by Jeff Maisey | Apr 29, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison For Josh Ritter, the journey to his new album began with a family road trip from Brooklyn to his boyhood hometown in Idaho, where his mother was in the final steep decline of ovarian cancer. It was death in the time of COVID. There was no vaccine. His...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 29, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Bianca Marroquin and Lewis Cleale) By Jeff Maisey Fresh on the heels of last year’s “The Sound of Music” in concert, the Virginia Arts Festival presents “Chicago The Musical” in concert May 6 at Chrysler Hall. For audiences, experiencing Broadway musicals in a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 29, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Banjo legend Béla Fleck has been keen to expand the boundaries of his instrument, composing, performing, and exploring the realms of acoustic music in jazz, Western classical, bluegrass, and within the complex world of classical Indian. Together with...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 22, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Thank Frank Zappa for Little Feat. If you search Wikipedia for how Little Feat hit the pavement as a band back in 1969, you’ll read of three wild stories. But which is true? “It was the summer of 1969 and we were in Los Angeles,” said co-founding...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 21, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis consists of some of the best arrangers, soloists and ensemble musicians working in jazz music today. Led by Wynton Marsalis, a nine-time Grammy winner and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 13, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams. Photo by Alex Solca) BY JEFF MAISEY Multi-Grammy Award winning classic rock band Toto, known for its late ‘70s and early ‘80s hit songs like “Hold the Line,” “Rosanna” and “Africa,” will be stopping in Newport News on February 16...
