Sarah Reeves Credit: Photo via sarahreevesmusic/Facebook
Sick of the contemporary sounds of mainstream Jesus music? Sarah Reeves—who’s coming to Ybor City on Friday—has your back.

The 33-year-old’s five albums have the same computerized vibes as her records by her friends Kirk Franklin and Brandon Lake, but not everything she does musically is for religious purposes.

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Reeves’ music has appeared in promos for Disney+ and “American Idol,” and you have your chance to hear said endeavors when she plays an intimate Ybor City listening room show alongside actual “Idol” contestant Clark Beckham.

This article appears in May 19-25, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...