Love him or hate him, you have to give eclectic local pop singer-songwriter Jeremy Gloff credit; he’s been working the Tampa scene for 13 years and despite his outspoken unhappiness with it, hasn’t moved on like so many other disgruntled musicians. He’s relentlessly creative, and in addition to being a prolific recording artist with 17 albums to his credit (the most recent this year’s terrific THIS), he’s an openly gay artist who’s also an active blogger and columnist in the LGBT community. He has the confidence, impudent humor and take-no-prisoners attitude you’d expect from a pop star, and his efforts deserve recognition. jeremygloff.com.
This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2011.