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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It’s All About the Music
Old farts and young punks get together for Tropical Heatwave
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Do you like American music?
Chuck Prophet’s songs are a welcome mélange of sound
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Fela Fellas
The NYC collective Antibalas totes the Afrobeat torch
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The Rise and Fall of Tampa Bay Pride
Its leaders were ambitious but undisciplined; and they had questionable taste.
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The Rock Doesn’t Stop
Pearl Jam endures beyond changing fads and times
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Antidote to Wartime Blues
The Tampa Bay Blues Festival provides a respite
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This Party’s Dying
But could the decline in Ybor City’s bar business make room for something better?
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French Fry Taste Test
Wherein we select the best fast-food fried taters in the land
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Vroom With a View
Grand Prix screams through downtown St. Pete
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Happiness is a Warm Baton
Bobby McFerrin has shifted his focus to conducting
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Snider’s Shout-Out
Editor Eric gives props to his faves of ’02.
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RETRO GRADES
The good, the bad and the ugly retrospectives
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Tour de Force
Medeski Martin & Wood is the Grateful Dead of jazz bands
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Trane Spotting
A new book and CD set are must haves for Coltrane fans.
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Nappy Daze
Nappy Roots keep the south in their mouth
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From Darkness Into Light
Gospel music according to the Blind Boys of Alabama
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The Reed Man Cometh
A chat with living jazz legend Wayne Shorter
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