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Still full of piss and vinegar, John Lydon and PIL rock the State Theatre

November 8, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

By Chyrisse Tabone, Tampa Correspondent Venue: State Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida-November 6, 2015 I have to say I was ecstatic to see Public Image Ltd. (PIL) was coming to the U.S. on tour. It has […]

Chatting with blues musician Anni Piper

November 2, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

Aussie-born blues chanteuse/ bass musician Anni Piper discusses being a female in the music industry, yoga, her favorite charity, her new marriage, and life on the road. […]

Gang of Four brings its brand of post-punk to the State Theatre

November 2, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

By Chyrisse Tabone, Tampa Correspondent Venue: The State Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida–October 28, 2015 British band Gang of Four have been touring heavily in the U.S. this year since releasing their latest album (sans Jon […]

Chatting with UK video ‘ambush’ journalist John Clay

October 30, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

By Chyrisse Tabone, Tampa Correspondent In the Spring I became acquainted with a London punk band called B-Movie Thieves (a really great band, I might add). Their manager at the time was a gentleman named […]

Karlsruhe welcomes Kiss Forever Band ‘home’ for 17th Year Anniversary event

October 24, 2015 Rock At Night Contributor

By Joy Dana Goerig, Karlsruhe Correspondent and Chyrisse Tabone, Tampa Correspondent VENUE: Festhalle Durlach, Karlsruhe, Germany-October 23, 2015 Established Hungarian musicians formed Kiss Forever Band in 1995. Zoltán Váry became Starchild (Paul Stanley), Pocky The […]

Chatting with Frank Grimaldi of Detroit’s Dirty Basement Blues

October 23, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

Frank Grimaldi of Detroit’s Dirty Basement Blues discusses his start in music, traveling to Memphis, his interest in 60s blues-rock, and the music scene in Detroit. […]

‘Fever’, serial killers, and sweet melodies: chatting with UK musician Nigel Thomas

October 18, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

By Chyrisse Tabone, Rock At Night Tampa Correspondent INTERVIEW: UK songwriter/musician Nigel Thomas I recently was introduced to a video for a new single “Fever” by Nigel Thomas, former frontman of UK band The Foxes. […]

With smoke and sweat, Vintage Trouble brings its retro soul to St. Petersburg

October 15, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

By Chyrisse Tabone, Tampa Correspondent Venue: State Theatre, St. Petersburg, Florida-October 14, 2015–Vintage Trouble and support by Greg Holden Having spent my formative years in Detroit with young, hip parents who bought all of the […]

Ghost finds a new flock of converts after epic concert at The Ritz Ybor

October 13, 2015 Chyrisse Tabone, Ph.D.

By Chyrisse Tabone, Tampa Correspondent Venue: The Ritz Ybor, Tampa–October 11, 2015–Ghost with support by Purson I was really excited to see that Swedish band Ghost aka Ghost B.C. was coming to our area. I […]

Here Come the Mummies funk up The Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida

October 10, 2015 Anita Stewart

By Anita Stewart, Journalist and Chyrisse Tabone, Photographer–Tampa Bay, Florida Venue: The Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Florida–October 8, 2015 Stunning opening act, the Greg Billings Band rocked the house! Well, no one knew just how good […]