Mark your calendars!!! Join us for Record Store Day 2023!!! Saturday, April 22nd Bananas will have bands, food, drinks, lots of fun activities, and of course all the RSD exclusive releases for ya. Come back here or visit us on Instagram for updates. Lineup: 9 A.M....
Thoughts Before Diving In So we pulled out another blues genre! How will this one be different from the last? Wildly, we assume. What do you think of when you consider Louisiana music? Zydeco? We did. Will these blues have strong zydeco, Cajun, and French influences?...
Thoughts Before Diving In When we pulled this genre out of the jar, we were so excited it was the first. Writing it on the little piece of paper, we couldn’t stop saying “Piedmont blues” over and over, because it was fun to say and a beautiful, poetic phrase. We...
Hello dear music friends. Bananas’ staff here. We love music and our staff have varying degrees of knowledge. We had an idea to start a blog series exploring the ever-expanding genres and sub-genres. What we did was look at a list of genres by one source (so far) and...
A profile of the world’s largest record store, Bananas Records, located in St. Petersburg, Fla. Interviews provided by Doug and Michelle Allen. Videography by Paul Lockwood. The iconic record warehouse began as a book store, called Allen’s Bookstore. The...
Take a peek inside the world’s largest record store. With over 3.5 million records, you’re sure to find something that catches your ear. Our inventory is always changing, stop by our store often and check out the new, and old,...
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