Ryan Montbleau Credit: Photo via Montbleau/Facebook

Folk singer-songwriter Ryan Montbleau spent a few weeks last month opening for Todd Snider, an old buddy of the late John Prine.

Montbleau—who just released the final installment of his four-EP saga, Wood, Fire, Water, and Air earlier this year—is now in the midst of an acoustic solo run, and Tampa must hold a special place in his heart, because Montbleau will be at The Attic in Ybor City from Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 12-13 for his only two-night stint on the current leg of his tour.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...