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...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 26, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Katie Cooper Jeff German and the Blankety Blanks could be called the working man’s band. Hailing from Columbus, OH, German balances a full time job, roles as dad, grandfather, and hockey coach with traveling musician hitting the road at least twice a month...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison “I don’t want Google Glass or anything, but I feel like so much of what I believe in is very modern,” Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynde Lee Segarra says. “When I hang out amongst musicians that are really trying to live like they’re...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music
By Jeff Maisey Though John Ashton has decided not to hit the road this go-round with the Psychedelic Furs, I thought he’d be a great interview reflecting on the Furs big time success in the 1980s with such hits as “Pretty in Pink” and “Love My Way.” Ashton, after all,...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 7, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music
By Tom Robotham As a longtime jazz fan, I feel blessed to have lived in New York City in the early 1980s. Many of America’s greatest jazz pioneers were still alive, and I was fortunate enough to catch them in concert: Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Chet...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 7, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music
By Jim Morrison The birth of Rosanne Cash’s Grammy-winning album began with an invitation to explore her family’s roots, and, of course, a death. This is country music, after all, real country music. Cash’s journey commenced when she accepted...
