Afrobeat is one of my favorite musical genres, and I had been waiting forever, it seemed, to catch Bengali 600 in person. Finally, at Little Econ Love Fest, it happened. At the time, I wrote: At some point, there will have to be a Christian Ryan festival. The name might be tricky (Christian Fest?), but…
I went on a Facebook rant last night about sound, bad, miserable, unprofessional sound. I am going to paint the whole picture, on the off-chance that it might actually make a difference at some venue, for some band, on some night. Mixing sound for live music cannot be easy. I did it once and got…
Let’s suppose that you wanted to see all 72 bands at WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave at the Cuban Club, New World Brewery, the Crowbar and the Ritz in Ybor City May 1st and 2nd. You are a marathon runner, obviously. So the plan is to run from venue to venue, check off each band you see…
Currently, there is no Wikipedia listing for Naughty Professor (not the band, anyway), so here is a suggestion: “Naughty Professor is a New Orleans-based sextet of young musicians in the present respecting the jazz traditions of the past while playing the music of the future.” The Naughty Professor boys just completed another Florida swing that…
This show, featuring two of my favorite bands, had been on the calendar for ages. Shortly before the date, I read that Josh Formanek, guitar player for Infinite Groove Orchestra, had stepped back from the band and that Jordan Garno, Serotonic’s guitarist, would pull double duty. I had no doubt that Garno was up to…
If you’re going to have a birthday party, you might as well go all in. You know. Put in on the interwebs. Invite the Hometeam. Bring in some buddies from Jacksonville. Be sure to include a DJ. Wear your best Sir Nose DevoidOfFunk outfit. All in. And that’s exactly what Vinny Swoboda, bass player for…