Janelle Sadler Janelle Sadler was born loving music. Her Father, a public school teacher, and her mother, a bookstore owner, encouraged her as much as they could. Being the middle child of three siblings, Janelle was rather shy, but music brought out her stage-loving side Picking up the guitar in her teens, she soon started performing in churches, coffeehouses, high school choir concerts, and anywhere else that was available for a young singer. Her early influences were Joni Mitchell, Neil Young,... [Read more...]
The Legend of the Seagullmen Who are the Seagullmen? What is the Legend? I’m not quite sure myself, but I was lucky enough to witness its origins unfold nearly three 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 terrible band called the High Voltages. Toward the end of their set, a bearded, piratical-looking character in sodden... [Read more...]
Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones Nominated as Ireland’s Best Traditional Folk Group, touring over 180 concerts in 2010 throughout six different countries, Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones are known throughout the world for their quality musical presentation of Irish patriotic songs and traditional music. Fronted by outstanding singer, stage personality, composer, and historian of music and song tradition, Derek Warfield is a legend wherever Irish roots have been put down.... [Read more...]
Tom Curren In his five-year rise to World Surfing Champion, Tom Curren led the way in cutting edge, perfectly tuned performance. Despite his youth, he was acknowledged as surfing’s first genius, and he single-handedly altered the anti-establishment mindset of hundreds of thousands of American surfers before turning pro. To surfers, Curren was bigger than the Beatles. Rolling Stone gave him headline space as a matter of course. Curren has played a variety of instruments since the age of fifteen.... [Read more...]
Bone Dogs Nominated for the 2009 Brevard Music Award’s Entertainer of the Year, in the Favorite Keyboardist and Guitarist categories, Bone Dogs have made a huge impression on the beachside music circuit since they formed. Also sponsored by Gwin Amplification and East Coast Music, the quartet is one of the hardest working, most sought after bands in the area. They got their start playing throughout the Palm Bay area, but have since come to the beaches to broaden their fan base. The lineup of... [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...]
Reunion with Damion Suomi and The Cook Trio On Sunday, August 28 at 4:30 p.m., Paddy Cassidy’s Irish Pub will be hosting a Reunion gathering, beer tasting, fundraiser, and live music extravaganza. Terrapin Brewery’s Reunion Cask Ale will serve as the event’s “Beer for Hope,” in their efforts to gather funds to support cancer research. Also on hand will be potluck dinner comprised of patrons’ favorite dishes and the chance to reconnect with friends both old and... [Read more...]
