The 78-year-old Empress of Soul is one of this yearโs Kennedy Center honorees, along with Tania Leรณn, Amy Grant, and U2. While the famed ceremony will take place in Decemberโtwo months before she rolls into townโif Knight’s debut at the Hard Rock is half as lifting as her performance at Ruth Eckerd Hall earlier this year, it might as well go down as the best thing that ever happens at the Hard Rock in 2023.
And if you want to start the night with chicken and waffles, Ellaโs Americana Folk Art Cafeโlocated on N Nebraska Ave., just off of Hillsborough Ave.โopens at 5 on Tuesdays.
This article appears in Oct 20-26, 2022.


