by Jeff Maisey | Jun 22, 2023 | Music, Music News
Trumpeter Taylor Barnett will perform with local jazz musicians for “The Modernists” By Jerome Langston “I broke my finger 3 weeks ago while on vacation,” bassist Jimmy Masters says to me earlier this week, before we even start chatting about the latest show in...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Coastal Country is a thing, just ask rising music star Alana Springsteen, who was born and raised in Virginia Beach. “I’m a Beach girl through and through,” said Springsteen. “It made me who I am. It comes out in so many ways in the music that I write....
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2023 | Music, Music News
(Neo-soul crooner Anthony Hamilton headlines the opening night of Hampton Jazz Festival By Staff Nine-time Grammy nominated smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz recently told Veer Magazine the summer of 2023 will mark the true, post-pandemic return to form for the concert...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2023 | Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston “If you’ve never been to a Luther Vandross show, the real thing—we’re gonna be as close as you’re gonna get,” says singer William “Smooth” Wardlaw, during our recent phone chat about his upcoming tribute show honoring soul music icon, Luther...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 6, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Steep Canyon Rangers) By Jim Roberts Mike Ashworth grew up in North Carolina with members of the Steep Canyon Rangers, but he didn’t officially join the band until 2013, the same year they won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. In the 10 years since, the band...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 2, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Valerie June recorded her latest set of originals, “The Moon and the Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers,” before the pandemic. When the lockdown descended, her label delayed its debut. As a performer who quipped that she only...
