by Jeff Maisey | Nov 1, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston “I don’t really play for musicians,” says legendary jazz saxophonist Bobby Watson, midway through our Friday afternoon phone conversation, as he awaits a flight back to his home turf of Kansas City. “I play for [the] people.” Watson has been...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 28, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Diane Catanzaro & Chris Jones Don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart….when I can hear it beat out loud! Hampton’s heart will be beating a Technicolor rhythm when Dead & Company play the Hampton Coliseum on Friday, November 8 and Saturday,...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 16, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston Norfolk’s Attucks Theatre, a historic gem, celebrated its centennial earlier this year, with a well-received documentary and anniversary programming that continues throughout this year. My cover story for Veer Magazine, published this past...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 11, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey BJ Leiderman, known coast-to-coast as the National Public Radio (NPR) theme song composer for melodies used on “Morning Edition” and other programs over the past 40 years, returns to Hampton Roads to sit-in with some former bandmates when the...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 11, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Marc Cohn burst out onto the charts in 1991 with his debut, “Marc Cohn,” a disc that earned him a Grammy for best new artist and spun off the hits “Walking in Memphis,” “Silver Thunderbird,” and “True...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 18, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey The role of a true artist is to show the world in an imaginative way a mirrored reflection of reality, and Jake Clemons does exactly that in dramatic fashion on his dynamic new solo album titled “Eyes on the Horizon.” Clemons, who grew-up in...
