitar), Rick Braun (trumpet), Richard Elliot (saxophone),...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 30, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Roberts In 1984, when Chip Davis released his first Christmas album, music industry “experts” told him it would end his career. They couldn’t have been more wrong. Thirty-seven years—and 31 million album sales—later, Davis is the best-selling Christmas...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 24, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Mae performing live during a recent concert. Photo by Jim Morrison) By Jim Morrison In their nearly 20 years, Mae has managed to navigate the twisting and turning labyrinth of the morphing modern music industry, rebounding from one whiplashing change to another They...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 15, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Aging as a rock ‘n roll songwriter and performer is a tricky journey. It’s a balancing act between the desire to continue to create while acknowledging that your fans – or most of your fans — are encased in a time warp of your...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick has had his third COVID shot and he’s happy to finally be back out on the road. It’s not the 300 dates a year the band played back in the day. More like 150 to 175, but then they’re not young...
