by Jeff Maisey | May 21, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison The members of I’m With Her sing and write together as naturally as if they’ve been friends for decades. While they’ve known each other for a long time, it wasn’t until a moment of serendipity five years ago that they...
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...