Most Popular
-
Kill Gus Boulis's Killer?
Paul Brandreth didn't want to murder anybody. Or did he?
-
City Hall Stinks
There's a war on Dinner Key, and Marc Sarnoff is a bomb-thrower.
-
Mayor of the Nude Beach
So he's naked and in his seventies. He's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
-
I Have HIV
But I'm not telling you, babe. Happy Valentine's Day!
-
Vamos a Cuba!
Join us as we try to hitch a ride to the island before the gold rush strikes.
-
City Hall Stinks (58)
There's a war on Dinner Key, and Marc Sarnoff is a bomb-thrower.
-
Sarnoff Turns His Back on Blacks (20)
Coconut Grove's other half feels left out.
-
Sarnoff Shmarnoff (14)
Commissioner Marc's claim to a famous bloodline just might be fiction.
-
Jumping the Snapper (5)
Brosia boards the Mediterranean bandwagon, with mixed results.
-
Cyclists Court Death Daily (55)
It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.
-
Another Side of Page and Plant
If the Internet had been around, would there still be a mythology of Led Zep?
-
Pick Up and Go
Blue Martini is maybe a good place to meet a significant other. But first listen to the stories they tell.
-
The Prodigal Piano Man
Johnny Rodgers plays his hometown a song.
-
Miami Movement
Our guide to the 15th annual Caribbean Festival.
-
As Nastie as They Wanna Be
This wrestling makes that Ultimate stuff look wimpy.
-
Massacre Victims Finally Win: $37 Million
08:48AM 03/07/08 -
Weekly News Wrapup - Getting Paid For Good Grades, Skyrocketing Gas Prices and Warrants for Bush and Cheney
08:40AM 03/07/08 -
Bike Blog: Friday Flotsam
08:35AM 03/07/08 -
G. Love and the Special Sauce Hit Langerado
08:55PM 03/09/08 -
Langerado Last Night: Matt Pond PA and the Walkmen
04:50PM 03/08/08 -
Langerado: No Vampire! Denied!
04:43PM 03/08/08
What we are writing about
- Art Basel
- Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club
- Carnival Center
- Coconut Grove
- Coral Gables
- downtown Miami
- Fillmore Miami Beach
- Fort Lauderdale
- Francisco Goya
- Freedom Tower
- Hugo Chávez
- In the Continuum
- John Timoney
- Julia Tuttle Causeway
- Karen Kilimnik
- Marc Sarnoff
- Miami-Dade County Library
- Miami-Dade County...
- Miami Beach
- Miami local art
- Miami local music
- Miami local theater
- Museum of Contemporary...
- Patrick Williams
- sex offenders
- South Beach
- South Miami
- Studio A
- Wii
- Xbox
Recent Articles By Jonathan Cunningham
-
The Kingston Kid
Our own Sean Kingston just might be the hottest 17-year-old on Earth.
-
Rachel Brown
Love, Life & Relationships (Urban Music Group)
-
Miami Movement
Our guide to the 15th annual Caribbean Festival.
-
Diogo Brown
Daqui Pro Mondo (Golden Dome)
-
Kevin Saunderson
National Features
-
Houston Press
"It Was Like an Armageddon Movie"
For days after Hurricane Rita, a Texas prison was hell on earth.
By Chris Vogel -
SF Weekly
The Candidate
Our columnist knows Ralph Nader's running mate all too well.
By Matt Smith -
The Pitch
How Not To Be a Rap Star
First of all, lay off the Ecstasy.
By Nadia Pflaum -
Village Voice
Project Runaway
What becomes a gossip columnist most?
By Michael Musto
Subject(s): WEA International, Samba Meu , Maria Rita
There's something deeply compelling about the voice and spiritual lilt of Brazilian samba singer Maria Rita. Upon first listening to her newest album, Samba Meu, you're instantly transported beyond your speakers to the nightclubs of São Paulo, where samba reigns supreme. Unlike Rita's (pronounced hee-tah) first two albums, which worked on the fringes of samba and focused more on MPB (Brazilian popular music), her latest LP dives straight into the heart of various sambas — pagode romântico, samba-canção, and a touch of bossa nova — that, at times, make the neurons in your brain start dancing a samba of their own. Songs such as "O Homem Falou" and "Maria do Socorro" are easy standouts, with Rita's alluring voice prancing atop sugary-sweet instrumentation. Although the album was created in the urban environs of São Paulo, you can't help but hear the tropical appeal that's laced throughout Samba Meu. Chances are you'll be thinking "que fucking lindo" after each track finishes. What's most impressive is that Rita still finds new ways of exploring samba as a whole, and between her orgasmic vocals and ability to draw the best of the musicians behind her, Samba Meu is a must-have for lovers of the ever-changing Brazilian beat.
