Taylor Hollingsworth, who plays St. Pete Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 30, 2025. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker

Tampa Bay is rich in songwriters, and there’s never any shortage of troubadours trudging through either. Taylor Hollingsworth’s St. Petersburg gig—just four months after a visit to the neighborhood’s big historic theater—is cream of the crop this week.

The Alabamian’s 2024 album, Yahola, is a finger-picked love letter to the miracle that is getting up every day. On it, he cuts his soul open (“Symphony From God”), plays barnburners (“Double Trouble”) and deploys the slide to great effect, too (“Lickity Slim”).

A couple of OGs of the Bay area scene, Matt Burke and Shawn Kyle, open.

Tickets to see Taylor Hollingsworth play The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg on Thursday, Jan. 30 are still available for $15.

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This article appears in Jan 23-29, 2025.