What do Iron Maiden, BabyMetal, and Judas Priest have in common? They understand something about tribes, identity, and longevity that most cities and businesses never figure out.
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I'm Kevin Crowder. Metalhead. Street Economist. Guitarist. 30+ years in local economic development; 40+ years in metal. I use music - mainly metal and rock - to teach what actually builds remarkable places: tribal identity, cultural infrastructure, brand longevity, and the entrepreneurial grit that creates scenes from nothing.
We're not talking about stadiums. We're talking about Tampa death metal, Japanese precision, Scandinavian risk-taking, and the venues that become cultural infrastructure. The hidden stories and real-world strategies that generic "best-practice" thinking will never teach you.
For economic developers, city leaders, entrepreneurs, music fans and of course, musicians who want to learn something different.
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Revolution Live. Jannus Live. 48 hours.
musiccitiesconcerts.com/reviews/arch-enemy
Video coming soon.
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New review is up: SAKI, "PLUVIA"
A note on format, because this is the first one. The Music Cities™ does not score albums. No number out of ten, no stars, no letter grade. I have never once picked a record because of a score and I do not think you have either.
What we do instead is the No Skip Review. I drive a lot. Florida is long and most of my listening happens behind the wheel. If I get all the way through an album, repeatedly, without reaching for the skip button, it gets the badge.
PLUVIA earned it.
The video is a full track by track walkthrough. The written version on themusiccities.com goes deeper on the things the English coverage has been missing, including who actually co-wrote the title track and what she was studying in the year before she recorded this.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/l8HJQbBZqW0
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What would you most like to see an episode about?
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Go to themusiccities.com/ and download our app and watch for our upcoming content.
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Thank you Nini for your time yesterday, and for an outstanding show! @NiniMusic
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Caught up with Nini in Tampa before tonight's show at the Orpheum for the second part of our interview after the kick off last night of her East Coast tour!
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Chasing Japan’s Heavy Sound
日本の重音を追って
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Nemophila said yes. Rolling Quartz said yes. Bridear said yes. Broken by the Scream said yes. Nini said yes. Spiders said yes. Re:O said yes. Given by the Flames said yes. And more. Others politely declined and have their reasons and we understand.
So who's next? Stand by.
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The interview is now live on the channel! https://youtu.be/GrgmkISEQpo
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