Will Quinlan, who plays Independent Bar & Cafe in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 29, 2023. Credit: Ysanne Taylor c/o Gasparilla Music Festival

For years, Tampa songwriter Will Quinlan’s been more-or-less the king of folky melancholia, but on a new song, “Radio Life,” he taps into a little bit of power-pop for an anthem that’ll please fans of both The Kinks and Hollies alike.

He plays a free show at this equally-loved Seminole Heights watering hole that’s encouraging attendees to wear their best Quinlan attire (flannel, jeans, glasses and a hat). Powerhouse vocalist, and world-class whistler, songwriter Kaleigh Baker opens the show along with Adam Randall.

Tickets to see Will Quinlan, Kaleigh Baker, and Adam Randall at Tampa’s Independent Bar & Cafe on Sunday Oct. 29 are no cover.

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This article appears in Oct 19-25, 2023.

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...