by Jeff Maisey | Oct 12, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Imagine Peter Frampton sitting in your living room plucking away at his classic hits like “Show Me the Way” and “Do You Feel Like I Do.” That’s just the impression Frampton wanted to achieve with his 2016 album titled “Acoustic Classics.” “The whole...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 29, 2016 | Classical, Music
By Jerome Langston When virtuoso trumpet player and singer, Byron Stripling, was just a young-un in his twenties, he had the unique honor of being lead trumpeter and soloist in the iconic Count Basie Orchestra, which at the time was led by Thad Jones and Frank...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Classical, Music
By Montague Gammon III A familiar but exotic sounding piece of “stunning” Russian choral and orchestral music, compounded by the composer-chemist Alexander Borodin, kicks off Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s first Classics Series concert of the 2016-2017 Season. Music...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr return to the realm of musical theater with the production of Up, Up and Away! A Musical Fable. The performance tells the story of their lives and features the important hit songs they recorded as members of The 5th...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston It becomes quite clear early on in our recent phone conversation, that Tenor Saxophonist Javon Jackson, is passionate about a lot of different subjects. We’re both Geminis, so I can definitely relate—as we tend to be all over the place, but Javon...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 16, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Shannon Jay Brittany Howard wanted to start a band ever since she witnessed former classmate and fellow bandmate Heath Fogg perform a concert in their middle school gym. Later, after meeting bassist Zac Cockrell in a psychology class, the peers joined forces...
