{"id":305592,"date":"2026-06-12T20:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305592\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:13:18","slug":"funky-soulful-florida-expat-fast-preacher-is-back-in-tampa-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305592\/","title":{"rendered":"Funky, soulful, Florida expat Fast Preacher is back in Tampa on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"362242\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/fast-preacher-chandler-culotta-wmnf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fast-Preacher-Chandler-Culotta-WMNF-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1703&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1703\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chandler M. Culotta&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652469920&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2021 Chandler M. Culotta&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fast Preacher Chandler Culotta WMNF\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fast Preacher plays the \u2018Live Music Showcase\u2019 on WMNF Tampa in Tampa, Florida on May 13, 2022.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fast-Preacher-Chandler-Culotta-WMNF-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fast-Preacher-Chandler-Culotta-WMNF.jpg\" alt=\"A wide, eye-level, live performance photograph of the band Fast Preacher recording at WMNF in Tampa, Florida. In the foreground, a guitarist with wavy brown hair, wearing a cream-colored button-down shirt and headphones, plays an electric guitar while facing toward the center of the room. To their left, another band member wearing a tan t-shirt plays a separate electric guitar. In the background, a third band member is seated at a piano, also wearing headphones and playing into a studio microphone. The studio features teal-colored walls, wood flooring, and an 'EXIT' sign illuminated in red above a doorway in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-362242\"  \/>Fast Preacher plays the \u2018Live Music Showcase\u2019 on WMNF Tampa in Tampa, Florida on May 13, 2022. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wmnf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Culotta-Chandler-Fast-Preacher-20.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chandler Culotta \/ WMNF\/Tampa Bay Journalism Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most any visit from Daniel Hanson includes an appearance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/interview-katara-spent-years-bottling-up-all-the-joy-on-its-new-album-these-days-17687923\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/interview-katara-spent-years-bottling-up-all-the-joy-on-its-new-album-these-days-17687923\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katara<\/a>, and that\u2019s what is happening this week when the Florida-Illinois songwriter brings his Fast Preacher project back to town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For fans of \u201cdamn that boy can sing\u201d soul and pop, Wilson and Katara are in good company on the support bill thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/anthonysantaniello\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Santaniello<\/a> who plays synth-driven vintage pop under the Antro Banks moniker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evening should be unforgettable, too, as Hanson recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/music\/prodigal-rockers-fast-preacher-return-to-orlando-to-kick-off-their-interstate-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Orlando Weekly<\/a> that his band is currently made up of players totally obsessed with Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowbarybor.com\/#\/events\/170150\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.crowbarybor.com\/#\/events\/170150\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Katara, Fast Preacher, and Antro Banks at Crowbar in Ybor City on Thursday, June 18 are still available and start at $15.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fastpreacher.bandcamp.com\/track\/full-moon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full Moon by Fast Preacher<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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\/june-11-17-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 11 \u2013 17, 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":"Fast Preacher plays the \u2018Live Music Showcase\u2019 on WMNF Tampa in Tampa, Florida on May 13, 2022. 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