The 2011 Space Coast Music Festival Hosted by the City of Cape Canaveral, this September 24th event will feature live stage performances from some of the area’s favorite musicians. Held in Manatee Sanctuary Park in conjunction with National Public Lands Day, the family-friendly Festival will also help raise funds to purchase instruments for Cape View Elementary’s music program. Main stage acts include Danny Morris, Mo Geetz, Overload, the Bone Dogs, the Gilroys, the MCs, the Queen Bees,... [Read more...]
Mud Rooster Taking their name from the tail of mud that arcs up behind bikes and fourwheelers, this popular, Ocoee-based blues trio enjoys a strong beachside following. Comprised of Dave DeQuasie (guitar and vocals), Jim Young (bass and vocals), and drummer Jorge Villar, Mud Rooster are known for their stylishly funky takes on blues standards. With influences ranging from Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to Deep Purple and the Allman Brothers, all three members also moonlight as instructors... [Read more...]
Justin Murphy Justin Murphy has been playing Irish traditional music for over twenty years. Having immigrated to the U.S. as a boy in 1978, he discovered the music of his roots while attending Tulane University in 1989. Under the tutelage of Dublin native Richie Stafford, a player of both Irish traditional flute and fiddle, Murphy began a 15-year stint as one of the house musicians at O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel Pub in New Orleans. Initially mastering tin whistle, flute and bodhran (traditional... [Read more...]
Hymn For Her Multi-instrumentalists Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing are Hymn For Her, a rock duo that hails from anywhere they can park their 16-foot, vintage ’61 Bambi Airstream. Describing their music as “stomp-grass punk folk with a hint of Americana,” Hymn For Her recorded their latest release, Lucy & Wayne and the Amairican Stream, in this same trailer with the help of Jim Diamond (producer of the first two White Stripes albums). Lucy plays a three-stringed, broom handle/cigar... [Read more...]
M. A. Rivera
Article Category: Events, Local Amp
Strings of the South: A Celebration of Americana Music By M. A. Rivera You say this economy has you down and out, stuck slumped in front of your TV, wishing you could get out? Never fear! If you have $10 — or even just $5 — here’s a night out you won’t soon forget. On Friday, September 9, in downtown Cocoa Village, Built on Strength Productions will present a block party and an evening of the finest Americana music Central Florida has to offer. Presently, folk and Americana... [Read more...]
Alex Armstrong
Article Category: Movie Review
THE HELP Tate Taylor (“Winter’s Bone”; “Queer As Folk”) takes a break from acting to direct this summer’s movie to think about, “The Help.” In this screen adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel of the same name, wannabe writer Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone) conducts research for a book about African American housekeepers, the white families they clean for, and the hardships they go through daily. Set in Mississippi during... [Read more...]
Kitten Sunday School Atlantic Records; 2011 Let’s focus on the music here and not the fact that Kitten’s singer, Chloe Chaidez, is only 16. This debut EP boasts five very different songs, ranging from aggressive rockers like “Chinatown” to the smart, sugary pop of “Johnny, Johnny, Johnny,” a song that suggests an affinity for Florence and the Machine. It also sounds as though the quartet grew up listening to the best of John Peel’s radio show for all the territory... [Read more...]
Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local CD Review
Josh Miller Live at the Cottage Pub Self-released; 2011 Anyone familiar with Josh Miller’s music knows that it’s best experienced live. And while the recently released Live at the Cottage Pub is certainly no substitute, it does an excellent job of capturing Miller and his band at their very best. For close to five years, Cocoa Beach’s Cottage Pub (now the Shak Shack) served as Miller’s musical headquarters. Apart from being his principal venue — and often, practice... [Read more...]
Lance Stardancer
Article Category: Horrorscopes
VIRGO: Put aside your cynicism and bad attitude for a few weeks and you’ll find you’re much happier being ignorant and spiteful. LIBRA: You may find your little heart all aflutter this month. Is it that special someone you’ve been ogling at the gym or is it a clogged artery? Only time will tell. SCORPIO: Your work habits have improved greatly these past few months but unfortunately will garner you no rewards. Now fill this cup with pee and price that case of Pop Tarts before I write... [Read more...]
Dewey Name: Dewey Niblit Sex: Male Birthday: April 13, 2011 Hometown: Cocoa Beach Parents: Michele, Lauren, and Lily Status: Single. Duh! I’m not even seven in human years yet. About me: I was born a poor brindle Boston Terrier in Canaveral Groves. I remember the days sittin’ in the backyard with my six brothers, playin’ with palm fronds and howlin’ to the sweet sounds of Toby Keith on K92FM. At the tender age of eight weeks old my new owner came and drove me over a couple... [Read more...]
