{"id":54813,"date":"2025-11-20T23:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54813\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:06:12","slug":"coko-from-swv-plays-rhapsody-suite-anniversary-in-ybor-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54813\/","title":{"rendered":"Coko from SWV plays &#8216;Rhapsody Suite&#8217; anniversary in Ybor City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"593\" data-attachment-id=\"347928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/coko-from-swv-plays-rhapsody-suite-anniversary-in-ybor-city\/attachment\/coko-swv-mlm-images-los-angeles-shutterstock\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coko-SWV-MLM-IMAGES-Los-Angeles-Shutterstock-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C1945&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1945\" 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=\"Coko SWV MLM IMAGES Los Angeles-Shutterstock\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cheryl \u2018Coko\u2019 Gamble at Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles, California on March 4, 2003.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coko-SWV-MLM-IMAGES-Los-Angeles-Shutterstock-scaled.png?fit=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coko-SWV-MLM-IMAGES-Los-Angeles-Shutterstock-scaled.png?fit=780%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coko-SWV-MLM-IMAGES-Los-Angeles-Shutterstock.png\" alt=\"Close-up portrait of singer Coko from the group SWV, with long, wavy brown hair and dark eye makeup, posing at an event against a dark purple backdrop.\" class=\"wp-image-347928\"  \/>Cheryl \u2018Coko\u2019 Gamble at Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles, California on March 4, 2003. Credit: MLM IMAGES Los Angele \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Time really does fly. While <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/7th-and-grove-12645753\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7th+Grove<\/a> is working towards its seventh anniversary, the Rhapsody Suite party the restaurant has hosted celebrates a decade of sexy times this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Taking the stage is Coko Gamble, frontwoman of iconic \u201890s R&amp;B trio Sisters With Voices (SWV). The 55-year-old recently brought the group to the Essence Festival of Culture, and while she may dip into some of the gospel from her solo catalog, expect a lot of the New Jill Swing that earned SWV Grammy nominations in 1994 (Best New Artist) and 2013 (Best Traditional R&amp;B Performance). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-rhapsody-suite-the-90s-10yr-anniversary-show-wcoko-of-swv-tickets-1910449027469?creativeloafing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Coko play 7th+Grove in Ybor City on Sunday, Nov. 23 are still available and start at $59.34.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763679972_378_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/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\/nov-20-26-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nov. 20 \u2013 26, 2025<\/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":"Cheryl \u2018Coko\u2019 Gamble at Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles, California on March 4, 2003. 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