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ART & SOUL has been going on for a few years in the basement venue of St. Petersburg's Iberian Rooster, and every event is a seamless combination of smooth R&B and indie music, comedy, alcohol, and entertainment. The brains behind ART & SOUL are making live music the focus of the multi-faceted event, and 2020’s first installation proves that they’re serious. 

R&B, spoken word, and hip hop artists Karti X, Kayla Ember, Mike Mass and Trumane Lamar perform their sultry, flowing tunes at Thursday night’s ART & SOUL show. 

ART & SOUL. Thurs., Jan. 16. 9 p.m. $10. SubCentral at Iberian Rooster, 475 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. iberianrooster.com

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This article appears in Jan 9-16, 2020.

Kyla Fields is the food critic and former managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay who started their journey at CL as summer 2019 intern. They are the proud owner of a charming, sausage-shaped, eight-year-old...