by Jeff Maisey | Jan 24, 2020 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
Billy Joel’s original band will bring hits—and some deep cuts—to Newport News By Jim Roberts Liberty DeVitto played drums for Billy Joel for 30 years—a time span that included nine Platinum albums, three of which won Grammy Awards. In 2014, DeVitto and the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 19, 2020 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Rhonda Vincent tried to turn away from bluegrass and to the green fields of country, but the transformation didn’t hold. She’s blue through and through. Over a three-decade career, Vincent has been dubbed “The Queen of Bluegrass” by the Wall...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 14, 2020 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Three Dog Night’s current lineup continue to perform to sold-out crowds) By Jeff Maisey Music has always had a big impact on my life. As a child in the 1960s, I was exposed to my father’s record collection with an abundance of Herb Albert, Perry Como, and Dixieland...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 5, 2020 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Here’s a trivia question sure to stump even the most diehard music or football fan. Which act joined Stevie Wonder and Gloria Estefan to perform at halftime of the 1999 Super Bowl? Nope. Not Prince. And fingers off that phone. The answer...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Jazz pianist John Toomey is the backbone of the Attucks Jazz Series) By Jeff Maisey If you’ve noticed an increase in the number of jazz concerts scheduled at various venues around Hampton Roads in the past few years there’s a good reason — it’s popular. Like most...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 12, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Michael Curry A perennial favorite of lovers of choral music across the globe , the Vienna Boys Choir will give three performances under the auspices of the Virginia Arts Festival on their current 43 concert tour which also includes appearances at such...
