4/26/13
Huzzah! Tbt*'s 2013 Ultimate Local Music Guide is here! Pick up a copy at a box near you, or click here to check it out online. Inside, you'll find shout-outs to more than 100 local bands of all genres, plus our 25 most anticipated concerts of summer, some of our favorite #tampabaylive submissions and more. And be …
Despite a seemingly one-note gimmick, Wolf-Face have in the past year become one of Tampa Bay’s most unusual, intriguing and all-out fun bands. | Listen
Heights NS is Tampa multi-instrumentalist and all-around studio wiz Philip Carre. His unconventional approach results in a gumbo of highly melodic vocals and raps. | Listen
For longtime Bradenton singer-songwriter Dean Johanesen, hitting the road away from Tampa Bay is a hard path, but one he feels passionately about. | Listen
Rec Center remains a band at the center of the Tampa music scene, with an egalitarian spirit and veteran members whose visions and voices have touched many of Tampa Bay’s most vital musical projects. | Listen
This bluegrass-jam-ukulele-soul-funk-Americana act out of Seminole Heights has had a whirlwind year since playing the Bonnaroo last June. | Listen
After studying music at NYU, Jun Bustamante came to St. Petersburg, where she’s become known for fiery, heartfelt folk music, performed with punk aggression and more than a hint of jazz. | Listen
Polyenso are a tightly knit sextet whose sonic foundations are mini pop-masterpieces shrouded in a fog of electro-acoustic mystery. | Listen
As the DJ behind the Amphitheatre’s Friday-night dubstep freakout Pound (stylized simply as "#") Nerd Rage regularly draws more than 1,000 partiers to Ybor City. | Listen
The noisy pop/post-punk quartet hails from Tampa and after the release of last year’s Children of Desire, the group is poised to be the biggest band to come from the bay area in a while. | Listen
After you check out this year's tbt* Ultimate Local Music Guide's top local bands, make sure to take a look back at the local talent we've featured in years past.
Tampa's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has booked a big name for July 18: The Beach Boys.
All hail King George!
Last week, country stalwart George Strait set a new milestone: 60 songs certified by Billboard as No. 1 hits. The single, Give It All We Got Tonight, is a dreamy ballad from Strait's new album, Love Is Everything. Debuting in October 2012, the song was successfully promoted by …
It was 100 years ago this month that the Rite of Spring had its infamous premiere in Paris. As the lore and legend goes, the ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky caused a riot.
Times Performing Arts Critic
ST. PETERSBURG — Jeff Multer gained fresh appreciation for concert hall conditions in the United States last Sunday when he was a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba. The concertmaster of the Florida Orchestra played the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the …
TAMPA — Clay Ellerbroek is like an opera singer whose voice penetrates with ease through the sound of a big orchestra, except that he does so with his flute. Friday night, Ellerbroek, principal flute of the Florida Orchestra, was the soloist in a piece made to show off his talents, Lowell Liebermann's Flute …
The list of instruments used by Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk is so long it needs to be alphabetized.
There are banjos and bassoons.
Cellos and clarinets.
Glockenspiels and guitars.
Vibraphones, violas and violins.
Inthe year since we launched #tampabaylive, we've seen some really fantastic photos of live music shows. Our photo editor went through them all and picked out some favorites. Feel free to share if you see one that you took. And be sure to visit our #tampabaylive page each week to check for new photos.
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