Close-up portrait of singer Coko from the group SWV, with long, wavy brown hair and dark eye makeup, posing at an event against a dark purple backdrop.
Cheryl ‘Coko’ Gamble at Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles, California on March 4, 2003. Credit: MLM IMAGES Los Angele / Shutterstock

Time really does fly. While 7th+Grove is working towards its seventh anniversary, the Rhapsody Suite party the restaurant has hosted celebrates a decade of sexy times this weekend.

Taking the stage is Coko Gamble, frontwoman of iconic ‘90s R&B trio Sisters With Voices (SWV). The 55-year-old recently brought the group to the Essence Festival of Culture, and while she may dip into some of the gospel from her solo catalog, expect a lot of the New Jill Swing that earned SWV Grammy nominations in 1994 (Best New Artist) and 2013 (Best Traditional R&B Performance).

Tickets to see Coko play 7th+Grove in Ybor City on Sunday, Nov. 23 are still available and start at $59.34.

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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...