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  1. After 35 years at WMNF, music programmer Jeff Stewart signs off
    Yesterday• Music Interviews
    Jeff Stewart hosting WMNF's Morning Show Wednesday. Hosts wear gloves and masks (when they aren't on the air) as coronavirus precautions.
  2. Country star Brad Paisley to bring outdoor show tour to Tampa in July
    Apr. 12• Music News
    Brad Paisley, shown performing at his 2011 H20 Tour in Tampa, returns to the bay area in July for three outdoor shows in Florida that month.
  3. St. Petersburg native Rod Wave has No. 1 album in U.S.
    Apr. 5• Music
    St. Petersburg native Rod Wave in a 2020 publicity photo.
  5. Busch Gardens adds En Vogue, Kool and the Gang to food festival concert lineup
    Mar. 29• Entertainment
    En Vogue will play the Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival April 18. The group, which currently includes founding members Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron, as well as Rhona Bennett, most recently made a cameo appearance in Coming 2 America.
  6. 5,000 attend rock concert in Barcelona after coronavirus screening
    Mar. 27• Health
    People line up outside a club to be screened for the coronavirus ahead of a music concert in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, March 27, 2021. Five thousand music lovers are set to attend a rock concert in Barcelona on Saturday after passing a same-day COVID-19 screening to test its effectiveness in preventing outbreaks of the virus at large cultural events. The show by Spanish rock group Love of Lesbian has the special permission of Spanish health authorities. While the rest of the country is limited to gatherings of no more than four people in closed spaces, the concertgoers will be able to mix freely while wearing face masks.
  7. Pasco County singer who shocked ‘American Idol’ judges in 2018 does it again
    Mar. 15• Music
    Zachary D'Onofrio auditions for "American Idol" in an episode that aired Sunday, March 14.
  8. Beyoncé, daughter Blue Ivy win early Grammy awards
    Mar. 14• Music News
    Beyonce, right, and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter arrive at the world premiere of "The Lion King" in Los Angeles on July 9, 2019. Blue Ivy's name was added to the nominee list for best music video for her mother's "Brown Skin Girl."
  9. A peek behind the masks, precautions at the pandemic Grammys
    Mar. 12• Life & Culture
    Associated Press entertainment reporter Marcela Isaza poses backstage at the 63rd Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday. The awards show will air on Sunday.
  10. St. Petersburg’s State Theatre is back as Floridian Social Club
    Mar. 9• Things To Do
    Kevin Chadwick, owner of the newly renovated Floridian Social Club in St. Petersburg, formerly the State Theatre, poses for a portrait at the main staircase inside the venue. The wallpaper, lighting fixtures and interior designs are all new, but harken back to the art deco style of the 1920s.
  11. Radio star ‘Kane’ Deibler, who started in Tampa, dies at 43
    Mar. 8• Life & Culture
    Radio star Pete “Kane” Deibler has died at age 43. He was best known for working at HOT 99.5 in Washington, D.C. as host of “The Kane Show” morning program that was nationally syndicated on iHeartRadio. He moved to Tampa in 1998 to join 93.3 WFLZ, and hosted “The Extreme Show,” which aired in multiple markets across the country.
  12. Hillsborough County singer with ‘epic mullet’ impresses on ‘The Voice’
    Mar. 2• Music
    Kenzie Wheeler performs on the March 1, 2021 episode of "The Voice" on NBC.
  13. Lady Gaga’s dog walker shot, French bulldogs stolen in Los Angeles
    Feb. 25• Nation & World
    Lady Gaga sings the national anthem during President-elect Joe Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Officials say Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot and her two French bulldogs stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery. Los Angeles police are seeking two suspects, thought it’s not known if both were armed, in connection with the Wednesday night shooting.
  14. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay concert series to open with Phillip Phillips, Parmalee
    Feb. 25• Life & Culture
    Platinum selling artist Phillip Phillips will kick off the concert series for the Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival.
  15. Drunken driving charge against Bruce Springsteen dropped
    Feb. 24• Nation & World
    In this Oct. 23, 2019 photo, Bruce Springsteen at the world premiere of HBO Documentary Films' "Very Ralph" in New York. Springsteen faced a drunken driving charge for an incident in New Jersey in November. The government dropped the charge and Springsteen paid $540 in fines and court costs to resolve the case.
  16. Reggae Rise Up Florida postpones St. Pete festival a third time
    Feb. 19• Music News
    Fans dance and cheer in the crowd as Zion I, The Grouch and Eligh perform on the main stage at the 2017 Reggae Rise Up Festival at Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg.
  17. Timberlake apologizes to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson
    Feb. 12• Music
    This combination photo shows, from left, Janet Jackson performing at the Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 8, 2018, from left, Justin Timberlake performing during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game in Minneapolis on Feb. 4, 2018 and Britney Spears performing during her concert in Taipei, Taiwan on June 13, 2017.
  18. Twitter reacts to the death of jazz icon Chick Corea
    Feb. 11• Music
    Chick Corea is photographed with his awards at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 11, 2007, in Los Angeles. Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79. Corea died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, of a rare for of cancer, his team posted on his web site.
  19. Chick Corea, jazz legend and longtime Clearwater resident, dies at 79
    Feb. 11• Music
    Chick Corea died Feb. 9 at age 79.
  20. Super Bowl halftime headliner The Weekend unveils 2022 tour dates
    Feb. 3• Life & Culture
    In this video grab issued Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, by MTV, The Weeknd performs "Blinding Lights" during the MTV Video Music Awards.
  21. The Weeknd rents a $9.1 million Davis Islands home ahead of the Super Bowl
    Feb. 3• Music News
    The Weeknd will perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Sunday.
  22. Jazmine Sullivan, Eric Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl
    Jan. 19• Music News
    This combination photo shows Eric Church performing at the 2016 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, Calif., on April 29, 2016, left, and Jazmine Sullivan performing at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2019. Sullivan and Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at the next month’s Super Bowl, where Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. will perform “America the Beautiful.”
  23. Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Miranda billed for Biden inauguration
    Jan. 18• Elections
    Bruce Springsteen is among the celebrities headlining a Wednesday night prime-time televised inaugural celebration
  24. Jeanne Reynolds, a force for the arts in Pinellas schools, is retiring
    Dec. 18, 2020• Education
    Jeanne Reynolds, the long-time supervisor of arts education for Pinellas County Schools, offers a kiss to colleagues and friends during her retirement party Friday evening at the Largo High football stadium.
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