The Village Voice describes The Soul Rebels Brass Band as “the missing link between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong.” Consider that for a long moment. This octet from New Orleans is on a mission: to meld their love of the pop music they grew up on and the musical heritage into which they were born….
This year’s Magnolia Festival lineup boasts an abundance of talent from all over the country, much of it from Florida. The Sunshine State has been on fire the past few years. The South Florida scene has been killing, likewise for Orlando, also bursting at the seams with talent. And the Tampa-St. Petersburg area is equally…
We were at the Downtown River Jam last December 6th and while we were there went to the State Theatre to hear the Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio. Bobby Lee is an incredibly nurturing artist who seems to be constantly working with different musicians helping to promote and showcase them. In that evening with him, I…
Hey, you going to Wanee this year? “No. I loved the Allman Brothers, but I’m not much of a Widespread Panic fan.” Let’s take a few moments to deconstruct this argument, using first the vegetarian on Thanksgiving analogy. “Gosh, you’re a vegetarian? What do you eat on Thanksgiving?” Really? I don’t know what your Thanksgiving…
Near the end of Bobby Lee Rodgers’ set at the Downtown River Jam, he called a young lady on stage to sing a duet with him that was lovely. They she called another young lady on stage to join a rave-up version of “When the World Comes Tumbling Down.” It was electrifying. Later, BLR told…
I don’t even earn partial credit for attending this event. I missed all 13 performances on Friday and 23 on Saturday. From that standpoint, I can only tell you about the music we did get to hear, but we can still talk about the Herculean effort put on by Captain Mark Glenn and his troops to…