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Ed Turanchik says he’ll never run for office again, but don’t expect his voice to go silent
Best of the Bay 2020: 16 people or places that’ve undoubtedly changed Tampa Bay for the better.
Eric Snider
Eric Snider is the dean of Bay area music critics. He started in the early 1980s as one of the founding members of Music magazine, a free bi-monthly. He was the pop music critic for the then-St. Petersburg Times from ‘87-’93. Snider was the music critic, arts editor and senior editor of Weekly Planet/Creative Loafing from 1996-2009. Over the years, he has written for a variety of national publications.
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The Lightning are Stanley Cup champions, and I’ll never get Doc Emrick’s voice out of my head
HEDMAN with a shaaawwwwwwwt!
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Ed Woltil’s ‘One in My Tree’ is a first-rate power-pop effort with stylistic breadth
The kind of album for which you’ll want to set aside time to listen to intently—accompanied by a lyric sheet.
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Tampa Bay songwriter Ed Woltil returns with inspiring new album
‘One in My Tree,’ co-produced by guitarist Steve Connelly, kept Woltil busy and engaged instead of just stacking days.
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Two Tampa Bay power-pop nerds select 38 of the genre’s greatest songs
‘This list cites songs that far transcend good.’
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Life in Tampa Bay without an alt-weekly would be ‘sorely diminished’: Journalist Eric Snider supports the CL Press Club
CL has shown us all a lot of (free) love over three decades. Isn’t it time to send some love back?
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Tampa jazz icon Kitty Daniels is back at Donatello, but the pandemic’s financial hit hurt ‘quite a bit’
The 85-year-old unexpectedly welcomed four family members into her home.
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Phil Esposito’s ‘Black Honkeys stimulus program’ helps bandmates get through pandemic
‘That’s the genius and heart of this motherfucker,’ said percussionist Gumbi Ortiz.
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Fever Beam’s Kasey Maloney battles writer’s block, spends tour savings on rent during pandemic
This is after her St. Petersburg rock and roll band lost out on its canceled SXSW opportunities.
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Tampa Bay saxophonist had money saved, so he’s using time in isolation to work on his technique
He is arguably the most accomplished saxophonist the Bay area has ever produced.
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Members of St. Petersburg’s Someday Honey making music again after COVID-19 scare
Kaleigh Baker and Matt Walker quarantined from each other while living under the same roof.
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Music is one of the last things Tampa songwriter Shawn Kyle is concerned about right now
“My worries now are about my mother who has a heart condition and has had cancer.”
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Los Lobos was in a good mood, and it translated into an even better show in Clearwater
The Commonheart, not so much.
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One of Tampa Bay’s best jazz guitarists, LaRue Nickelson, defies all the stereotypes
Nickelson takes the stage this Valentine’s Day at the Palladium Theater.
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Billy Joel, ever the remarkable Piano Man, bonded with sold-out Tampa audience at Amalie Arena
He’s 70 and showed no signs of stopping on Friday night.
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The Isley Brothers performed the classics and a handful of tributes at St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater
The Isleys managed to be loose, spontaneous, even a little sloppy at times.
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Elvis Costello gives hardcore fans the goods at St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater
And the encore didn’t suck either.
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Tampa Bay’s Someday Honey isn’t rushing its debut album
Roots music with a David Lynchian twist.
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Before St. Pete’s Jazz on the Deuces, Michael Ross and Fred Johnson dish on sound sculptures and more
They’ll be joined by young keyboardist Liston Gregory III at the historic Manhattan Casino.
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In Clearwater, Todd Rundgren’s all-star Beatles tribute delivers highlights, lowlights and lots in between
A welcome surprise was Joey Molland.