No one really knows what caused 87-year-old bluesman Eddie Kirkland to U-turn his old Ford wagon smack into the front of a Greyhound bus, east of Homosassa. He performed the last show in his more than eight-decade career — a private corporate cigar gig at Dunedin Brewery — and was on the road by 1 […]
Peter B. Gallagher
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Queen of the Road
For the first time in six years, Nanci Griffith performs in Florida.
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Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks return with a new album of Selected Shorts.
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He Writes The Songs
With The Outsider, tunesmith Rodney Crowell returns in top form.
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A Piece of Pearl’s Heart
Janis Joplin’s spirit lives on in Wendy Rich
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Thoroughly Jazzed
Clearwater’s jazz jewel celebrates its silver anniversary
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Hippy Trails
We are all Ramblin’ Jack Elliott imposters
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The Angriest Native
A 50th birthday celebration for Bobby Hicks
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This duck smells
Why the Ethics Commission ruling won’t stop Butch Ellsworth
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State Ombudsman is Fired
In Jeb Bush’s ‘One Florida,’ apparently only one opinion is allowed
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The ‘Po-Folkist
Stetson Kennedy, a literate lion who once took on the Klan, comes to St. Petersburg
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A Florida Story
Developers and beach lovers vie for the soul of a small coastal town
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Endangered Incumbents
It’s hunting season on Treasure Island’s elected officials
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Shore Subject
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Bottom’s Up
Saying goodbye to the late, great Rock Bottom