Artist Spotlight Archives • MUSICFESTNEWS

After The Beach Boys emerged with Surfin’ Safari in 1962, they spent the next three years (’63-’65) pumping out three hit albums a year. Just … Continued

My first exposure to John McLaughlin was in the basement of the University Center at college, where James Cameron, program director of WLVR-FM, the student-run … Continued

We are definitely late to the party here. Drumeo just posted several videos of a remarkable young lady who will simply bowl you over with … Continued

Guest column by Edward Guthmann — Feature image by Doug McKechnie Every afternoon at his home in Oakland, musician/songwriter David Gans climbs the stairs to … Continued

With the release of the incendiary new single “No More Fear,” Tikyra Jackson, the ferocious young drummer and backing vocalist for 2020 Grammy nominees Southern … Continued

In April 2004, The Motet recorded their fourth album, Music for Life, and the first of a trio of albums that would define the band’s … Continued

The Godfather of the Tampa Bay music scene has passed on. He fought a ferocious battle with cancer for years, and honestly we were so … Continued

His name was Buckley. He was a revered musician with an angelic voice who left us far, far too early. No, not Jeff. His daddy, … Continued

There are lots of reasons to get yourself to next week’s Funk Fest Punta Gorda 11, and just about all of them begin and end … Continued

Supernovas, auroras, lightning, sunsets, wind, water, waves — forces of nature all. And then there’s Nikki Glaspie – the alpha and omega of positivity who’s … Continued