The Mace & Crown

The Naro Expanded Cinema hosted Veer Magazine’s Local Music awards Wednesday night. Fans and musicians from Hampton Roads gathered to celebrate each other during a night of awards and great live performances. Musicians, bloggers, venues and prominent individuals in the homegrown music community all accepted awards. Jeff Maisey, editor of Veer Magazine, organized the event [...]

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On what would be Whitney Houston’s last time taking the stage, Houston sings in celebration of Kelly Price’s Grammy nomination. On Feb. 9 fans saw Houston at Kelly Price’s Grammy nomination party, where she gave her final wave goodbye. Supposed to be attending the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards, Houston was staying at the Beverly Hilton [...]

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A one manned show, 12th Planet is the alias of DJ John Dadzie.  Using a combination of pyrotechnics and the beats he composed, the audience was literally being moved by the massive speakers at the Feb. 7 show at Peabody’s in Virginia Beach. The show was a part of “The End is Near Tour,” where [...]

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A Norfolk based indie-techno, hip-hop duo called “The PicUp Kids” is slowly on the rise throughout Virginia. “The PicUp Kids” was formed by Old Dominion student Max “Ataraxis” Covington and friend Chelsea Elliot. The duo met at a Christmas concert that Elliot was opening for with another band. “This girl can sing,” Covington said as [...]

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By: Haja Kabba Contributing Writer Passion without words. This is how Mike Mahgerefteh describes his band, Galaxy Dynamite. Galaxy Dynamite is a local band comprised of three Old Dominion students Mike Mahgerefteh, Kevin Arroyo and Sam Wolffe . The band originally started through a series of sporadic jam sessions that transitioned into open mic nights. [...]

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Videos to come!     Photos by: Kyle White

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By Lateesha Gloston   Common is back in action after releasing his ninth studio album on Dec. 20, 2011. “The Dreamer, The Believer” is intended to be an up-lifting album for all. “It’s going to be positive hip-hop that can really generate good spirit, the spirit of music, and just good energy,” said Chicago native [...]

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By: William Channel Chris Cagle and Casey James gave a concert at Knucklehead’s Roadhouse this past Wednesday night. Cagle, who has been out of country music for the past three years, is making a comeback to his music career. The duo came to Knucklehead’s Roadhouse as part of the radio station 106 Christmas party. Releasing [...]

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By: Amy DeLaura Originally from D.C., the up and coming band Crash Boom Bang is now on tour with Plain White T’s, promoting their new EP “These Wild Things.“ The first stop on their tour was Nov. 3 in Virginia Beach at Diesel Rock N’ Country Sports Bar.  Diesel allowed a wild atmosphere that was [...]

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By: R Jay Molina In 2010, the progressive rock band Angels & Airwaves, also known as AvA, boldly defied their record label after “corporate underwriting” by releasing their third studio album free of charge over the internet. Fans of the band were quick to download the album, which was simply titled, “LOVE,” and were greeted [...]

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