by Jeff Maisey | May 26, 2022 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Soprano Maren Weinberger as Leslie Sinclair in Rachel J. Peters’ opera ‘Companionship,’ Nine Photography) By Jim Roberts The mission of the Virginia Arts Festival’s John Duffy Institute for New Opera is “to add diverse, relevant and underrepresented...
by Jeff Maisey | May 19, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Death gave birth to Michael Trotter’s songwriting. Trotter, one half of the husband and wife duo The War and Treaty, was serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003. An IED killed his captain, a man he describes as the best...
by Jeff Maisey | May 11, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Cowboy Junkies have long been appreciated by fans for their version of cover songs they bring to the live concert stage. This spring, the alt-country band delivered a studio album of some of their and fans’ favorites. The record is titled “Songs of the...
by Jeff Maisey | May 5, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III She’s won awards, or been nominated for them, for Shakespeare and soap opera and songwriting and Off-Broadway, she’s been a Latina junkie stripper in the late 20th Century and the rapping socialite sister-in-law (and maybe secret love) of...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 26, 2022 | News, News & Views
(Bagpipers are a fan-favorite during the Virginia International Tattoo. Pictured in the foreground is Pipe Major Peter Grant for the Royal Regiment of Scotland – 4 Scots. Photo courtesy of Virginia Arts Festival.) By Jeff Maisey An essential ingredient each year...