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by Jason Earle
He stands there casting a Stevie Ray Vaughan meets Ronnie Van Zant vibe, with a confidence that belies his nineteen years. Part
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by Jason Earle
Lucero has made a career of tapping into our thirst for hedonistic pleasures. In their nearly seventeen years of existence, they
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by Jason Earle
American Aquarium has built a reputation for scorching live shows in support of increasingly great albums. The last time they
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by Jason Earle
The Red Paintings have developed a reputation of relentlessly staging scorching live shows for the last fifteen years. Lead
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by Jason Earle
Pop music and jazz are two American exports that are embraced worldwide. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox marries those two
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by Jason Earle
Craig Finn was on the roof of an apartment building in Brooklyn on September 11, 2001. He watched the towers fall with a friend
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by Jason Earle
Jeff Mangum, lead singer and songwriter for iconic ’90s lo-fi legends Neutral Milk Hotel, stood by reverently as his horn
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by Jason Earle
It’s 4:30 p.m. on a Sunday at Will’s Pub and Banditos has just opened with “Golden Grease.” The song’s
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by Jason Earle
Wilco’s frontman and genius tunesmith Jeff Tweedy is back in the producer’s booth after two brilliant efforts with the
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by Jason Earle
Pete Holmes spends two hours a week talking to wildly interesting people – comedians, musicians, theologians, and
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by Jason Earle
The human brain wants to categorize and connect things. We think metaphorically from an early age. We insist on making
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by Jason Earle
No one ever sets out to fall in love. It just happens. You meet through a mutual friend, or at a church function, or a bar, and
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by Mitch Foster
The feel of a festival is what really defines its value. Gasparilla Music Festival (GMF) 2015 had all the right feels. The food
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by Jason Earle
“Blood and Justice,” was the second tune that Jacksonville-based Outlaw Bluegrass Band, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine, played
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by Jason Earle
Roadkill Ghost Choir’s mid-afternoon set at Gasparilla Music Festival reminded me of seeing Radiohead ten years ago–the