Kansas // Live @ The Sandler Center // 8.10.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - August 15, 2018 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Virginia Beach, VA -- We are all familiar with the songs that put Kansas on the charts in a big way during the 1970's... “Carry on Wayward Son,” “Dust in the Wind,” and "Point of Know Return,” to mention just a few. This prog
The Trongone Band // Live @ Tradition Brewing // 7.7.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - July 11, 2018 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar NEWPORT NEWS, VA- The South continues to to rise, this time with the strains of song from Virginia's own homegrown favorites, Richmond's The Trongone Band. Delivering southern rock with a natural ease, brothers Andrew and Johnny Trongone accompanied by Chip Hale and Ben White stopped
The Black Dahlia Murder & Whitechapel // Live @ The NorVa // 6.19.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - June 22, 2018June 23, 2018 Article and Photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA- The front doors were literally shaking at the NorVa on Tuesday ... and metal layered upon metal continued to shake the very structure of the building as a 5 band lineup plowed through the evening, leaving the audience sweaty and exhausted and
Anthrax & Lamb of God // Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater // 6.12.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - June 18, 2018 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar VA BEACH, VA: The metal worshipping masses united one last time to pay tribute to one of the legendary “Big Four” thrash metal bands on their farewell tour... and four other bands stepped up to lend support during this historical event. An early evening in
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real // Live @ Boathouse Live // 6.09.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - June 14, 2018 Article and Photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar NEWPORT NEWS, VA: Surrounded by music his entire lifetime and mentored by legends, Lukas Nelson has paid with time, work, and sweat to earn his own way up the musical ranks and not rely on any advantages that having Willie Nelson as a father
Lunatic Luau Festival // Live @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater// 5.5.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 Article and photos by Glenn Woodell Virginia Beach, VA -- Perfect weather, a strong band lineup, and an enthusiastic crowd all came together to make the 2018 Lunatic Luau a great success. This show has been running (almost) annually since 1997 and has been sponsored by FM99, one of the local
Fortunate Youth // Live @ The NorVa // 4.6.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - April 17, 2018 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK,VA- Music has long been the great communicator. Throughout the ages, music has been used to evoke emotions ranging from love and longing, grief, anger, frustration, inspiration, love and joy- and Fortunate Youth was on hand in Norfolk to
Papadosio // Live @ The NorVa // 3.23.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - March 23, 2018May 18, 2018 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA- Asheville, North Carolina's own “space rock” band Papadosio arrived in Virginia to promote latest release Pattern Integrities with an interesting merge of science, philosophy, and music. Their Spring Tour 2018 was supported by the funky jams of
The Hunts // Live @ The NorVa // 3.10.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - March 15, 2018 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA: Chesapeake Virginia's own The Hunts drew a huge crowd of local followers to The NorVa for the release of their second album Darlin' Oh Darlin'. Part of a regional movement that highlights original indie folk featuring themes
Doyle // Live @ Shaka’s // 2.28.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED Interviews MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - March 12, 2018 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Photos by: Glenn Woodell and Wendy Podmenik Darugar NORFOLK, VA: Doyle and crew raged onstage at Shaka's Live in Virginia Beach last week, accompanied by four local bands- Glenrose, Rose Milk, Dirty Toys, and Mammoth Black- all with an intensity appropriate to set the scene for an
