Scott Hopkins, Author at MUSICFESTNEWS • Page 3 of 177

Friday, April 24, was a typical night around the Tampa Bay area, dozens of outstanding concerts to attract music fans of all sorts. We had … Continued

There has been a lot of discussion about bands such as Khruangbin, Glass Beads, Arc de Soleil, and new entry Angine de Poitrine. We would … Continued

You just can’t know the players without a program. Everybody is everywhere. With that in find, here is how to catch up with bass player … Continued

The inaugural Fox Fam Jam provided a wonderful weekend of music, friendship, and love at Florida Sand Music Park April 10–12. We are grateful to … Continued

[All photographs courtesy of Hunter Nicole Bryant] This year’s annual Spring Beer Jam marked the 30th time Dunedin Brewery hosted a weekend chock-full of great … Continued

Multi-instrumentalist Kyle Sareyani first surfaced for us in 2016 playing keyboards and flute with The Reality. Shortly after that he launched his Mr. Whiskers one-man … Continued

OK, to be fair, this was actually Custard Pie’s second show back after a six-year hiatus. Irrelevant. This trio came roaring back with a joyous … Continued

Charles Griffin and I were talking evolution. Musical evolution. We were listening to Sauce Pocket headlining the first night of the inaugural Fox Fam Jam … Continued

TELL ME YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ANY NEW MUSIC (OTHER THAN TERRESTRIAL RADIO) WITHOUT TELLING ME YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ANY NEW MUSIC: “There’s just something comforting … Continued

The Tampa Bay area regularly sports an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music, and the weekend of April 10–12 is absolutely overflowing with … Continued