Patti Wicks In a jazz marketplace saturated with singer/pianists, Patti Wicks stands apart. Patti is the real thing — a pianist with a highly personal style of playing and a singer with an instantly recognizable voice. Her superior musicianship, impeccable taste and singular ability to dig deep inside the meaning of a lyric have earned her the respect of her fellow jazz musicians, the unqualified praise of jazz critics, and the admiration of a constantly expanding audience of devoted fans. Despite... [Read more...]
Trash City Rockers By M. Alberto Rivera The recently released Trash City Rockers’ CD, Switchblade Serenade, is a great distraction. Whatever ills and worries you may have been mulling over when you put this on will either disappear or intensify. A high-energy album with 12 songs about everyday irritation and frustrations; the Trash City Rockers are angry young men with a lot to say about their lives and how they’re living — as evidenced by lines like “Gimme something to kill... [Read more...]
The MCs By Cathal Kart The MCs play funky, upbeat danceable music for your listening pleasure. Having recently relocated from New York City, guitarist/singer Aric Charles plans to stay here for a time to absorb some Florida sunshine. Along with drummer Chuck Mc, Aric has his sights set to entertain audiences throughout the state with original music in the vein of Jack Johnson and John Mayer. They’ve performed together for the past seven years, maintaining a busy schedule. According to his... [Read more...]
The Legend of the Seagull Men On Friday, May 6, the Legend of the Seagullmen will come to its fruition and I’m beside myself with a mixture of curiosity and excitement. What is this legend? I’m not quite sure myself, but I was lucky enough to witness its origins unfold two years ago in Cocoa Beach’s Casablanca bar. It was a slow night, and apart from the bartender and a wraithlike figure skulking in the shadows near the door, I was the only other one there not applauding a truly... [Read more...]
Low Cut Connie Low Cut Connie bring a new take on classic, tear-jerkin’ rock n’ roll back to the beachside when they perform at Paddy Cassidy’s Irish Pub on Saturday, April 23. The quartet formed in the summer 2010, when while on a co-headline tour in Portugal, two songwriters from opposite sides of the Atlantic decided to join forces and get people dancing and making out again. The eccentric piano-pounder and blues howler from New Jersey known as Ladyfingers (aka Adam Weiner)... [Read more...]
Matt Hill North Carolina native Matt Hill started playing guitar when he was 12, and thanks to his Uncle Pat, picked up a liking for Credence Clearwwater Revival, Dick Dale, and early surf music. He soon started digging deeper into blues and rock ‘n’ roll, beginning to mix it all together into a sound he’s since made his own. While in high school, Hill started going to blues jams, where he met drummer Chuck Cotton. He knew Cotton had played with Muddy Waters Band alumnus Bob Margolin,... [Read more...]
ViliFi Common Eyes SH Music; 2011 Though this is ViliFi’s debut album, the band are no strangers to the local music scene. The Merritt Island trio, comprised of Shain Honkonen (guitars/vocals), Chad Berney (bass), and Jake Hogeland (drums), were known and loved, until recently, as oNe, an outfit than can be said to have improved through this new, more focused incarnation. With the 13-track Common Eyes, ViliFi make their intentions clear at the outset with blistering opener “Sympathy,”... [Read more...]
Captain Sherrie Stovall
Article Category: Sebastian Fishing Report
Sebastian Inlet Fishing Report: April 2011 Captain Sherrie Stovall I don’t know about you guys, but that was an awesome March! We can only hope and pray for April to be the same. Maybe we’re being rewarded for surviving that crappy winter we had last year… Whatever it is, I’ll take it. March was definitely dominated by cobia for the offshore gang. We just had one of the best cobia runs in recent memory, and it should continue through part of April. I just heard report of... [Read more...]
Samantha Deebel
Article Category: Recipes
Recipes: April 2011 Samantha Deebel I have been blessed to celebrate both Easter and Passover at different times in my life. I used to work at a Jewish preschool in New York City, and cooking was a big part of our classroom activities. Haroset was always fun to prepare with the children. Part of the Passover Seder, there are several versions, but below is the one we used. Hot cross buns on Easter morning are also a big favorite of mine. What follows is a fairly easy version to try. (I always make... [Read more...]
Capt. Scott Bussen
Article Category: Canaveral Fishing Report
Cape Canaveral Fishing Report: April 2011 Capt. Scott Bussen Not really sure what to say about last month except, “Holy cobia!” It’s rare when you get the fish and weather to cooperate like they did in March. It was almost as if we won the cobia fishing lottery. I honestly can’t remember a March where we had such beautiful weather and such reliable cobia fishing. It will definitely be something to look back on during the upcoming summer doldrums. But let’s not look... [Read more...]
