There is plenty to do this weekend, so why not get off the couch and go out, instead of bitching on some message board that there isn’t anything to do and this area sucks…

Friday Night: Shannon McNally will be at the Tamiami in St. Petersburg

This will be a nice, chill show. Perfect for some whiskey drinks on a Friday night after a long week. Performing self described ‘North American Ghost Music’, her voice has been described as sultry, swaggering, and striking a stylistic pose between the R&B grittiness of Bonnie Raitt and the softer jazz/pop edges of Nina Simone. If that sounds like your cup of tea at all, then come down to the Tamiami for “an exposition of Americana/bar-band motifs delivered with a fire and finesse that set them well above most practitioners.”

Shannon McNally - Bohemian Wedding Prayer

Sunday Night: Laura Love will be at Skipper’s Smokehouse

If you do not burn it too hard at Guavaween on Saturday night, you can head out to Skipper’s Smokehouse Sunday for one of the greatest female singers/performers you’ve heard of. I’ll quote myself:

Laura’s music is best described as an afrocentric meshing of bluegrass, funk, and folk that is impossible not to move to. Lyrically her songs run the gamut from humorous, to political at times, sometimes personal, but always thought provoking. Then there is her voice. In a word I would have to describe her voice as amazing. Listening to her cover Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” and the acapella song “Blind Bartimus” off Octoroon literally gives me chills. You never know where the songs are going. One song she’ll be reciting nursery rhymes and the next she’ll be talking about watching her ass grow. All of this meshes into pure delight.

You can read more about Laura Love here. Hell, even if you do party too hard on Saturday night, is there any place better than Skipper’s to get over a hangover? I think not.

Laura Love - Can’t Understand