Bilheimer Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n
Al Di Meola<\/p>\n
CLEARWATER \u2014 Grammy Award-Winner Al Di Meola will perform on Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.<\/p>\n
Tickets start at $64. Visit www.rutheckerdhall.com<\/a> or call 727-791-7400.<\/p>\n Al Di Meola, a living legend in the world of guitar, has been at the forefront of contemporary music for over five decades. His innovative blend of complex rhythmic syncopation, lyrical melodies, and sophisticated harmonies has earned him critical acclaim and widespread recognition, including induction into the Guitar Player Magazine Gallery of Greats. With four gold albums, two platinum albums, and over 6 million record sales worldwide, Di Meola\u2019s artistry has left an indelible mark on music history. His accolades include five gold albums, one Grammy award, 12 Guitar Player Magazine awards, and prestigious honors such as the Miles Davis Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BBC, and an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n Renowned not only for his technical mastery on both acoustic and electric guitars but also for his prolific composing career, Di Meola has released more than 30 solo albums. He first gained prominence as a member of the fusion supergroup Return to Forever, alongside Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White. Di Meola\u2019s collaborations with other virtuosos, such as John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia in the Guitar Trio, have further solidified his status as one of the most influential guitarists of all time.<\/p>\n Throughout his career, Di Meola has continuously explored world music influences, incorporating flamenco, tango, and Middle Eastern sounds into his work. His group, World Sinfonia, showcases his pioneering fusion of global genres with jazz. From his early albums, like \u201cElegant Gypsy\u201d and \u201cLand of the Midnight Sun,\u201d to more recent works like \u201cOpus\u201d and \u201cAcross the Universe,\u201d his music continues to evolve and captivate audiences worldwide.<\/p>\n Central Park Performing Arts Center<\/p>\n The New York Voices<\/p>\n LARGO \u2014 The internationally acclaimed jazz quartet New York Voices will take the stage Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., at the Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Drive, Largo.<\/p>\n Tickets range from $25 to $40. Visit LargoArts.com<\/a> or call 727-587-6793. The performance is part of their final tour together. After 38 years of recording, touring, and touching the hearts of listeners worldwide, the group will take their final bow at the end of 2026 as they embark on individual artistic pursuits.<\/p>\n Celebrated for their impeccable harmonies, intricate arrangements, and dynamic performances, the Grammy Award\u2013winning quartet has graced some of the world\u2019s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Kennedy Center. Along the way, they have collaborated with legendary artists such as the Count Basie Orchestra, Paquito D\u2019Rivera, and the Boston Pops, and were featured in two of their Grammy Award\u2013winning projects.<\/p>\n Group members include Kim Nazarian, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan, and Darmon Meader.<\/p>\n Nazarian is a world-renowned, Grammy-nominated jazz performing and recording artist, educator, and clinician. She has been performing all over the world with the New York Voices for more than 35 years.<\/p>\n Eldridge has remained at the forefront of both the singer-songwriter and jazz realms as a vocalist, pianist, composer, and arranger for years. He has four critically acclaimed albums and is a founding member of the New York Voices.<\/p>\n Kinhan, a vocalist, composer, and Berklee College of Music graduate, has been creating genre-merging music for years as evidenced on her four solo CDs, Circle in a Square, Avalon, and Hardly Blinking and her most recent all-standard collection, A Sleepin\u2019 Bee.<\/p>\n Meader, recognized in both the jazz vocal and instrumental worlds, is a highly respected vocalist, arranger and saxophonist. He has achieved international recognition as the founder, musical director, chief arranger, composer, producer, saxophonist, and vocalist with New York Voices.<\/p>\n Central Park Performing Arts Center<\/p>\n St. Paul & The Minneapolis Funk All-Stars<\/p>\n LARGO \u2014 St. Paul & The Minneapolis Funk All-Stars will perform on Friday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., at the Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Drive, Largo.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $25. Visit LargoArts.com<\/a> or call 727-587-6793.<\/p>\n Led by St. Paul Peterson, former member of The Time and The Family, this band celebrates the iconic electro-funk-rock sound of the 1980s Twin Cities.<\/p>\n Handpicked by Prince to play keyboards for The Time and later to front The Family, St. Paul Peterson is one of the best musicians to emerge from Minneapolis. In the spirit of Motown\u2019s Funk Brothers, he has brought together an ensemble of world-class musicians, all veterans of Prince\u2019s bands who helped write, produce, and perform some of the biggest hits of the funk-rock era.<\/p>\n Jannus Live<\/p>\n Runaway Gin<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Runaway Gin will perform on Thursday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m., at Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $22.24. Visit www.jannuslive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n With over 555 shows performed since its inception in 2014, Runaway Gin is the world\u2019s most notable Phish tribute project. They have been voted the Best Phish Tribute in the World two years in a row and 2022 Charleston Jam Band of the Year. On July 4, 2015, after the second show of the Grateful Dead GD50 run, Runaway Gin sold out the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago, catapulting them from a Southeastern regional act onto the national scene. The band has also made numerous festival appearances including Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival, Resonance Music and Arts Festival, the Woodlands Music and Arts Festival, Nextival, Hidden in the Hollow Festival and has headlined top national venues such as the Norva, the National, Jannus Live, and the Georgia Theater.<\/p>\n The members of Runaway Gin have united with the goal of creating musical moments inspired by Phish. The band’s song list is constantly growing and their improvisational and communication skills are constantly developing independently and together. Like Phish, Runaway Gin will never play the same show or jam the same way twice, making every show a unique experience and every moment pure artistic creation.<\/p>\n Band members include Andy Greenberg on guitar and vocals, Jennifer Reiser on keyboards and vocals, Curtis Wingfield on drums and vocals, and David \u201cDKat\u201d Katilius on bass and vocals.<\/p>\n Jannus Live<\/p>\n Bi-2<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Belarusian alternative rockers Bi-2 will perform on Sunday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m., at Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg. Tickets start at $82. Visit www.jannuslive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Bi-2 band is thrilled to announce the start of its new world concert tour \u201cAll The Best,\u201d named after the Bi-2\u2019s recent release. The band will play the set of its greatest hits of all time in an updated sound \u2014 some of these versions can be heard on the \u201cAll The Best Vol. 1\u201d album released in February.<\/p>\n \u201cAll The Best Vol. 1\u201d contains evergreens that Bi-2 fans always await, re-recorded with the original arrangements but using new cutting-edge technologies. These smash hits will be performed on tour exactly as they appear on the album, spiced up with the pure emotions of the live show.<\/p>\n The band\u2019s previous \u201cHallelujah World Tour\u201d rolled for a year and a half. With more than 30 countries visited and more than 60 gigs played, it was a huge success. As the new tour is about to start, the band members are excited to visit new countries, play in new cities and meet new people.<\/p>\n Jannus Live<\/p>\n Nothing More & Catch Your Breath<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Grammy-nominated Nothing More will perform on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 5:30 p.m., at Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $52.85. Visit www.jannuslive.com<\/a>. Also performing will be Catch Your Breath, Archers and Doobie.<\/p>\n Nothing More released \u201cCarnal,\u201d their seventh studio album, in June 2024 via Better Noise Music. The boundary-pushing rock outfit will kick off a headline tour on Jan. 14. Band members include Jonny Hawkins (vocals), Mark Vollelunga (guitar), Daniel Oliver (bass), and Ben Anderson (drums).<\/p>\n Nothing More formed in San Antonio, Texas, and currently call Nashville, Tennessee, home. Lauded as one of Kerrang!\u2019s \u201c22 Artists Shaping The Future of Rock,\u201d the band builds unapologetically massive anthems from catchy arena-ready hooks with explosive bombast and nuanced storytelling. With over 1 billion streams and 160 million video views throughout their career, they have earned three Grammy Award nominations and over a half-dozen Top 10 singles at Active Rock radio. They\u2019ve won audiences over across the globe with their immersive and non-stop energetic live performances on tours with rock acts including Godsmack, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, and Papa Roach in addition to appearances at rock\u2019s largest festivals.<\/p>\n In October 2025, Nothing More released their interpretation of \u201cWe\u2019re in This Together\u201d by Nine Inch Nails, which they started recording 11 years ago before being sidetracked by creating their own music.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018We\u2019re in This Together\u2019 sounds like a love song colliding with a war cry,\u201d said frontman Jonny Hawkins. \u201cAlan Watts [the British American writer and orator] once said that \u2018you are the universe experiencing itself\u2019 \u2014 and this song embodies that truth. It\u2019s us against the world, and this song is my inner monologue.\u201d<\/p>\n Mahaffey Theater<\/p>\n The Coral Reefer Band<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 The Coral Reefer Band will keep the party going with a tribute to Jimmy Buffett on Thursday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m., at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts \u2014 Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $100. Visit themahaffey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For over five decades, Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band created the soundtrack to endless summers, salty breezes, and carefree good times. What began in 1973 evolved into one of the most beloved live acts in American music history. Though the legendary Jimmy Buffett passed away in 2023, he left a clear message to \u201ckeep the party going.\u201d And that\u2019s exactly what The Coral Reefer Band continues to do \u2014 with their heart and soul.<\/p>\n Comprised of world-class musicians and longtime friends, The Coral Reefer Band is led by 10-time CMA Musician of the Year and Grammy-nominated Mac McAnally, a key contributor to Buffett\u2019s legacy both onstage and in the studio. Many of the current members have played together for over 30 years, touring the world across 40-plus tours and contributing to more than 30 albums. From co-writing Buffett favorites to McAnally and Michael Utley producing much of his iconic catalog, this band doesn\u2019t just play the music \u2014 they helped create it.<\/p>\n Mahaffey Theater<\/p>\n Mania: The ABBA Tribute<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Mania: The ABBA Tribute will be presented on Friday, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m., at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts \u2014 Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $30.95. Visit themahaffey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The world\u2019s No. 1 touring ABBA tribute is coming back to St. Petersburg as part of their highly anticipated 2026 tour. Since forming in 1999, Mania has been selling out theatres and concert halls worldwide, bringing the magic of ABBA to fans everywhere.<\/p>\n In 2024, the iconic Swedish pop group celebrated the 50th anniversary of their breakthrough hit single, \u201cWaterloo,\u201d and Mania is excited to continue sharing the joy of this monumental milestone with audiences in 2026.<\/p>\n Mania: The ABBA Tribute has toured every continent and played over 3,000 live concerts in more than 35 countries. Recent highlights include a triumphant return to London\u2019s West End for a month-long run at the iconic Shaftesbury Theatre in May 2021 and a 100-date sell-out U.S. tour in 2023-2024. Featuring an extraordinary cast of talented musicians and performers, Mania: The ABBA Tribute delivers an authentic and unforgettable tribute to the legendary Swedish band that has captured the hearts of fans for generations.<\/p>\n Mahaffey Theater<\/p>\n Gregory Alan Isakov<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Gregory Alan Isakov will perform on Sunday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m., at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts \u2014 Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $124.02. Visit themahaffey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Isakov now calls Colorado home. The horticulturist and musician has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his six full-length studio albums, including \u201cThat Sea,\u201d \u201cThe Gambler,\u201d \u201cThis Empty Northern Hemisphere,\u201d \u201cThe Weatherman,\u201d \u201cGregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony,\u201d \u201cEvening Machines,\u201d and \u201cAppaloosa Bones.\u201d \u201cEvening Machines was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Folk Album.<\/p>\n Isakov tours internationally with his band, and has performed with several national symphony orchestras across the United States. When he is not on the road, he runs Starling Farm, a small farm in Boulder County which provides produce to CSA members, restaurants, and Community Food Share, a local food bank.<\/p>\n Mahaffey Theater<\/p>\n Morrissey<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Morrissey will perform on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m., at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts \u2014 Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $86. Visit themahaffey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Morrissey\u2019s influence and music legacy is irrefutable. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in British pop as well as one of the greatest lyricists of his generation, Morrissey has 13 solo studio albums, a string of No. 1 records, and an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British music. Morrissey recently received a 2024 Social Vanguard Award in recognition of his \u201coutstanding service and dedication to Animals Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n As lead singer of The Smiths, he marked forever the history of music with only four albums. As a soloist, he has consolidated a sound that still reverberates today, making him one of the most acclaimed voices of the last four decades. When the debut single from The Smiths, \u201cHand In Glove,\u201d first emerged, the musical landscape was forever changed and launched a rich catalog of songs that includes anthems such as \u201cThis Charming Man,\u201d \u201cHow Soon Is Now?,\u201d \u201cThere Is A Light That Never Goes Out,\u201d \u201cSuedehead,\u201d \u201cEveryday Is Like Sunday,\u201d \u201cIrish Blood, English Heart,\u201d \u201cFirst of the Gang to Die,\u201d and many more.<\/p>\n Music4Life Living Arts Center<\/p>\n Christian Lopez<\/p>\n CLEARWATER \u2014 Christian Lopez will perform on Saturday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m., at the Music4Life Living Arts Center, 1204 Rogers St., Clearwater.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $33.85. Visit wileyhouseconcerts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lopez isn\u2019t merely riding the wave of Americana: The West Virginia native is bending it to its knees. According to a biographical sketch provided by Red Light Management, as the son of a music teacher, Lopez was learning piano and guitar by the time he was in kindergarten, and he recorded his debut EP, \u201cPilot,\u201d produced by Americana super-producer Dave Cobb, when he was just 18.<\/p>\n Since then, Lopez has recorded and released four albums, including \u201cOnward\u201d in 2015, \u201cRed Arrow\u201d in 2017, \u201cThe Other Side\u201d in 2021, and \u201cMagdalena\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I want my music to last in the world, I have to stay as authentic as possible, and that means not compromising or being boxed in,\u201d he said. \u201cThat also applies to just being a human. Wherever that leads me, I\u2019m sure that\u2019ll be the place that I was meant to be, both musically and mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez may be at his most irresistible when he\u2019s crooning. His voice is an earnest tenor, elastic and versatile, yet also lived-in \u2014 roughed up from years spent on the road playing bars and clubs.<\/p>\n Remarkably, Lopez says being a vocalist was never part of the plan.<\/p>\n \u201cI never wanted to be a singer when I started,\u201d he says. That he\u2019s able to admit that now speaks to how far he\u2019s come from the swaggering guitar wunderkind of his teenage years.<\/p>\n The Palladium<\/p>\n Benise & Pavlo<\/p>\n ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Spanish Guitar Entertainment LLC will present Benise & Pavlo on Friday, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m., at the Palladium at St. Petersburg College, 253 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $50. Visit mypalladium.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Emmy award winning artist Benise shattered the mold of Spanish guitar by combining world music and dance. \u201cThe Prince of Spanish Guitar\u201d just launched his 25th anniversary tour and eighth PBS special \u201c25 Years of Passion.\u201d Armed with his Spanish guitar and a stage full of musicians and elaborately choreographed dancers, Benise takes the audience on a musical journey through Spanish flamenco, Cuban salsa, Brazilian samba, Parisian waltz, exotic drumming, and more.<\/p>\n Pavlo\u2019s Mediterranean music speaks for itself. Over the span of his 20-plus-year career, the internationally renowned, award-winning recording artist, performer and songwriter has released 15 albums and four PBS TV concert specials. Pavlo has made a name for himself by offering a musical amalgam he simply calls \u201cMediterranean music\u201d \u2014 a blend of Greek, flamenco, Latin, and even Balkan flavors wrapped in contemporary pop. His music has taken him all around the world.<\/p>\n Safety Harbor Art & Music Center<\/p>\n Pete Muller<\/p>\n SAFETY HARBOR \u2014 Pete Muller will perform on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., at the Safety Harbor Art & Music Center, 706 Second St. N., Safety Harbor.<\/p>\n Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Visit www.safetyharborartandmusiccenter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to his official website, Muller was born in New Jersey. He began his musical journey during his teenage years, picking up regular gigs as a pianist while excelling enough at his academic studies to earn acceptance to Princeton University. A math whiz with a preternatural gift for numbers, he found himself fascinated with the connections between technology and finance, and within a decade of graduating, he\u2019d helped revolutionize the field of quantitative trading, which in turn transformed Wall Street as we know it.<\/p>\n Successful as he was, Muller missed the creative rewards of the arts, so he shifted gears, embarking on a period of equally intense focus on his music that found him busking in the subway, playing small clubs and cafes, and writing his own songs for the first time. After releasing a pair of early albums, he married, moved to California, and became a father. While he eventually returned to the business he\u2019d founded, Muller remained as dedicated as ever to his craft, releasing a series of albums that would lead to dates with the likes of Lisa Loeb, Jimmy Webb, Livingston Taylor, and Paul Thorn along with festival slots everywhere from Telluride to Montreux.<\/p>\n Muller\u2019s unlikely path \u2014 and the lessons he\u2019s learned from it\u2014inform much of \u201cOne Last Dance,\u201d his most recent album. Released in 2025, the album opens with the bittersweet \u201cNew York In the Rain.\u201d Lush and atmospheric, the track captures the feeling of isolation that comes with disappearing in a crowd.<\/p>\n Bilheimer Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n Jesse Cook<\/p>\n CLEARWATER \u2014 Canadian guitarist Jesse Cook will perform on Friday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $26. Visit www.rutheckerdhall.com<\/a> or call 727-791-7400.<\/p>\n A career spanning 25 years has brought Cook multiple accolades including a coveted Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player\u2019s Choice Silver Award, 11 Juno Award nominations, a Gemini Award and 10 platinum and gold studio albums. Moreover, he has sold out concert halls the world over, produced five PBS television specials and five live CDs.<\/p>\n “If you had asked me at age 22, I would have said that I would never, never make music for the public,” Cook said in a press release promoting the tour. “I would have told you that the public is much too fickle \u2014 they may love you one minute and forget you the next. Well, it turns out I did the thing I said I’d never do, and somehow it’s worked out.”<\/p>\n Since launching his career with 1995’s \u201cTempest,\u201d Cook has blazed an incredible trail. Along with being a global-guitar virtuoso, he’s honed his skills as a composer, producer, arranger, performer and, more recently, filmmaker and cultural ambassador. Surprisingly, he started down many of those paths before he even started school.<\/p>\n As a child he was introduced to flamenco while spending summers at his father\u2019s house in the Camargue region of southern France. John Cook\u2019s neighbor happened to be Nico Reyes, guitarist for The Gypsy Kings. Meanwhile his mother, Heather Cook, with whom he lived, enrolled him in Toronto\u2019s prestigious Eli Kassner Guitar Academy.<\/p>\n Cook\u2019s musical education continued at the world-renowned Royal Conservatory, Toronto\u2019s York University and the esteemed Berklee College in Boston. He set his sights on a career as a composer. That was until an Ontario cable TV company aired his music on the listings channel.<\/p>\n This proved to be a critical turning point, leading Cook to self-produce \u201cTempest\u201d at home using an eight-track recorder and one microphone. Then he delivered the initial run of 1,000 CDs from the plant to the distributor in his car. Those humble beginnings quickly sparked a mighty international career.<\/p>\n Bilheimer Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n Judy Collins<\/p>\n CLEARWATER \u2014 Grammy winning artist Judy Collins will perform on Sunday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $35. Visit www.rutheckerdhall.com<\/a> or call 727-791-7400.<\/p>\n Collins has long inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960s, she evoked both the idealism and steely determination of a generation united against social and environmental injustices. Five decades later, her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations bask in the glow of her iconic 55-album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to thrive in the music industry for half a century.<\/p>\n The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions. Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell’s \u201cBoth Sides Now\u201d from her landmark 1967 album, \u201cWildflowers,\u201d has been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Collins\u2019 dreamy and sweetly intimate version of \u201cSend in the Clowns,\u201d a ballad written by Stephen Sondheim for the Broadway musical \u201cA Little Night Music,\u201d won Song of the Year at the 1975 Grammy Awards. She\u2019s garnered several Top 10 gold- and platinum-selling albums. Recently, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Shawn Colvin, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her legacy with the album \u201cBorn to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins.\u201d<\/p>\n Her 55th album, \u201cSpellbound,\u201d released in February 2022, finds Collins enjoying an artistic renaissance. The 13-song album is a special entry in her oeuvre. It marks the first time ever she wrote all the songs on one of her albums. It features 12 new recently-written modern folk songs, and a bonus track of her evergreen, \u201cThe Blizzard.\u201d<\/p>\n Carrollwood Cultural Center<\/p>\n Laila Biali<\/p>\n TAMPA \u2014 Multi-award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and CBC Music national radio host Laila Biali will perform on Friday, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m., at the Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa.<\/p>\n Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for nonmembers. Call 813-922-8167 or visit carrollwoodcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Biali will be performing the music of Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, and Bruce Cockburn. She has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents, from New York City\u2019s Carnegie Hall to Beijing\u2019s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting.<\/p>\n In 2020, Biali was honored by SOCAN Music with the Hagood Hardy Award for Excellence in Songwriting. In 2019, her eponymous release won her a Juno for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. The year prior, she was awarded top prize at the Canadian Songwriting Competition in the jazz category. Biali was also the youngest-ever double winner at Canada\u2019s National Jazz Awards when she was named SOCAN Composer of the Year and Keyboardist of the Year.<\/p>\n Biali received her first Juno nomination for \u201cTracing Light\u201d (2011), and a spot on DownBeat Magazine\u2019s Best Albums of the Year for \u201cLive in Concert\u201d (2013) and \u201cOut of Dust\u201d (2020).<\/p>\n In September of 2017, Biali was brought on as the host for CBC Music\u2019s national radio show, \u201cSaturday Night Jazz,\u201d a weekly show broadcast to listeners across Canada.<\/p>\n Crowbar<\/p>\n Apes of the State<\/p>\n TAMPA \u2014 Apes of the State will perform on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m., at Crowbar, 1812 N. 17th St., Tampa.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $17.67. Visit www.crowbarybor.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apes of the State is an independent Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based folk punk band. Born from the post-rehab bedroom folk punk project of singer\/songwriter April Hartman in 2015, their sound is a distinct blend of classic folk punk, emo, pop punk, folk, and bluegrass with attitude fueled vocals spitting clever lyrical wordplay. The current lineup consists of Dan Ebersole on mandolin and electric guitar, Mollie Swartz on bass and violin, and Ian Cornele on drums.<\/p>\n Despite their growth Apes of the State remains fiercely independent and practices a DIY ethos. They hope to serve as an example that you can achieve success outside of the traditional music industry framework. In April\u2019s words, \u201cwe don\u2019t beg for anyone to pay attention to us and give us opportunities \u2014 we create them for ourselves and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n The Orpheum<\/p>\n Enmy and Softspoken<\/p>\n TAMPA \u2014 Enmy will perform on Saturday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m., at the Orpheum, 14802 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa.<\/p>\n Softspoken also will perform. Tickets start at $20.97. Visit www.theorpheum.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Enmy \u2014 pronounced \u201cEnemy\u201d \u2014 is a four-piece hard rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. The outfit brings a fresh and energetic sound to modern day rock and metalcore by crafting a unique blend of soaring vocals, groove oriented instrumental play, and electronic melodies.<\/p>\n The band\u2019s debut single, \u201cDemon Eyes,\u201d was released in 2020. \u201cBreaking Down,\u201d their debut album, followed in 2021.<\/p>\n Skipper\u2019s Smokehouse<\/p>\n Southern Culture on the Skids<\/p>\n TAMPA \u2014 Southern Culture on the Skids will perform on Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m., at Skipper\u2019s Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa.<\/p>\n