Here's what we have running in the new Creative Loafing:
- Senior editor Eric Snider interviews British soul singer James Hunter, a highlight at the Tampa Bay Blues Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday at Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg.
- All the blues that fits: Snider and I give you the skinny on who's playing when at this year's blues fest.
- Hello, it's Todd Rundgren.
- The Country Slashers at New World Brewery, Saturday.
- Teenage Bottlerocket, Wanee Festival, Julian Marley and more in Music Week.
- Bradenton alt-country luminaries Have Gun, Will Travel perform Sunday at Skipper's Smokehouse. My profile of the band, which runs in CL's Tampa edition April 17, is the cover story of CL's Sarasota edition this week.
- BAR TAB: The Ultimate Bar (Part One): The ingredients for the perfect watering hole. What would your dream bar feature?
- Spins: New CDs from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, and Counting Crows.
- Blac Soap goes Green.
This article appears in Apr 9-15, 2008.