Hannah Harber, who plays Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida on July 4, 2024. Credit: Kasey Makal c/o Gasparilla Music Festival

Credit: Kasey Makal c/o Gasparilla Music Festival

Live music as background noise can be disheartening for an artist at times, but anyone paying attention when Hannah Harber takes to the Sparkman Wharf stage is in for a treat. The Sanford songwriter quietly released one of 2019’s best Americana records (Long Time Coming) in January, and her band has been on fire ever since.

Hannah Harber & the Lionhearts. Fri. Aug. 30, 6 p.m. No cover. Sparkman Wharf, Tampa. hannahharber.com.

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This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 5, 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...