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✔️= Critic's Pick
✔️ USF Monday Night Jazz: The Ellen Rowe Project Ellen Rowe’s resumé is enviable. The pianist has been a professor at the University of Michigan for more than two decades, and she founded the jazz program at Uconn where she was the world’s first female chair of a major university jazz department. Rowe is releasing a new album (Momentum – Portraits of Women In Motion) on the same day of this show at the University of South Florida where she’ll be backed by an all-woman ensemble playing Rowe’s pieces dedicated to inspirational figures in fields ranging from music to athletics, and social justice to environmental preservation. (School of Music Concert Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa) INFO
Windhand w/Genocide Pact A love for grunge is the cornerstone of a new album from Windhand, but the Richmond, Virginia doom-metal band also hangs its hat on the velvety vocals of frontwoman Dorthia Cottrell, whose voice reminded NPR of “a perfectly overdriven amp.” Even the famously finicky Pitchfork — which called Cottrell one of the most persuasive metal singers to emerge this decade — called Eternal Return riveting from “end to end.” (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
*See a list of venues hosting residencies and tribute or cover bands at the bottom of this post.
The Venus w/Johnny Mile & the Kilometers/Fun Isn't Fair (The Hub, Tampa) INFO
Rock and Soul w/Mes McDonald/DJ Silence (The Hub, Tampa) INFO
Mischief Mondays w/DJ Ku (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Erika Sparks & Country Sunshine (2 shows) (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo) INFO
January 28, Rock Bottom String Band (Ringside Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
January 28-February 2, Busch Gardens Real Music Real Masters w/Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone (Stanleyville at Busch Gardens, Tampa) INFOFollow us on Twitter (@cl_music) and subscribe to the newsletter, too.
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Below is a list of clubs and restaurants that either regularly book both original music acts as well as tribute and cover bands or feature a concert calendar stocked with higher-quality residents. Follow the links to see more.
Residencies
c. 1949 Florida Beer Garden 6905 N Orleans Ave., Tampa
Hideaway Café 1756 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
Jazz House Supper Club 9331 East Adamo Dr., Tampa
The Landing at Jannus 200 First Ave N., St. Petersburg
The Living Room 487 Main St., Dunedin
The Mandarin Hide 231 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
Ringside Café 16 2nd St N., St. Petersburg
Ruby's Elixir 15 3rd St. N., St. Petersburg
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 5223 Orient Rd, Tampa
Tampa Armature Works 1910 N Ola Ave., Tampa
The Vinoy Renaissance 501 5th Ave NE, St. Petersburg
Tribute/Cover/Open Mics
3 Daughters Brewing 222 22nd St., St. Petersburg
Barefoot Billy's Friendly Tavern 3120 W. Gandy Blvd, Tampa
Buckets Grill & Tap 4535 Gunn Hwy., Tampa
Captain Jack’s On The Water 21 Oscar Hill Rd., Tarpon Springs
Caddy's On The Beach 9000 W Gulf Blvd, Treasure Island
Café Hey 1540 N Franklin St., Tampa
Gator's 12754 Kingfish Dr., Treasure Island
Green Iguana 4029 S. Westshore Blvd., Tampa
Ferg's Live 490 Channelside Dr., Tampa
JD's Restaurant & Lounge 125 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach
Hula Bay Club 5210 W Tyson Ave., Tampa
O'Briens Irish Pub Multiple Locations, Tampa
Rick's On The River 2305 N Willow Ave., Tampa
Smokin' 19 3080-3090 34th St N., St. Petersburg
Two Buks 1915 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater
Yeoman Cask & Lion (two locations: 202 N. Morgan St., Tampa; 200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg)
This article appears in Jan 24-31, 2019.