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This week in Tampa Bay area music: of Montreal, Bruce Springsteen, R. Kelly,...
THURSDAY, MAY 1M. Ward w/Mount Moriah The fantastic, underrated roots-Americana troubadour makes his headlining debut in Florida, and includes this St. Pete date on his itinerary. If you missed last...
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10 must-see acts at the inaugural Big Guava Music Festival, from Outkast to HAIM
Tampa Bay is ablaze with music fest fever. One of the area’s oldest and most beloved festivals, WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave, is coming up May 9-10 in Ybor (stay tuned for coverage in our May 8 issue),...
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Photo review: Lana Del Rey reigns at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando
It's a Monday evening at Hard Rock Live, Orlando, and I’m surrounded by scores of beautiful young women wearing flower crowns, white dresses, Capri pants, cut-offs — virtually every outfit you may have...
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The Hip Hop ABCs: Letter N
It is nearly impossible to get a bunch of passionate hip hop fans to agree on anything. But I tried anyhow, starting with a series of polls on Facebook that aimed to figure out which emcee or group was...
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Photo review: Santana at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
A look back in photos at the concert featuring Latin blues rock heavyweight vets Santana on Tues., April 29 at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater.Slideshow after the jump...Slideshow below.[ Subscribe to...
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Willie Nelson's tour bus is for sale on Craigslist
No kidding. This 1983 Eagle bus custom outfitted for the Red-Headed Stranger himself is up for grabs here. Current offer is $52,000, and the owner is taking bids up until midnight Central time. Click...
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Big Guava Music Festival, Day 1 Photos
A look back at the wet and rainy first day of the Big Guava Music Festival — Fri., May 2, 2014 — featuring Outkast, Cake and others. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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M. Ward hits St. Petersburg with sweet and spirited serenades
This past Thursday night, with little fuss and a full backing band, Portland troubadour M. Ward made his headlining debut in St. Petersburg, creating live magic with a warm and compelling dynamism,...
View ArticleConcert review: Mogwai at The Ritz Ybor, Ybor City
Every once in a while someone asks when I became interested in music. I remember responding to much of the darker synth-based post-punk preferred by my friends' older sisters, and I definitely had an...
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Big Guava Music Festival, Day 2 Photos
A look back at the second day of the inaugural Big Guava Music Festival, with Vampire Weekend, Haim and others...[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Concert review: The Mavericks ride into the Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
The Mavericks never quite fit in with the typical class of Nashville hat acts. Rising to prominence in the mid-90's amongst a crop of skin-tight denim clad dudes sporting massive hats, the one-time...
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Big Guava Music Festival, Day 3 Photos
A look back at the final day of the Big Guava Music Festival, featuring Foster the People, ZZ Ward and others. Click here to check out pics from Day 2, and here to check out pics from Day 1.[ Subscribe...
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The Well-Played List, Monday 5/5 Edition: Jack White, Ages and Ages, Lucinda...
We kick off another Monday edition of The Well-Played list, which means it's time to get your groove on. The ongoing listening series features the most listened-to, jammed-out songs, albums and...
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New Music Tuesday! (May 6): Lily Allen, tUnE-yArDs, Lykki Li, Lil Wayne & more
The fourth week of new releases in April. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for...
View ArticleConcert review: Bruce Springsteen at the MidFlorida Credit Union...
What better way to spend a warm spring evening than amidst 20,000 fans waiting to be treated to one of the greatest rock shows on the road right now: Bruce Springsteen's high energy "High Hopes" world...
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Down to Ybor City again: The return of The Hold Steady
When Hold Steady vocalist Craig Finn wrote the lines “Ybor City is tres speedy / but they throw such killer parties” and “Don’t tell the hangers on, don’t tell your friends / Don’t tell them we went...
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Tropical Heatwave: ask the DJs
Tough to pick from 60-plus acts over two days? We asked some people in the know: WMNF programmers, who not only told us the acts they’re most looking forward to that aren't The Hold Steady (who...
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Catching Ybor’s biggest wave
WMNF Tropical Heatwave 2014 with The Hold Steady, Matrimony, Katchafire, Hayes Carll, Joseph Arthur, Elephant Stone, Matrimony,Victor Wainwright, Bright Light Social Hour, Black Taxi, Moon Hooch &...
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This week in Tampa Bay area live music: The Gipsy Kings, Deer Tick, Mike...
THURSDAY, MAY 8Blitzen Trapper w/Lauris Vidal Blitzen Trapper unites alt country timbres – rusted drawling vocals and haunting harmonies, guitars with Southern greasy riffs, slides and solos, fine...
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A Q&A with Mike Reno before Loverboy plays Taste of Pinellas
Sometime back, the power-pop/arena-rock band Loverboy got some flak when frontman Mike Reno made an off-the-cuff semi-serious comment about letting the grunge-era fad ride out before making it big...
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