by Jeff Maisey | Sep 21, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison When the Athens, Georgia, alt folk-rock group Family and Friends decided to record an album after a pair of EPs, they changed the prescription. After all, why not mess with success? Rather than have front man Mike MacDonald pen the songs as...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey When classic rock mainstays Deep Purple perform September 8 at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia, the British hard rock band will be saying farewell. Judas Priest is co-heading the concert. Deep Purple got its start in 1968 and rode a...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Ziggy Marley is four decades into a performing career, but he sounds loose and free, his idealistic edges as sharp as ever. The crown of being reggae royalty, the son of the one, sits lightly. He’s relaxed, laughing loudly and often, but also...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 7, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison “It’s a fairly chill month as far as touring goes,” says Zack Feinberg, the guitarist for The Revivalists. “We’re Kind of done with “Wish I Knew You” and the last album cycle. It’s sort of the calm before...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 16, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison It feels like The Avett Brothers grew up in front of us here. They’re from nearby North Carolina. They’ve played the area any number of times, notably shows at The Attucks Theatre in 2006 and 2008 that established them as a wild live act...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 1, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey From time to time Jim Morrison collaborates with the Virginia Arts Festival to extend his North Shore Point house concert series beyond the confines of his neighborhood backyard to a slightly larger open space in downtown Norfolk. That’ll be the case...
