Country Singer Luke Combs during rehearsal for A Capitol Fourth – Photo Credit “A Click in Time Photography”
Get ready to celebrate America’s 242nd birthday with the 38th Annual A Capitol Fourth. The country’s longest-running live national July 4 TV tradition will feature all-star musical performances.
Photos by Ari Strauss
For those that have never had the pleasure of a real New Orleans live show, its not your “sit down and enjoy” type of event. I say event because that’s exactly what it is, an Event! Performers from the Crescent City don’t know how to do small. That in mind, on Saturday June 23rd the perfectly named “Big Sam’s Funky Nation” showed up, and showed out.
On Friday, June 23, 2018 Richard Marx came to Annapolis MD to the Maryland Hall of the Creative Arts. I have been a fan of Richard Marx since his first album. Loved his album so much that I had to take the CD back to the store three time to exchange it because there was an issue with the CD. In the late 80’s I saw Richard Marx in concert when he opened for The Hooters for a Toys for Tots concert. I am fans of both, but think I was more excited to see Richard Marx than the Hooters.
WHO: Austin, Texas-based singer and songwriter Mélat exhibits commanding vocals and stunning dynamics with a worldly touch. Through the eclectic soul of modern R&B, Mélat sings of what it means to be a human being simply longing to “be.” The daughter of Ethiopian refugees, Mélat crafts her music to reflect her culture and unique worldview. Along with her rich voice, it is her heritage that gives her music its soul. Mélat lends her voice to raise awareness about refugee issues and has teamed up with UNHCR for World Refugee Day.
On Monday, June 11th, the pop-rock and soul duo Hall & Oates performed at the Capital One Arena. Looking around the arena, there were not a lot of empty seats.
The King of Bachata, Romeo Santos, confirmed details for the second leg of his highly popular Golden Tour, which wrapped in April of this year. The newly announced fall run of dates, produced and co-promoted by Live Nation, will kick off September 15 in Las Vegas, NV and visit EagleBank Arena Oct. 14. The 18-city U.S. outing will also make stops in several brand-new cities previously unvisited on the last leg of the tour including Las Vegas, Seattle, Sacramento, Tampa and more, before wrapping October 21 in Dallas, TX.
Multiplatinum, record-breaking rock band Shinedown has announced additional co-headlining U.S. dates with Godsmack. The rockers are playing a slew of June festivals in Europe before returning to the States to kick off their summer co-headlining tour with Godsmack on July 22. The newly announced dates pick back up on September 21 in Greenville, SC. Tickets go on sale June 8th at 10am local time. They are coming to Jiffy Lube Live on August 19th! For ticketing info, please visit www.shinedown.com.
Singer-songwriter and Season 10 American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart has confirmed a June 1, 2018 release date for her brand-new song “Last Kiss Goodbye” from her forthcoming Concord Records album due later this year.
Greta Van Fleet has been hailed by Sir Elton John as “the best rock and roll I’ve heard in 20 f**king years.” It’s no wonder each one of Greta Van Fleet’s 2018 tour dates have sold out in advance. They also made an April 13th appearance at Coachella. Tonight they crashed Rams Head Live in Baltimore and were joined with Dorothy.
On this edition of INTERVUE, Dane Lloyd and Taylor Jones were on sixth series of The Voice UK. Through their hard earned efforts, they were the Runners-up! Since then, the dynamic duo have been traveling the world with Sir Tom Jones, their mentor on the Voice. This Wednesday, the three are making a stop in Charm City for a ONE NIGHT ONLY show! I recently sat down with Dane Lloyd.
