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Zambian-born songwriter Mwiza Simfukwe has one of Tampa Bay’s most unique voices
The 24-year-old shares some of his journey in Creative Loafing Tampa’s Music Issue 2018.
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Tampa Bay might want to keep a close eye on 16-year-old drummer Annabella Vivero
She’s been practicing non-stop since her band went on hiatus.
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How Tampa’s Kyle Schroder found his calling in the saxophone
The 20-year-old jazzer is the smoothest player in Creative Loafing Tampa’s Music Issue.
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Uhlectronic’s Brian Mahoney is an eternal tinkerer and a mainstay in Tampa Bay’s tech house scene
There’s no way we could fit all of his experiments in the pages of our 2018 Music Issue.
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You can’t put Tampa keyboardist Julian Carrington in a box
You can’t put Tampa keyboardist Julian Carrington in a box.
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St. Petersburg garage-rock duo Jensen Serf Company has been making a lo-fi raucous for what feels like forever
St. Petersburg garage-rock duo Jensen Serf Company has been making a lo-fi raucous for what feels like forever.
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Deezy Wee The Reaper has no filter, and Tampa Bay’s rap scene is better for it
The 22-year-old emcee gruffs up Creative Loafing Tampa’s Music Issue 2018.
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At just 16 years old, The Young Somethings’ Bella Beyer lives up to her Tampa band’s name
She’s the only musician profiled in our Music Issue to have played with Ringo Starr.
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St. Petersburg trumpeter Jason Charos rides straightahead jazz’s open grooves to find optimism and himself
Freedom, but not anarchy, finds a home in the pages of CL’s Music Issue 2018.
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After touring the country, Tampa drummer and multi-instrumentalist Woody Bond is finally settling in
The in-demand session player talks Jobsite and college.
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In Glove, Tampa bassist Brianna Bullock has found a band that fits
The new wave group may be the hardest-touring band in CL’s Music Issue this year.
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The many shades of Sam E Hues are changing the look of Tampa’s hip-hop scene
The multifaceted momma’s boy teases a new album in our Music Issue.
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Tampa’s Fre$h P overcame life in the projects to become a rap scene party-starter
The entertainer and former Army man is part of CL’s Music Issue 2018.
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You can’t talk about Tampa Bay’s best young musicians without mentioning Jasmine Deja
She was in CL’s Music Issue two years ago and will be in them for years to come.
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Tampa DJ Jake Dela Cruz isn’t even old enough to be in the clubs that he’s tearing up
No sync button needed for one of Creative Loafing Tampa’s Music Issue 2018’s youngest musicians.
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There’s a big noise coming out of Lakeland, and Emily Jones playing a huge part in making it
CL’s Music Issue 2018 heads east to follow to this 20-year-old songwriter.
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Danny and Alex are self-producing a special brand of geeky, charming pop right here in St. Petersburg
Creative Loafing Tampa’s Music Issue 2018 reeks of ‘70s funk and ‘80s pop thanks to these two.
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St. Petersburg’s Kasey Maloney ditched garage-punk to explore country-rock with Fever Beam
She explains why pinching pennies is on the band agenda in our Music Issue.
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Guitarist Laura May Sienkiewicz had a pissy, joyful path to music
CL’s Music Issue 2018 highlights the Piss Ghost and JOYEATER member.
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At 22, Bradenton metal guitarist and producer Austin Coupe already has a lifetime of music memories
CL travels south to meet the accomplished guitarist for Prison.
