This Sunday night, the rotating collective of instrumentalists and spoken word artists otherwise known as Irritable Tribe of Poets returns to perform its first full-length concert in over a year, Under the Red Moon. The "high wind concert" features Melissa Fair, Bradley Morewood, Rhonda J. Nelson and Tampa Poet Laureate James Tokley performing diverse styles of prepared and improvised poetry against a backdrop of ambient textural soundscapes, and jazz- and funk-infused jams. Rayzilla's PBS opens the show with a mishmash of original pop songs and world music. An appealing end-of-the-weekend treat. Sun., July 22, 7:30 p.m., The Dirty Shame, 1929 E. Seventh Ave., Ybor City, $7, 813-264-2226.
This article appears in Jul 18-24, 2007.