Teenage Tampa songwriter JudyAnne Jackson releases new EP in Ybor City on Friday

She’s grown up in front of our eyes.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 9:22 am

Photo via jajacksonmusic/Facebook

JudyAnne Jackson, who plays 1920 in Ybor City, Florida on Nov. 10, 2023.

Tampa songwriter JudyAnne Jackson has grown up before her hometown’s eyes, and she heads to a venue that wants to usher in Ybor City’s next chapter for this record release show.

The 15-year-old’s new EP, Dear Me, is a tender reflection on life driven by hooks, melodies and steel guitar that is ready to dominate radio (“Empty Party Of Me”), keep fans company on lonely nights (the title track), and push Jackson into the next phase of her evolution (“Eneme”).

This show is also an instrument drop off for local nonprofit Gasparilla Music Foundation, which will give a three-day pass to its Gasparilla Music Festival to anyone who donates a gently-used brass or woodwind instrument at the door.

Tickets to see JudyAnne Jackson at Ybor City's 1920 on Friday, Nov. 10 are still available and start at $20.
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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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