Sarah McLachlan, who plays Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida on February 27, 2019.

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Sad-puppy-eyes jokes aside, Sarah McLachlan is probably one of soft rock’s best songwriters. This is the 50-year-old’s first show since 2015 (which was then her first in the area in a decade), so expect devoted fans and, yes, lots of sad piano chords at this one, being billed as “an intimate evening of songs and storytelling.”

Sarah McLachlan, Wed. Feb. 27, 8 p.m. $50-$175. Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Rd., Clearwater. rutheckerdhall.com.

This article appears in Feb 21-28, 2019.

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...