for King & Country Credit: Photo via forkingandcountry/Facebook
Before they return next year for the Florida Strawberry Festival, Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone—aka for King & Country, which plays Amalie Arena in Tampa on Friday, Dec. 9—stage their annual “Drummer Boy Christmas” spectacular.

The duo is a very common presence on contemporary Christian radio, but its melodies don’t sound over-manufactured, and lyrics go outside your typical Sunday morning sermon.

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This article appears in Dec 1-7, 2022.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...