Local community-funded radio station WMNF brings a mass of local, national and regional talent to Ybor City every year for a multi-venue genre-crossing music fest, Tropical Heatwave. We're counting down the weeks leading up to the 31st annual event — set to occur on Saturday, May 12, and encompassing 13 stages and more than 60 performers — by featuring our top 10 favorite acts, the ones you can count on to bring the fire to this year's Heatwave. Check out the first five picks here.
We've featured Brooklyn-based London Souls a few times since the release of their self-titled 2011 debut, and they are most deserving of a spot on the must-see list as they have the unique distinction of being an unsigned band who got the chance to record their first album at Abbey Road Studios, and with superstar producer Ethan Johns, no less.
This article appears in Apr 12-18, 2012.
