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A decade-and-a-half after playing Tampa\u2019s Mojo Books<\/a> (with freaking Angel Olsen opening), Bonnie Prince Billy <\/a>still possesses one of the most arresting live shows in indie-rock. Ghosts Of American Psychonauts is proof.<\/p>\n The new live album from the 56-year-old songwriter also known as Will Oldham was recorded last year over two Valentine\u2019s weekend shows in Los Angeles. The short tracklist (just eight cuts) reaches all the way back to 1999 (\u201cI See a Darkness\u201d) and reimagines 2025\u2019s \u201cLondon May\u201d in a way that\u2019s far more emotional than the recorded version on The Purple Bird.<\/p>\n Tampa\u2019s own Piper Harrow\u2014supporting her own a 2025 live release of tenor uke songs<\/a>\u2014opens with quiet folk music that cuts straight to the heart.<\/p>\n Tickets to see Bonnie Prince Billy and Piper Harrow at Bayboro Brewing in St. Petersburg on Sunday, Sept. 27 are still available and start at $41.20.<\/a><\/p>\n Ghosts of American Psychonauts by Bonnie “Prince” Billy<\/a><\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in Sept. 24 \u2013 30, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \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…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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