Ray Roa
Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The Daily Beast. Products and media for review consideration should be sent to 204 E. Henderson Ave., Tampa, FL 33602.
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Dave Koz’s Christmas Tour is just one of more than a dozen great Tampa Bay holiday concerts
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Creole Christmas, Studio@620’s Soulstice, and Nate Najar’s Jazz Holiday, too.
Posted inNews & Views
Elections be damned, Tampa Bay Abortion Fund will continue to help people
‘These politicians are never coming to save us.’
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Organizer for Pinellas’ Democratic Socialists of America says membership is up 13 percent since the election
The party helped elect an openly socialist St. Pete councilmember in 2021.
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Tampa’s ‘Affordable Christmas’ helps working-class families buy new gifts at a fraction of the cost
Current Initiatives can only make it happen with help from donors and volunteers.
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Fresh off its seventh anniversary WellBuilt Bikes continues working to keep Tampa moving
In a community where public transportation is criminally under-funded, a bike can go a long way.
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In two years, St. Pete’s Queer Expression has created a fiercely safe place to be nonbinary
Its substance-free HQ hosts events for all ages.
Posted inMusic
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening November 29-December 5
Including Kacey Musgraves, the Mountain Goats, and more.
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After 2023’s last-minute cancellation, the Mountain Goats are finally playing St. Petersburg
A bus breakdown derailed the Goats’ 2023 show.
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Songwriter and author David Dondero plays intimate St. Pete show at Jack Kerouac’s house
He’s got a new album and book.
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Tampa’s Contemporary Art Music Project brings experimental ‘Water Dust’ show to USF
Works by Patrick Chin Ting Chan and Earle Brown will be played by CAMP musicians.
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Homegrown world-pop favorite The Hip Abduction brings ‘Friendsgiving’ to Pinellas Park
Big Something and ukulele-weilding songwriter Vana Liya open.
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Before Emo Night Tampa show, Big Sad shares new video for ‘Torture On 3’
‘It’s a cute little ditty about overpopulation and endless consumerism…’
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Blues rocker Albert Castiglia plays two Tampa Bay shows in a week
This Saturday, and Dec. 7 in Safety Harbor and Brooksville.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Tampa Bay markets like Indie Flea are ready for all your holiday gift-giving needs
Plus Christmasween, Shopapalooza and more.
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Tampeña and former Washington Post features writer Sadie Dingfelder holds prosopagnosia book talk on Tuesday
The rare neurological disorder is also known as faceblindness.
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Gwansgiving, featuring Tampa collective with globetrotting sound, returns to Ybor City on Saturday
With Jinx, supporting a brand new album, in tow.
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Horny holiday legend Krampus comes to Tampa and Pinellas Park in December
Seminole Heights has ‘Krampusnacht’ while the German American Society hosts a Krampus market.