{"id":161252,"date":"2026-02-19T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161252\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:55:07","slug":"handsome-americana-songwriter-cory-branan-returns-to-tampa-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161252\/","title":{"rendered":"Handsome Americana songwriter Cory Branan returns to Tampa this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"352670\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/cory-branan-photo-by-nicole-kibert-basler\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cory-Branan-Photo-by-Nicole-Kibert-Basler-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1708&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1708\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cory Branan Photo by Nicole Kibert Basler\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cory Branan plays Eddie\u2019s Attic in Atlanta, Georgia on Nov. 16, 2022.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cory-Branan-Photo-by-Nicole-Kibert-Basler-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cory-Branan-Photo-by-Nicole-Kibert-Basler-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cory-Branan-Photo-by-Nicole-Kibert-Basler.jpg\" alt=\"Singer-songwriter Cory Branan performs live on stage at Eddie's Attic. He is smiling while singing and playing an acoustic guitar, positioned in front of a blue curtain and a banner for the music venue.\" class=\"wp-image-352670\"  \/>Cory Branan plays Eddie\u2019s Attic in Atlanta, Georgia on Nov. 16, 2022. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2o16cvi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Kibert Basler \/ elawgrrl\/Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sorry to all the Tim Barrys, Chuck Ragans, and even Frank Turners out there, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corybranan.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.corybranan.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cory Branan<\/a> is the most-handsome alt-country punk-Americana guy floating around out there. After a short-ish set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/chuck-ragan-brings-tim-barry-and-cory-branan-for-one-last-crowbar-singalong\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/chuck-ragan-brings-tim-barry-and-cory-branan-for-one-last-crowbar-singalong\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opening for Barry and Ragan last month,<\/a> the 51-year-old is fresh of a Tyler Childers collaboration and back in town and headlining New World three years after his latest album, When I Go I Ghost.<\/p>\n<p>Revered among his peers\u2014he\u2019s also collaborated with Lydia Loveless, Jason Isbell, Craig Finn, and Laura Jane Grace\u2014expect Branan to pull from the full depth of his storied career at this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corybranan.bandcamp.com\/track\/steppin-outside\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steppin&#8217; Outside by Cory Branan (feat. Tyler Childers)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/feb-12-18-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 12 \u2013 18, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cory Branan plays Eddie\u2019s Attic in Atlanta, Georgia on Nov. 16, 2022. 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