Oct
21
The Art We Need: Dustin Harewood’s latest is “Warm Rain and Electricity”
Dustin Harewood is as magnanimous as he is busy. As a visual artist, curator, and ar…
Author: Daniel A. Brown
Oct
11
Music Profile: Jazz Guitarist Taylor Roberts
Music is a journey with little time for sightseeing. If inspiration is fleeting, the…
Oct
7
The Art We Need: The Ritz Theatre’s Annual Group Show “Through Our Eyes”
In the coming months, a plethora of beautiful, impactful art happenings are planned …
Sep
23
Local Music Spotlight: T.W.A.N.’s “The Wise Soul”
Even for a city that already boasts prolific hip-hop artists, Jacksonville-born T.W.…
Sep
12
Local Music Spotlight: Get “Stuck” on SolaFide!’s new single
With their latest tune, “Stuck” the Duval Co. quartet Solafide! maintains their sign…
Aug
30
Interview: L.O.V.E Culture is in a vibrant, Lo-Fi league of its own
Hip-hop can be as much about strong personalities as it is about powerful music. Ra…
Aug
28
#1 In The 904-EVER: Paten Locke’s friends remember the artist’s eternal ebb & flow
With the passing of longtime Duval hip-hop visionary Paten Locke, the local and glo…
Aug
25
Void Check: Diggin deep into Duval’s sonic history with Beggar Weeds
In the mid-80s, those geezers (like myself) who were witnesses to (and even partici…
Aug
22
The Firewater Tent Revival burn up their potent style of psychedelic bluegrass
Since 2010, local ‘grass-heads The Firewater Tent Revival have become a veritable (…
Jul
24
Watch: Video for “Shade” shows L.O.V.E Culture’s got sound and vision
Savvy Void readers might have noticed that we have a whole lotta love for local hip…
Jul
19
An Allman Brothers Tour of Jacksonville
Why does Jacksonville continue to keep one of our greatest musical exports off the m…
Jul
9
Watch: Hurricane Party releases eponymous “Hurricane Party!!!”
The natural evolution of the “Yacht Rock” revival starts (and probably ends) with t…
Jul
1
Local Music Spotlight: Hunter Hileman invites us into the “Groove Inn”
Local musician Hunter Hileman sports a couple of creative hats. As a bassist, he pl…
Jun
19
Profile: rickoLus Chronicles Life Transitions with Latest Release
It is Friday afternoon in early May and Rick Colado is on the road again. Specifica…
May
20
Local Music Spotlight: Don’t sleep on snOre’s “Erosion”
Don’t let the name fool you: the music of snOre will keep you wide awake. Formed in…
May
15
35 Under 35: Geexella
Those resistant to the progressive pull of changes in today’s vernacular need step …
May
8
Local Music Spotlight: The Chrome Fangs’ garage is a smoked-out temple
While the band has only been together for four years, The Chrome Fangs have been ha…
Apr
29
Local Music Spotlight: Loretto’s short, sweet “Sleeping in the Pines”
Jacksonville three-piece Loretto keep it short and sweet with their current full-le…
Apr
19
Local Music Spotlight: flipturn’s “Citrona”
The indie-rock pride of Fernandina Beach, flipturn are a five-piece that formed in …
Apr
10
Local Music Spotlight: St. Augustine math-rockers deliver potent riffage
In the greater field of the North Florida music scene, Giraffrica surely prowls wil…
Mar
28
Know Thyself: Erin Kendrick’s art of empowerment and activism
Heritage, empowerment, activism, and identity can sometimes be tossed around as cul…
Mar
18
Local Music Spotlight: Debut six-songer from deadkaren is quite nice
Friends of melodic/post-emo-ish punk (and enemies to all title-case-font spellcheck…
Feb
19
Local Music Spotlight: The lyrical bite of Denver Hall’s ‘Winter’
The latest from hip hop artist Denver Hall is an evolution of his skillful combining…
Feb
12
Go: Micro-Macro at MOCA Jax
Before it was “discovered,” or at least codified, in the early the 20th century by n…
Feb
7
Local Music Spotlight: We Love, Love L.O.V.E Culture
Local hip-hop collective L.O.V.E. Culture is wasting no time in spreading their head…