Revered folk songwriter Possessed by Paul James plays Tampa on Saturday

His live show once made a New York Times best of list.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 11:35 am

Photo by possessedbypauljames/Facebook

Possessed By Paul James, who plays Hooch and Hive in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 13, 2024.

Konrad Wert is almost always teaching, but on the road—which he’s traveled since 2005 with banjo, guitar, and fiddle in hand—the Immokalee-born songwriter’s Possessed by Paul James project fuses roots, bluegrass and folk music with blues and punk (watch the documentary about him, “When It Breaks,” to dive right in).

He brings a hyper-emotive show that once made a New York Times best concerts list to the Hive, which will hopefully listen carefully to what he has to say.

Tickets to see Possessed By Paul James play Hooch and Hive in Tampa on Saturday, Jan. 13 are still available for $17.

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Ray Roa

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 in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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