Dainon Moody
Senior Staff Writer: 

 

I’ve been known to play Neil Young’s Harvest loudly on the turntable at three o’clock in the morning. I’m a freelance writer currently living in Orlando, Florida. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Utah State University.

 
If you wish to contact me, email
dainon@showsigoto.com
  
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  “Throwdown by the Bay” | Chris Stapleton Live Review + Photos (w/ Maddie and Tae, Little Big Town) | Amalie Arena Tampa | January 30, 2016

  by Dainon Moody

  It didn’t take me more than half a verse into Chris Stapleton’s set to know exactly what I wanted to do at Tampa’s Amalie

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: The Legendary Shack Shakers | Will’s Pub, Orlando, FL | February 5, 2016

  by Dainon Moody

  A decade or so ago, I had what has stood the test of time as my single most unexpectedly thrilling live concert experience to

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Snarky Puppy | Sponsored by: Barley and Vine Biergarten | Coming to The Plaza Live Orlando | Tuesday, January 5, 2016

  by Dainon Moody

  All in favor of having their heads opened good and wide, raise your hands and keep them raised. Snarky Puppy is prepared to do

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Gang of Four | Coming to The Social Orlando | Tuesday, October 27, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  To hear Gang of Four’s guitarist (and last remaining original member), speak of his band, you’re hearing someone with his

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  ALBUM REVIEW: Weary Hours by Kaleigh Baker | Available Oct. 16

  by Dainon Moody

  Add Kaleigh Baker’s full length-album, Weary Hours, to the things your October will sound like. It’s released to the world

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  Dr. Dog Live Review & Concert Photos w/ SWIMM | State Theatre St. Pete | Sept. 28, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  I had the idea before ever seeing Dr. Dog for the umpteenth time (and before these handful of imbibed beers) that I was going to

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  José González Live Review | The Social Orlando | September 30, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  You learn, in time, that José González isn’t going to occupy the stage for very long. He’s pretty glad you’ve crowded

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  The Dee Em Bee: Everybody’s Happy, Everybody’s Free | Dave Matthews Band Live Review | Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre Tampa | Wednesday, July 29, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  Shortly before he took the stage, and all by himself at first—the very man owning up to the DM of that DMB equation—we threw

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Dave Matthews Band | Coming To Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre | Wednesday, July 29, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  Let’s do this one from memory. Under The Table and Dreaming was unlike any music I’d heard when I stumbled across it (around

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  Jenny Lewis Live Review | The Beacham Orlando | May 10, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  Here’s what I really want to say, right out of the gate and before the rest of these other words get in the way: Jenny

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  Lisa Loeb Live Review & Concert Photos | The Plaza Live Orlando | May 9 2014

  by Dainon Moody

  Sit on a concert too long without saying much about it and it starts fading fast into the hall of memory. And memories are hard

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  Wilco Will Love You, Baby | Wilco Live Review + Concert Photos | Hard Rock Live Orlando & St. Augustine Amphitheatre | April 28 & May 1, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  There was a time not so many months ago I peered hard inside my mind’s eye and I saw the future of rock ‘n roll laid out in

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  Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Live Review | Finishing Schubert’s Unfinished! | The Plaza Live Orlando | April 27, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

    Perhaps we ought to file this grab bag of thoughts under Performances I Went To. This was more than a “show,” after all.

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  Ticket Giveaway: Lisa Loeb | Coming to The Plaza Live Orlando | May 9, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  If you were alive in the ’90s and within earshot of a couple of radio speakers, you heard Lisa Loeb’s voice. You just

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Wilco | I pledge my allegiance to Wilco | Hard Rock Live Orlando | Tuesday, April 28, 2015

  by Dainon Moody

  There’s a conversation I like to rewind, revisit and replay, one that happened over a decade ago. The gist of it: that the