Panchiko // Live @ Bronze Peacock Room // 10.20.22 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Ommar Ortuvia - October 23, 2022October 27, 2022 Articles and Photos by: Ommar Ortuvia Houston, TX -- Everybody likes a Cinderella story, but in the music industry - which can get very cutthroat - we rarely hear about them. Panchiko’s story is somewhat of a Cinderella story since it took the band almost 20 years to get the recognition
Shinedown // Live @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater // 9.18.22 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Woodell VIRGINIA BEACH, VA-- Summer is winding down and outdoor concert season is nearly at its' end. This year featured an explosion of tours, as bands have been keen to finally promote new material and hit the road, post- covid shutdowns. Virginia Beach hosted an
Wednesday 13 // Live @ Elevation 27 // 9.21.22 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - September 23, 2022 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Woodell VIRGINIA BEACH, VA-- Keeping perfectly in theme for the upcoming Halloween season, Wednesday 13 arrived in Virginia Beach to terrify us and haunt our memories. This long-established icon of the horror-punk genre is touring with his bandmates to promote their 9th studio album, Horrifier.
ARC FESTIVAL 2022- AFTER PARTIES PREVIEW PREVIEW by Charles Yamabe - August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Chicago IL, -- Following the announcement of their full lineup, ARC Music Festival has now shared the details for their official ARC After Dark Parties while also announcing a group of rare back-to-back sets that will be taking place at the festival over Labor Day Weekend. ARC is set to return to
REO Speedwagon & Styx // Live @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater // 8.5.22 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - August 11, 2022 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Woodell VIRGINA BEACH, VA-- Friday night featured an excursion down memory lane, an event held by three famous bands of the 70's and 80's. Complete with early tailgaters huddled up in the parking lot, an enthusiastic crowd several thousand strong tailored their evening around the
Trinity of Terror Tour // Live @ Chartway Arena // 4.27.22 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - May 7, 2022 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Woodell NORFOLK, VA-- This tour features a very cohesive lineup- stylistic similarities abound within, yet there are some key differences. All in all, a tour created to appeal to those who follow a certain genre, metal with a dark gothic twist, and in one case
Blackberry Smoke // Live @ Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion // 10.15.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - October 31, 2021 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar PORTSMOUTH, VA- Blackberry Smoke: one of the greatest southern rock bands ever- but you don't know that yet. You will see, it's coming. They will be up there with Lynryd and the Allmans. With a rich catalogue of seven studio albums packed full of songs
Blacktop Mojo // Live @ Elevation 27 // 10.10.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - October 24, 2021 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar VIRGINIA BEACH, VA- Back to the music, back to the thunder! Blacktop Mojo made current members of their “Mojo Nation” happy on a Sunday night in Virginia Beach, and created some new fans. Out on their “Somethin' Wicked Tour” to promote their 2021 eponymous
Skillet // Live @ The NorVA // 9.21.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - October 3, 2021 Article and photos by Wendy Podmenik Darugar Norfolk, VA-- The line to get into the Skillet show- it stretched down the block, turned the corner, down again, turned another corner, and extended halfway down the backside of the block. Excited young fans clad in Skillet t-shirts abounded. One of the first
Judas Priest // Live @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater // 9.9.21 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC Uncategorized by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - September 14, 2021September 28, 2021 Article by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar Virginia Beach, VA—During a night of spattering rain and temperatures morphing from summer humidity to the cool of fall, Judas Priest brought solid metal power to Virginia. The “Fifty Heavy Metal Years” tour was originally slated to kick off in 2020, but the Coronavirus pandemic and resulting
