The Newport News country music watering hole Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill starting booking live music last fall, but it’s been ramping up its ambitions recently. Music News
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Joe Nichols, country star, to perform free show tonight at Toby Keith bar in Newport News
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Smokey Robinson, playing Newport News Saturday, made graceful music that still resonates
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If that sounds like exaggeration, consider that Robinson’s music in the 1960s helped pull together the nation at a time when bloody Civil Rights battles were raging. Music News
Read More...Newport News library to present free music film series in 2013
By admin on Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off
Leaping ahead to 2013, we see that the Newport News Main Street Library will present a six-week movie series focusing on American music. Music News
Read More...Gospel music master Bobby Jones Jr. makes stop in Newport News Sept. 8
By admin on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 | Comments Off
Grammy-winner Bobby Jones, Jr. — a man known as the nation’s “Ambassador of Gospel” and host of the longest continuously running original series on cable television — will visit Newport News next month. Music News
Read More...The Tallest Man On Earth, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2012
Fans overflowed well beyond the point at which they could reasonably be expected to see the singer on stage, as Kristian Matsson blazed through songs from each of his records, with an emphasis on this summer’s terrific There’s No Leaving Now. Music
Read More...Kurt Elling, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
A classic male singer, Elling has an old-school vibe to everything from his mannered stage banter to his declamatory, full-chested delivery. He can do a lot with his voice, and he does it in front of a band featuring long-time collaborator Laurence Hobgood. Music
Read More...Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Centennial Project, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
By admin on Sunday, August 5th, 2012 | Comments Off
What if there were lost big-band masterpieces by the great composer/arranger Gil Evans which never made it to record? One man has found a whole stash of charts, and, backed by a gigantic ensemble, has brought their rich hues to light. Music
Read More...Lewis Nash Quintet, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
By admin on Sunday, August 5th, 2012 | Comments Off
The drummer is certainly no stranger to prestigious festival stages, but is usually as a member of the supporting cast. An innovator within jazz traditions, Nash gets a share of the spotlight when he leads this classic quintet lineup. Music
Read More...Jack DeJohnette All-Stars, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
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Nearing 70, the master drummer is as dynamic as ever. For his second gig at Newport, he opens his Rolodex to welcome leading lights like guitarist Lionel Loueke and bassist Christian McBride, and even duets on piano with Jason Moran. Music
Read More...Three Clarinets, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
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Ken Peplowski, Evan Christopher and Anat Cohen are three of the today’s top practitioners of the licorice stick. Backed by a band proficient in time-honored and broad-shouldered styles of the Swing Era, this reedy convocation generates plenty of fireworks. Music
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