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Marc Ribot meets Charlie Chaplin in Orlando this week
Esteemed guitarist-composer plays a solo set plus a live soundtrack to ‘The Kid’ at Dr. Phillips Center
Music Stories + Interviews
Orlando Weekly Music Stories + Interviews delivers daily coverage of local bands, artist profiles, and conversations shaping Central Florida’s music scene.
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College Park JazzFest to liven up Edgewater Drive with swinging sounds this weekend
Get hip to the sounds of College Park this weekend
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Avant torch singer Cindy Lee and Freak Heat Waves are coming to entertain you, Orlando
‘There’s definitely some Drac energy in my music.’
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Foreign Dissent brings a planet of punk to Orlando
International bands playing Fest in Gainesville stop in Orlando to expand our horizons
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Young Orlando band Better Than This is better than most everything
The band collectively relocated from Miami barely six months ago
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Orlando looks back at jazz musician Sam Rivers’ legacy
Events at the Social and the History Center mark what would have been his 100th birthday.
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Chris Farren is learning to play with others
The larger-than-life power-punk singer comes to Orlando Friday — but he won’t be alone
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Floridian punk provocateurs Problem Child finally return to an Orlando stage on Saturday with Zig-Zag
Do you have a problem? Well, you’ve got one now
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Central Floridian death metal band Cynic comes into focus again, 30 years later
‘ReFocus’ is worth listening to ahead of Saturday’s show at Conduit
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Brent Faiyaz comes to Orlando to turn our dumpster-fire world into musical treasure
‘Wasteland’ recalls post-pandemic confusion, loss and reckless abandon
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Stephen Marley takes Orlando fans on a journey with his ‘Babylon by Bus’ tour
Get up, stand up (again)
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Orlando powerhouse Eva Strangelace talks new band M.A.C.E. ahead of debut shows at Uncle Lou’s
‘In Florida, queer voices are most needed … this is where the fight is’
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‘I thought it would only last a couple of months’: Illuminated Paths’ Josh Rogers on his anniversary label showcase in Orlando
Talking cassettes, lifetime ties to the Central Florida underground and personal highlights
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Florida musician and organizer JER is an essential new voice of ska’s next generation
‘A lot of people hate Florida — I’m not one of those people’
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[CANCELED] Austin Lucas returns to Orlando in the time of Don’t Say Gay
A full night of Against Me! songs is an urgent musical take on the current discourse
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Reggae icons Steel Pulse are back after a long silence — just in time
Witness the fury Saturday evening at Apopka Amphitheater
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The Orlando Punk Archive goes analog with their first vinyl release
Tireless advocates for Orlando music history past, present and future
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Leatherette and Body Shop say adieu to Orlando
Our hearts sink, but we must bid farewell to two formidable local bands at the same time