by Jeff Maisey | Sep 16, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeremy Bender Norfolk Festevents has partnered with Veer Magazine to expand its annual Embrace the Culture Festival (ETC Fest, Saturday, September 17 in Town Point Park) by offering locals an opportunity to experience live music in Norfolk venues free of charge....
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 25, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Few pop bands have made the dynamic one-two punch Culture Club did in the early ‘80s. The London-based group debuted in 1983 with the album “Kissing to be Clever,” which spawned three hit sings in “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,” “Time (Clock of...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 22, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Newsom Bruce Hornsby’s got a brand new album and there’s not a single note played on piano. Hornsby, who lights up the Virginia Arts Festival with a three-day “Funhouse Fest” in Williamsburg this month, has built a 30-year recording career around his...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 22, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Gill Landry. Roll that around. Pause, ponder. Yes, Gill Landry is a longtime member of Old Crow Medicine Show. But the New Orleans resident also has a jagged solo career, releasing three albums, including his latest meditation, “Gill...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 21, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey If jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and his band seem to be on the road a lot, with seemingly annual stops in Hampton Roads, he is. With the recorded music industry in disarray because of streaming services such as Pandora, popular acts like Botti have...
by Jeff Maisey | May 24, 2016 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey By early January, I had been in touch with Virginia Symphony cellist Jacob Fowler about a possible pairing with a local musician for Veer Magazine’s Local Music Awards. I’m a fan of mash-ups, especially when musicians from opposite perspectives get...
