We’re one other week deeper into July and its lineup of native occasions, together with reside music, and this week’s live performance calendar needs to be of specific curiosity to followers of two genres: blues and reggae.
For blues followers, there is a performer visiting from the musical hub of Memphis, and two acts acknowledged by the Worldwide Blues Problem from that very same metropolis. For reggae lovers, one of many space’s prime acts within the style will play a number of Sarasota-Manatee exhibits, whereas one other kicks off a collection of weekly reggae concert events at a neighborhood venue. Listed here are this week’s highlights. Occasion particulars are topic to vary.
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Apostoli Floyd
Replace: David Julia is now enjoying Friday at Cottonmouth, in line with the venue’s Fb web page.
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Bradenton restaurant and venue Cottonmouth, one of many prime spots in Sarasota-Manatee to see reside blues music, will welcome a musician from farther south in Florida with Miami’s Apostoli Floyd. Final yr, Floyd competed on the Worldwide Blues Problem in Memphis representing South Florida Blues Society and in 2022 launched “Seashore Blues,” his debut album after releasing singles reminiscent of 2018’s “Cupid’s Vendor,” produced by Grammy winner George Noriega. Floyd’s follow-up album, “Nightfall until Daybreak,” is about for launch later this yr. 7 p.m. Friday; Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, 1114 twelfth St. W., Bradenton; $5; 941-243-3735; facebook.com/cottonmouthsoul
Greg Roy
Birdrock Taco Shack, Cottonmouth’s sister restaurant/venue in the identical Village of the Arts neighborhood in Bradenton, will in the meantime function reggae musician Greg Roy on Friday evening. Initially from Montego Bay, Jamaica and now based mostly in Florida, Roy is one among multiple reggae artists set to play Birdrock Taco Shack on Fridays in July, additionally together with Undercover Rasta on July 12, The Intracoastals on July 19 and The New Rulers on July 26. Roy’s present at Birdrock, and Floyd’s at Cottonmouth, are additionally a part of this month’s Village of the Arts ArtWalk festivities. 7 p.m. Friday; Birdrock Taco Shack, 1213 thirteenth Ave. W., Bradenton; 941-545-9966; facebook.com/birdrocktaco
Jah Motion
After lately headlining Sarasota’s inaugural Juneteenth Jubilee Jam, and earlier than enjoying a post-game live performance on the Bradenton Marauders’ July 12 match, native reggae favorites Jah Motion will play a number of Sarasota-Manatee exhibits in between. Jah Motion options singers Shantel Norman and Damie Caines, who used to play in fellow reggae favorites Democracy along with his late father Oswald Caines. Jah Motion additionally host Osfest, a reggae block social gathering held in Oswald’s honor, yearly in downtown Sarasota. 6 p.m. Friday; O’Leary’s Tiki Bar & Grill, 5 Bayfront Drive, Sarasota; 941-953-7505; olearystikibar.com; Midday Sunday; Gulf Drive Cafe, 900 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Seashore; 941-778-1919; gulfdrivetiki.com; 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11; Gator Membership, 1490 Essential St., Sarasota; 941-366-5969; facebook.com/gatorclub
Memphis Lightning
Cottonmouth’s reside music lineup this week can even embrace blues band Memphis Lightning, that includes guitarist Darren “Lightnin'” Thiboutot Jr. and his father, Darren “Huge Pink” Thiboutot. The group launched the album “Borrowed Time” in 2021, that includes visitor musicians together with Grammy winners Brent Mason and Paul Nelson, the late Johnny Winter band member and producer. The next yr, “Borrowed Time” gained the award for Greatest Self-Produced CD on the Worldwide Blues Problem. 7 p.m. Monday; Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, 1114 twelfth St. W., Bradenton; 941-243-3735; facebook.com/cottonmouthsoul
Tony Vacation
Sarasota County restaurant and venue Englewoods on Dearborn, one other one of many prime spots to see reside blues music domestically, will welcome Memphis bluesman Tony Vacation this week. Becoming for the various musical historical past of Memphis, Vacation blends genres together with blues, rock and soul into his sound that may be heard on his solo albums, final yr’s “Motel Mississippi” and 2020’s “Soul Service.” He has additionally launched 2019’s “Porch Classes” and 2021’s “Porch Classes, Vol. 2,” which see him joined by different blues musicians starting from legends like Bobby Rush and John Primer to contemporaries reminiscent of Victor Wainwright and John Nemeth. 6:30 p.m. Thursday; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $5; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com
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