Miami-born songwriter Danny Kiranos was back in his home state this week and stopped into Tampa to play his haunted, painful Americana at Orpheum. Better known as Amigo The Devil, the 37-year-old was supposed to be at Floridian Social in St. Petersburg before ownership at the St. Pete venue changed directions in its talent buying. Tele Novella and David Talley opened the relocated gig.

Tele Novella
David Talley
Amigo the Devil
Amigo the Devil plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on May 1, 2025. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker

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...