About

Between the Grooves is all about exploring jazz, rock, jambands, Americana, altcountry, funk, world music, bluegrass and other forms of music with longtime music journalist and bassist Philip Booth.

Philip was the pop music critic for the Tampa Tribune from 1988 to 1996, and he regularly contributes to Down Beat, Jazziz, Bass Player, Billboard.com, Relix, the St. Petersburg Times, Las Vegas City Life and other publications. His byline additionally has appeared online at popmatters.com and Salon.com, and in the pages of Rolling Stone, Spin, Jazz Times, CMJ New Music Monthly, Option, the Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami New Times, Orlando Weekly, Philadelphia City Paper, Weekly Planet (now Creative Loafing/Tampa), Creative Loafing/Atlanta, and many other publications.

His short story, “The Night Frank Sinatra Saved Pop’s Life,” was published in Florida English, and he has contributed essays and reviews on pop-culture subjects to Literature Film Quarterly, the Journal of Popular Culture, the Journal of American Culture, and online journal Saw Palm. In 2006, Philip received his M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of South Florida, where he won the Anspaugh Award for fiction. He nevertheless bleeds orange and blue, thanks to a B.A. in history from the University of Florida.

Philip plays upright and electric bass with Trio Vibe and other bands. He lives in Tampa with his wife Callie, son Chase, daughter Carly, and their basset hound Skipper.

For more information on his various projects, visit Philip Booth Media online, or his other blog.