by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Classical, Music, Music News
(VSO Assistant Conductor Gonzalo Farias) By Montague Gammon III Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s final outdoor summer, free admission, Symphony by the Sea concert fires off an intercontinental musical mix of short works by and about accomplished and powerful women,...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Ziggy Marley is four decades into a performing career, but he sounds loose and free, his idealistic edges as sharp as ever. The crown of being reggae royalty, the son of the one, sits lightly. He’s relaxed, laughing loudly and often, but also...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 7, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison “It’s a fairly chill month as far as touring goes,” says Zack Feinberg, the guitarist for The Revivalists. “We’re Kind of done with “Wish I Knew You” and the last album cycle. It’s sort of the calm before...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 16, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison It feels like The Avett Brothers grew up in front of us here. They’re from nearby North Carolina. They’ve played the area any number of times, notably shows at The Attucks Theatre in 2006 and 2008 that established them as a wild live act...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 1, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey From time to time Jim Morrison collaborates with the Virginia Arts Festival to extend his North Shore Point house concert series beyond the confines of his neighborhood backyard to a slightly larger open space in downtown Norfolk. That’ll be the case...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 29, 2018 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison What is it about the red dirt of Oklahoma that rises up and infuses one generation after another with the storytelling songwriting gene? Go way back, of course, and you land on Woody Guthrie, son of Okemah, the folkie torrent of words who howls...
