Music Q and A

Backstage with ... Norfolk sax player J. Staton

Patty.Jenkins — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:52:32 -0400

Backstage with ... J. Staton
Home base Norfolk
Style of music Jazz and gospel – saxophonist
Bio Staton’s interest in music started at an early age. “I came from a family of musicians,” he said. Both his parents were singers, and his sister played keyboards and flute.

Backstage with ... Smithfield's National Anthem singer Bria Kelly

Patty.Jenkins — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:14:42 -0400

Backstage with ... Bria Kelly
Home base Smithfield
Style of music Country, rock and blues
Bio The 13-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist – with her own five-piece band – started singing a couple of years ago when she performed the national anthem at a Norfolk Admirals hockey game.

Backstage with ... Norfolk's rock 'n' roll band Push

Patty.Jenkins — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:29:57 -0400

Backstage with ...
Push
BASE OF OPERATIONS Norfolk

STYLE OF MUSIC “Refreshingly listenable, original rock ’n’ roll”

BIO Bassist Karl Ziemann and guitarist/singer Russ Barnes are the founding members of the band, which has been going strong for 10 years.

Backstage with ... Dave Cynar Chesapeake's New Country singing artist

Patty.Jenkins — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:12:07 -0400

Backstage with ... Dave Cynar Base of Operations Chesapeake

Style of Music New country

BIO The country music bug took hold of Cynar in his late 20s when he was singing along with Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, and Brooks and Dunn at karaoke nights at Chevy’s Nightclub in Chesapeake.

Backstage with ... Portsmouth gospel artist Hope Askew

Patty.Jenkins — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:13:47 -0400

Hope Askew Base of Operations Portsmouth

Style of music gospel

BIO Thirty-five year old Askew began singing when she was 15. “I did a couple of shows on Channel 27. That was way back then,” she said with a laugh.

Backstage with ... Derek Smith, Portsmouth's singer/songwriter/guitarist

Patty.Jenkins — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:55:45 -0400

Derek Smith
Base of Operations: Portsmouth
Style of Music: acoustic/folk

Backstage with ... Mathews Country gospel rapper Triumph the Vessel

Patty.Jenkins — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:21:33 -0400

Triumph the Vessel
Base of operations Mathews County
Style of music Gospel rap

Backstage with ... Chasing Arrows out of Newport News

Patty.Jenkins — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Chasing Arrows
Base of Operations: Newport News
Style of music: Contemporary rock
Bio: Christopher Newport University students Nate Fender (lead guitarist) and Graham Todd (lead vocalist) formed the band after meeting at an open-mic night in 2005.

Backstage with ... No Fault Of Their Own, experimental garage

Patty.Jenkins — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:58:54 -0400

BASE OF OPERATIONS
Norfolk
STYLE
Experimental garage
BIO
Former band mates and high school friends from Maury – guitarist Josh Christian and drummer Mark Griffin formed this all-original experimental garage band a couple of years ago when the two of them reconnected.

Backstage with ... The Muckrakes, alt-Americana

Patty.Jenkins — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

BASE OF OPERATIONS Newport News, but its members live all over Hampton Roads STYLE Alt-Americana – all original, mixing everything from bluegrass to swing with traditional American rock ’n’ roll. BIO