When Roxanne Layton won tickets to see Mannheim Steamroller in Boston a quarter of a century ago, courtesy of a radio contest, the classical musician just expected to catch a concert. However, she met ...
It would be an exaggeration to say Chip Davis created modern Christmas music with Mannheim Steamroller. However, the group, performing at the Schuster Center on Tuesday, Dec. 20 courtesy of Dayton ...
Where: First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Cost: $64 and $94. Info: (509) 279-7000,www.firstinterstatecenter.org It’s a throwback feel at a Mannheim Steamroller show. The ...
Get ready to roll into the holiday season a little early this year. Few things are as synonymous with the Christmas season as the music that accompanies it. For fans around the world, that includes ...
Beloved pastor and bestselling author Max Lucado recently told me that Christmas is a great magnifier of emotions – wherever we are, good or bad, the holiday has a way of amplifying and intensifying ...
After Mannheim Steamroller released the 1984 album "Christmas," it went on to sell over five million copies and began the tradition of an annual holiday tour for over three decades. The neo-classical ...
After taking 2020 off, Mannheim Steamroller returns to San Diego with its 36th anniversary Christmas tour next Thursday, presented by Broadway San Diego. For those unfamiliar with the band, ...
“I was a young kid at that point. I was in my growing-up house and put that on that LP and was blown away,” Sharpe said. “I hadn't heard anything like that. I immediately listened to it twice in a row ...
There’s not a whole lot of live music in New Orleans on Christmas Eve, and only slightly more on Christmas night. Additionally, rising cases of COVID-19 have caused some recent events to cancel. But ...
LAKELAND — For 14 years, Tom Sharpe has helped to get the holiday season on track for audiences from coast to coast as the drummer-percussionist for Mannheim Steamroller. The six-piece band, backed by ...
A MASTERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JAMES TAYLOR. Sam Hyman’s uncanny resemblance to James, and his astonishing capture of Taylor’s vocal and guitar styles leaves audiences feeling like they’ve just ...