97X Shindig w/Kaleo/Infinite Eights/WD-HAN We hope you didn’t pay for a ticket to see Icelandic rock and rollers Kaleo. Bay area radio station 97X has been giving them away for the last few weeks as part of its ongoing free “Shindig” concert series, and you might still have a chance at grabbing one depending on when you read this. Get more information via 97xonline.com. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg) INFO
Robin Taylor Zander This son of Cheap Trick frontman Robin Zander is not the only Cheap Trick offspring that plays music, but he is the one playing music tonight (Daxx Nielsen, son of lead guitarist Rick Nielsen plays drums in Cheap Trick; Holland Zander sings in a cover band). Robin Taylor describes his sound as the Beatles meeting The Who, and curious souls can get an up close and personal peek tonight at this St. Pete listening room. (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Tiny Office w/Soapbox Soliloquy Jasmine Deja brings her always-busy Soapbox Soliloquy project into the tight quarters of USF St. Pete’s Connect office where digital media students will capture the sounds of a new album — Good Morning Dragonclaw, which just went on a 12-show, 21-day tour that stretched all the way to Philadelphia — on film while a normally small audience gets to take it all in. Read more about the LP here. (Connect at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg) INFO
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Q&A: Soapbox Soliloquy’s Jasmine Deja discusses new Good Morning Dragonclaw LP, three-song video montage
Motown The Musical Need any more evidence regarding Motown's everlasting impact on the fabric of America? Just look at this Broadway production featuring the music label founder Barry Gourdy brought to a nation that didn't know it needed tunes from the likes of Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and more. The production runs until August 13 and details are available via strazcenter.org. (Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center For the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
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This article appears in Aug 3-10, 2017.