by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Only a couple of years ago, Leon Bridges earned a living washing dishes at Del Frisco’s Grille in Fort Worth. He played the open mikes around town, mostly folkie country stuff. “There weren’t many people doing R&B at open mikes,”...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 16, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison The arresting three-part harmonies flowing from the current lineup of The Wailin’ Jennys were born in a bathroom. Founding member Ruth Moody sought recommendations for the departing Annabelle Chvostek from a friend, Aoife O’Donovan...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 18, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston “The first step―especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money ― the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 9, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Thanks to his critically-acclaimed “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music,” Sturgill Simpson became the first artist to win the Nashville Scene’s Country Music Poll without having a Top 40 country song. He topped the No Depression...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 3, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Rex Rutkoski By the way this Crow flies (into Virginia Beach), true artistry is the wind beneath its (her) wings. Crow, Sheryl Crow, is the artist in question. And there’s little question that she will arrive for her concert, September 6 as part of the 22nd Annual...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 3, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music
By Jeff Maisey No one knows when their star will shine or for how long — certainly not Peter Frampton. If anyone scraped his way to the top of the pop mountain only to be blown off by a gust of wind, it is Frampton. His career is as much a tragedy as a...
