House Venue: Hawks Nest

By markwfriedman | July 23, 2020 |

Hawk’s Nest is a house concert venue located in north central Florida at the home of Robert and Marlo Dubé, just a few miles off the I-75 corridor in Ocala, known as the “Horse Capital of the World.”  Having grown in up south Florida and a Parrot Head before the term was coined, Robert fell…

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House Venue: Lakeside Lanai

By markwfriedman | July 5, 2020 |

Lakeside Lanai is a Trop Rock House Concert Venue at the private home of Connie Turner just outside New Braunfels, Texas, overlooking the Guadalupe River. Connie has been a Parrothead and follower of Trop Rock Music for a number of years. She and her partner, Scott Meeks, have decided to share the music and musicians…

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Radio Show: Blame It On Buffett

By markwfriedman | May 24, 2020 |

https://anchor.fm/blamebuffettpod Blame it on Buffett is a podcast about all things Jimmy Buffett, Trop Rock, and Parrot Head Club related! Anything escapism adjacent is fair game. Most episodes feature interviews with Trop Rock musicians or fellow parrot heads.

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Sponsor: Radio Free Outer Banks

By markwfriedman | April 1, 2020 |

www.radiofreeobx.com Can’t be on the Outer Banks? No worries, we’ll bring the Outer Banks to you from our Muse Originals OBX Studio in Kitty Hawk! Radio Free Outer Banks has been set up to celebrate the Outer Banks lifestyle. Play us on your computer at work, while driving the kids to practice, or just in…

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Sponsor: Breve Sound

By markwfriedman | July 27, 2019 |

We don’t make the Music… We make the Music sound its Best www.breve-sound.com Brevé is a sound engineering company based in SW Florida, focusing on listening venue quality sound for small and medium sized events.

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Sponsor: I’m A Trop Rocker

By markwfriedman | July 27, 2019 |

www.ImATropRocker.com We love Trop Rock Music, Tropical Americana, Gulf and Western, Sandgrass, Coastal Americana, or what ever you want to call it so we created this site to keep track of all the Events and Artists. The Trop Rock Events is a calendar of Trop Rock music events across the country. The Trop Rock Artist…

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Station: Palapa Mac Radio

By markwfriedman | March 16, 2019 |

www.palapamacradio.com Palapa Mac Radio is an internet radio station that has a cross-genre of Trop-Rock and Caribbean Country music that is blended into it’s own unique sound. Our listeners are those who enjoy a lifestyle or play-style about boats, beaches, water, islands and tropical vibe.

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Sponsor: MusiCares Foundation

By markwfriedman | January 26, 2019 |

www.musicares.org The MusiCares Foundation is a non-profit organization started by the Recording Academy (Grammys) whose primary purpose is the be a financial safety net for music professionals. Over the years, the music industry has evolved into an amazing worldwide network of individuals and multinational conglomerates grossing more than $50 billion a year. Yet, disturbingly, the…

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