by Jeff Maisey | Sep 3, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Rex Rutkoski By the way this Crow flies (into Virginia Beach), true artistry is the wind beneath its (her) wings. Crow, Sheryl Crow, is the artist in question. And there’s little question that she will arrive for her concert, September 6 as part of the 22nd Annual...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2015 | Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Sitting around the island in the home of Gina Dalmas and Chris May in Winona, we’re going over the songs off the latest Gina Dalmas and the Cow Tippin’ Playboys album, “Trailer Swift.” The honky tonk starts with Robbie...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 3, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music
By Jeff Maisey No one knows when their star will shine or for how long — certainly not Peter Frampton. If anyone scraped his way to the top of the pop mountain only to be blown off by a gust of wind, it is Frampton. His career is as much a tragedy as a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 28, 2015 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Elizabeth Blachman This past September, I attended High Holy Day services for the last time at the last Jewish synagogue in Portsmouth. Rabbi David Goldstein presided over Yom Kippur services, and then Gomley Chesed Synagogue closed its doors, ending more than a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 26, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Katie Cooper Jeff German and the Blankety Blanks could be called the working man’s band. Hailing from Columbus, OH, German balances a full time job, roles as dad, grandfather, and hockey coach with traveling musician hitting the road at least twice a month...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 21, 2015 | CD Reviews, Music, Music News
Karl Werne “This Little Notebook” (Self-Release) Talk about a great 50th birthday: Karl Werne releases an outstanding collection of introspective songs and headlines at the American Theatre. You could say it is a coming of age of sorts. Like a fine red blend of French...