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April 26-28, 2024
In 2013 North Florida regional favorites Jerry Thigpen, Pete Winter, and Jimmy Bone combined their talent and experience toward creating a new musical synergy. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2016 with an encore album anticipated in late spring 2018. Known for their engaging live performances, the Trio’s straight-forward and relatable songwriting showcases strong […]
John Sebastian began his career in the 1950s as a member of the Even Dozen Jug Band, playing guitar, harmonica, and autoharp. He left the group and formed his own band, The Lovin’ Spoonful, in the 60s. His goal was to create a uniquely American counter rock revolution. The first seven singles of the band […]
Chuck E. Costa and his wife Mira Costa are the musicians in the indie folk-pop duo, The Sea, The Sea. The Huffington Post has given high complements to the blended sound of their two vocals. Originally from Troy, New York, the band created their first album, Love We Are We Love, which received praise from […]
Hilary Saunders is the Managing Editor of No Depression, the quarterly print journal on roots music. No Depression began in 1995 and became one of the leading voices in alt-country music journalism. After a brief online-only stint, No Depression returned to print in Winter 2015. Hilary assumed this role in November 2017, after years with […]
Rodger Tripp, the SafariMan, has a BS Degree in Child Development from Florida State. He is a Music Enrichment Teacher, an Educational Entertainer. Rodger was commissioned by The Florida Department of Health to develop a children’s music CD called “Give me 5 a day!” The CD has 4 original fruit and vegetable songs written, sung […]
Matthew Ryan is experiencing a kind of noisy renaissance. It began in 2014 with the release of Boxers, a fevered and smart rock ‘n’ roll record about the working class, produced by Kevin Salem. May 2017 will see the follow-through with Hustle Up Starlings, a heart-on-the-sleeve collection of silvery anthems that further illustrate Ryan’s reinvigorated […]
Mary Frances Rudnick is best known for her whimsical watercolors that feature the coastal communities and wildlife that she loves so much. As a young girl growing up in Tallahassee, Mary’s mother encouraged her to follow her passion and look closely at her surroundings. Mary’s passion led her to an art major at Florida State […]
Three years ago, Michael Rothenberg, co-founder of the global arts movement 100 Thousand Poets for Change, moved to Tallahassee from California where his life’s work had been one of intimate collaboration with the original Beat writers. As a friend and editor to many of these legends, Rothenberg learned directly from the source about collaborative performance […]
Jim Ross, from Ocala, grew up in the Chicago suburbs and graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1989. After graduation, Jim worked for 18 years at the St. Petersburg Times before moving to the Ocala Star-Banner, where he is now managing editor. He also has been an adjunct faculty member at the […]
If you are a fan of the FSU Seminoles or a resident of Florida, you know – or should know – about the writings of Tallahassee’s own Diane Roberts. Her book, Tribal, a comic, critical analysis of a Southern intellectual’s love of FSU football and distaste for the excesses that go with it, made several […]