Lots of live music on tap this weekend before Thanksgiving. A breakdown below...
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
The Whiskey Gentry, The Higher Choir, Will Quinlan A few Atlanta-area roots-hued acts share the New World's patio stage with the Bay area's own folk rock troubadour Will Quinlan on this night - The Whiskey Gentry, their country-twangy fiddle-jumping sound fueled by the sweet drawling vocal melodies of frontwoman Lauren Staley, and The Higher Choir, their bourbon-kicking organ-driven tunes led by the rough-rasping howls of Chance Walls. (New World Brewery, Ybor City)
Clint Black Texas country music staple Clint Black enjoyed his come-up in the late '80s with a debut full-length, Killin' Time, that spawned four No. 1 singles and earned the then-fresh multi-instrumental singer-songwriter four Academy of Country Music awards. He's put out eight LPs and a few holiday albums since as well as several compilations; the fourth and latest collection, When I Said I Do, is a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store exclusive that dropped last year and found Black re-recording the title track along with other love songs spanning his more than 25-year career. (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Instruments of Change 'Play it Forward' Concert Locally-based nonprofit organization Instruments of Change - which provides new and gently used instruments and free instruction to the community's disadvantaged youth - celebrates its five-year anniversary with its second annual Play It Forward concert. The national headliner is country music crooner Amber Carrington, who enjoyed her time in the spotlight as a top five semi-finalist coached by Adam Levine on Season 4 of NBC's The Voice. Also performing on this night is Striking Matches, a harmonizing country-rock duo made up of Sarah Zimmermann (guitar, mandolin) and Justin Davis (guitar), who've had seven songs featured on ABC drama Nashville, and rising young (17-year-old) songstress of twangy sounds, hometown favorite Caroline Kole. (Ferguson Hall at the Straz Center for Performing Arts, Tampa)
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Tampa Heights Music Festival with Jeff Kashiwa, Spam All Stars, New Groove City Feat. Gumbi Ortiz, Acme Jazz Garage, The Gerry Williams Band, Dynasty This weekend seems to be jam-packed with small, diverse and well-curated festivals, including the inaugural Tampa Heights Music Festival, a free (tickets required) day-long event that brings a handful of acts to the new Water Works Park. The flavors of the day are jazzy, funky, soulful and worldly, with an obvious highlight in Miami-spawned hip hop-and-Latin-music fused groovetronic ensemble Spam All Stars, and smooth n' easy jazz fusion sax player Jeff Kashiwa, best known for his tenure with The Rippingtons. (Water Works Park, Tampa)
Listener with Homeless Gospel Choir, Fero Lux, Brother Cephus A rather diverse bill of Saturday night music as headed up by Listener, aka Dan Smith, a Arkansas musician doling out doses of self-styled 'talk music,' his gruff-drawling stream of consciousness-style waxings on the American condition delivered over three albums worth of twangy, crunchy rock n' roll. (Orpheum, Ybor City)
Kurt Travis with Hotel Books, Tommy Boys, Samurai Shotgun, Rising Down Dance Gavin Dance's former frontman and the current leader of A Lot Like Birds, Kurt Travis, hits Ybor behind his studio full-length, Everything Is Beautiful. Also of note: Hotel Books, which pits gruff-voiced spoken word vocalizations against ambient post-rock instrumentals. (Market on 7th, Ybor City)
Thanksgiving Murkfest 3! with Mickey Spixx, Virginia Rose Band, Five Drexler, Genolexis, Ken Kong, Lyrikal & F.E.T.U.S, Trigger City Trio, Da Unknown Poet, Pedro El Poeta, OneRuggedSoul & many more Thanksgiving Murkfest strives to expose the diversity and hard-won chops of the local music scene via a day-long showcase featuring Bay area rock and hip hop acts. The third annual event is held at artist-owned gallery/warehouse Kymatic Studios and among the performers are femme-led crunchy alt rocking and driving Virginia Rose Band, which celebrates the release of a debut full-length, Make Believe; F.E.T.U.S., an emcee that delivers a darker, fiercer brand of hip hop in the vein of Tech N9ne but with more Southern crunking production by Lyrikal; and OneRuggedSoul, a trio with prog-heavy sounds that rip and rage, then slow down to a deliberate, drawn-out seethe only to regain propulsive speed in new single 'Devils.' Music starts at 7 p.m.; admission is $5. (Kymatic Studios, St. Petersburg)
Snacking, You'll Live, Shady Nasty, Basebourne, Pilgrimage A fatty pack of heavy Florida-brewed talent ranging from the experimental math-y technicality and tempo-changing ambient-meets-driving experimentalism of Lakeland's Pilgrimage, to the emo-soaked alt rock propulsion of South Florida's Basebourne. More info on The Fuzz Factory - a new(ish) DIY-style venue bringing touring indie acts to Gulfport - right here. (Fuzz Factory, Gulfport)
Miggs The latest round of dates from miggs - the Tampa pop rock band led by namesake native vocalist/guitarist Don Miggs - is a hype tour for forthcoming sixth studio album due out in early 2015 and preceded by anthemic groove-vibing first single 'Walls Come Down.' (Jaeb Theater at the Straz Center for Performing Arts, Tampa)
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Hooten Holler Country Jamboree wiyh Coctel Del Diablo, Dank III, Doug Burns, Gotohells, Hairdresser On Fire, The Huckleberry Family, Rebekah Pulley, Sara Rose Band, Uncle Pervy, Zanesville In the vein of past tributes paying tribute to yacht rock and '80s hair metal, Pretty Voices/Crippled Masters musician and scene staple Roger Peterson stages Hooten Holler Country Jamboree, which finds nearly a dozen local acts putting their original sonic stamp on old school country n' western fare. I imagine 'Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw' and 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' will be in there somewhere, maybe even an 'Islands in the Stream.' Re-imagined cuts by elder greats like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Willy Nelson, Hank Williams (Jr. and Sr.), Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Rosanne Cash and Buck Owens are likely on tap as well, but so far, participants have kept mum about exact setlist selections. You'll just have to pony up $5 and find out for yourself. (Local 662, St. Petersburg)
Melissa Etheridge The smoky-voiced acoustic guitar-rocking songstress has dealt with a lot of personal matters on a public-scale forum: her sexuality (she came out in 1993), her relationships (she has two children with ex-partner Julie Cypher, both fathered by CSNY primary David Crosby, and twins with ex-wife Tammy Lynn Michaels), her breast cancer scare (in remission since 2005) and her use of medical marijuana as a result. Sometimes all this news overshadows Melissa Etheridge's musical accomplishments, namely five multi-platinum-selling albums, a few Grammys and a creative well that continues yielding new material; her 12th studio LP, This is M.E. (ME), dropped in September. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Sykes Chapel Concert Artist Series: Tom Teasley This free afternoon concert presented by University of Tampa features the talents of DC-area world percussionist and educator Tom Teasley, who uses parts of a drum-kit along with clay drums, marimba, shakers, djembe, Hang and various other exotic hand percussion instruments to build solos using techniques from around the globe. Here, his set touches on traditional, improvisational and original works, combining ancient percussion with digital technology. Teasley has received three Fulbright-Hayes Awards for his collaborations with indigenous master musicians. (Sykes Chapel at UT, Tampa)
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PUJOL with Sonic Graffiti, Florida Night Heat Despite being laid-down in clumsy, slap-dash recording conditions (a temporary studio set up at a teen suicide-prevention center and operated during its closed office hours, from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m.), and using mostly borrowed and donated gear, the new sophomore outing from Daniel Pujol aka PUJOL, Kludge - the album fueling this tour - is rather well-crafted, good-natured, buoyant yet crusty garage rock. (New World Brewery, Ybor City)
Rock School Blowout The Patel Conservatory's free showcase featuring students from its Rock School program moves off-campus to the Skipperdome. After their performances of classic and new rock n' roll tunes, locally-grown virtuoso Christie Lenée delivers a solo set showing off her impressive guitar prowess. (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
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