“You make music and you put it out there and it becomes not yours anymore. You give it out. You give it to people to do what they want with it, you know, and it’s always just an amazing thing to me that my music resonates with people.”

Their new music capitalizes on the best of what they already had. That is to say, it is more rocking than ever, richer, more layered. The guitar sections are shredders. It all seems more honed.

“A musician needs to be realistic about the difference between making it big or making a living.”

Jerome Langston talks to Brian McKnight about his new album, inside info on Lebron, and why his label is a synonym for the word ‘cat.’

“I’m not sure if I’m a John Mayer type. He’s a good musician, but he also knows how to work the media. He’s about being a rock star, that’s his thing. That’s not my thing.”

The Candy Snatchers were one of those bands that never made it big, but somehow made a big impression on the scene at large.

“It’s one thing to work with artists that you pretend to like because they’re your clients; it’s another thing to work with artists you do like. And then to work with artists you like who have already made it, and they’re giving you that chance to work with them–it’s a great feeling.”

The band plays tonight at The NorVA.

Alasdair Gillies returns to Norfolk for the Virginia International Tattoo.

Teng’s performance at the Attucks Theatre April 17 represents one of her final performances before she heads off on a new career exploring sustainable business.