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Talking drummer

BY ERIC SNIDER

How a master percussionist from Mali found his way to Tampa and Tropical Heatwave.

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The Heatwave is On

BY ERIC SNIDER AND WADE TATANGELO

And we've got the complete lineup of this year's acts.

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Soul Rebels want to funk up Heatwave

05.14.08 | BY WADE TATANGELO

New Orleans hip-hop ensemble prepare to heat up Ybor.

MUSIC WEEK BRIEFS

Drive-By Truckers roll in to Jannus

05.14.08 | BY WADE TATANGELO

The most important Southern rock band to emerge in decades, the Drive-By Truckers suffered a pretty...

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Tropical Heatwave, Greymarket

05.14.08 | BY WADE TATANGELO

Plus Ace Frehley

UPCOMING CONCERTS

MUSIC BLOGS

TAMPA CALLING

Mari Digby: talent or gimmick?

05.15.08

I'd never heard of Marie Digby until this morning, when a press release about her June 9 appearance at Orpheum in Ybor City, popped up my inbox. Anyone out there familiar with her? Apparently, I'm not spending enough time perusing YouTube for budding stars. Here's the publicity info on this "YouTube-created creature" (a term used [...]

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Tropical Heatwave and more in new CL

05.14.08

WMNF's 27th annual Tropical Heatwave bash takes place Saturday and I'm totally stoked. Six stages in and around the Cuban Club in Ybor City featuring an eclectic lineup of under-the-radar national greats and local standouts. What has me giddiest, though, is the debut of the "Louisiana Stage" (El Pasaje Plaza), where attendees will find this [...]

TAMPA CALLING

Another look at New Orleans

05.14.08

My Creative Loafing coworker Leilani, her husband Phil and friend Alex, the three people I drove with to New Orleans two weeks ago for Jazz Fest, had a much different experience on Frenchmen Street than I did. You can read about my Saturday night revelry in the Bar Tab column "Up, up and away: Balloons, [...]