by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2024 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison From the beginning, Tower of Power co-founder Emilio Castillo grooved to a different beat. Growing up in Oakland, Castillo formed his first band with his brother. They did covers, but obscure covers. Rather than James Brown’s “I Feel Good,” they...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2024 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Sublime’s lead singer, Bradley Nowell, died of a heroin overdose in the spring of 1996. His son, Jakob, was 11 months old. Two months later, the Long Beach band released their third album of their groundbreaking punk, rock, ska, and reggae stew....
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2024 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III A Grammy winning singer-songwriter from New England, a finger pickin’ multi-instrument virtuoso from Northern Virginia, and a sibling-led bluegrass band from the tiny musical hotbed of Floyd, in Appalachian Virginia, walk into the Virginia Arts...
by Jeff Maisey | May 2, 2024 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Brandy Clark’s first Grammy win this year began with a Grammy loss two years ago. She was nominated — for the 9th and 10th times — for Song of the Year for “A Beautiful Noise” sung by Brandi Carlile and Alicia Keys and for...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 21, 2024 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Conductor Thomas Wilkins) By Montague Gammon III Take your seat, for a concert of joyousness. The Virginia Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto concert in late April showers the Ferguson Center, Chrysler Hall and the Sandler Center with “Pure joy,” to quote an...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 21, 2024 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglić will join Les Violons du Roy on stage.) By Montague Gammon III Hampton Roads snagged first dibs on a new, century spanning program of truly golden oldies, thanks to the Virginia Arts Festival. The celebrated French Canadian...
