I'm scheduled to interview Ani DiFranco (pictured in front of the Capitol during the 2004 March for Women's Lives rally) on Friday to advance her March 11 date at Tampa Theatre. She's touring in support of her excellent two-disc retrospective Canon (scroll down for my review).
Post a comment if you have a question I should ask her, or could suggest something I might say to the singer/songwriter that will flatter her and help me nail the greatest DiFranco interview ever. Assistance would be appreciated. I'm a bit awed by her, and will need to be thoroughly prepared unless I wish to come across like a stammering, fanboy hack.
In addition to DiFranco, there are scads of praiseworthy artists playing the area in the next several months. Many of the acts will be spotlighted in Creative Loafing's Spring Arts issue that hits newsstands Wednesday. Pasted below is our latest list of Upcoming Concerts, which can be found here on a weekly basis.
FEBRUARY
14 Scott Imrich w/Brian Repetto Kelly’s Pub
14 The Association Largo Cultural Center
14 Win Win Winter w/Beauvilles/DJ Mega Push Ultra Lounge
15 Kymani Marley Jannus Landing
15 Trisha Yearwood Ruth Eckerd Hall
16 Wanda Jackson w/Unknown Hinson Skipper's Smokehouse
16 Loretta Lynn Cypress Gardens
16 Geri X w/Will Quinlan/Have Gun, Will Travel/Richard Buckner Kelly’s Pub
17 John Tesh Ruth Eckerd Hall
18 Van Halen w/Ky-Mani Marley St. Pete Times Forum
19 Engelbert Humperdinck Ruth Eckerd Hall
20 Stevie Coyle The Craftsman House
20 Poison the Well w/The Chariot/Dance Gavin Dance State Theatre
21 Kenny Drew Jr. Trio Palladium Theatre
21 Gordon Lightfoot Tampa Theatre
21 Sherwood w/Houston Calls/The Higher/Soulfound/Geri X Orpheum
21 Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons Ruth Eckerd Hall
21 Summerbird in the Cellar w/Mouse Fire/DJ Maynard Push Ultra Lounge
22-23 JJGrey & Mofor Skipper’s Smokehouse
22 Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams Holley Hall (Sarasota)
22 Michael Buble St. Pete Times Forum
22 Nervous Turkey Kelly’s Pub
23 Lucero State Theatre
23 Spooky Greenhill Kelly’s Pub
23-24 Anne Murray Ruth Eckerd Hall
24 Paul Thorn Skipper’s Smokehouse
26 Keb' Mo' Tampa Theatre
26 Cobra Starship w/Metro Station/The Cab/We the Kings State Theatre
26 AutoTrain Kelly’s Pub
26 Southern Culture on the Skids Skipper’s Smokehouse
28 Candy Bars w/Trés Bien/Stavros Push Ultra Lounge
29 Pat Green Dallas Bull
29 Deejay Young Blake High School
This article appears in Jan 23-29, 2008.