by Jeff Maisey | May 10, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band were a staple on album oriented rock radio stations (AOR) across the country in the late 1970s and ‘80s with hits such as “Still the Same” and “Old Time Rock n Roll.” Seger’s music continues in heavy...
by Jeff Maisey | May 6, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Michael Curry While the Arts Festival has enjoyed an impeccable reputation as a presenter of world class artists, it also continues to discover and nurture great international talent across all artistic genres. The latest of these discoveries in an amazing...
by Jeff Maisey | May 5, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison The list of Bela Fleck’s collaborators is a head-spinning kaleidoscope through modern music. Sam Bush and John Cowan in New Grass Revival, a group that redefined acoustic music. The out-there rhythm section of Roy and Victor Wooten and the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 30, 2019 | Art, Current Exhibits, Music, Music News
By Ron Wray An evening that will grab your soul is coming to Portsmouth at 7 p.m., May 2 with an iconic performance of the legendary Blues Maker Blues Review at Roger Brown’s Restaurant and Sports Bar on downtown High Street. It is a production of Virginia Arts...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Joan Osborne’s “Songs of Bob Dylan” album grew out of a need to fill a demand. The Cafe Carlyle, the storied Upper East Side Manhattan jazz club, asked her to sit in for a two-week residency in 2016. American Songbook standards, a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 16, 2019 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Maestro JoAnn Falletta will be concluding her final full season this spring with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, capping off a year filled with accolades and memorable performances. In February, she won her third Grammy Award for a recording with the...
