by Jeff Maisey | May 6, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Michael Curry While the Arts Festival has enjoyed an impeccable reputation as a presenter of world class artists, it also continues to discover and nurture great international talent across all artistic genres. The latest of these discoveries in an amazing...
by Jeff Maisey | May 5, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison The list of Bela Fleck’s collaborators is a head-spinning kaleidoscope through modern music. Sam Bush and John Cowan in New Grass Revival, a group that redefined acoustic music. The out-there rhythm section of Roy and Victor Wooten and the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Joan Osborne’s “Songs of Bob Dylan” album grew out of a need to fill a demand. The Cafe Carlyle, the storied Upper East Side Manhattan jazz club, asked her to sit in for a two-week residency in 2016. American Songbook standards, a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 4, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Storm Large is best known for her appearances as a contestant on “Rock Star: Supernova,” the second season of the reality television show. Following her elimination as a finalist in 2006, Storm released three studio albums — “Ladylike Side One” (2007),...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 29, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Luther Dickinson has his talented fingers in so many projects. His solo records. A stint with The Black Crowes. Work on an album with ex-Replacement Tommy Stinson’s group, Bash and Pop. And, of course, playing and touring with his brother, Cody,...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey California-based Celtic-rock band Tempest used to make semi-annual appearances at the ol’ White Horse Pub in Virginia Beach, pulling in a couple hundred fans on an off-night while touring the country where they’ve played huge outdoor events like the...