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Aretha Franklin

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Overtown Music Project's Gospel Brunch: A Short Video Documentary

    Back in the days of the Sir John Knight Beat, the Harlem Square, Rockland Palace, Birdland Fiesta, Mary Elizabeth Hotel, Cafe Society, Red Tap, and many more, the streets of Overtown were filled with music spilling out of the many clubs, bars, and restaurants that lined its streets. For now, those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Super Bowl Food Ads: Cookies For Breakfast, Coke, and The Soup Nazi

    Coca-ColaThe Coke bears are back in time for the big game.​Can Super Bowl Sunday be the only day of the year in which we actually look forward to commercials? Each year, advertisers fall all over themselves trying to top each other for ratings, consumer approval and a coveted Clio award.  Adv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Overtown's 13-Year-Old Crooner Gibbor Green Has a Crush and He's Gonna Sing About It

    Via gibborgreen.comGibbor Green may be only 13 years old. But this little crooner knows what he's doing and where he's going. With 8,961 likes on Facebook, this eighth grader is not your typical middle-school kid. Green is more stylish than a tiny Andre 3000, he's got a sweet set of pipes, and he's ... More >>

  • Music

    July 28, 2011

    Stokeswood at the Stage July 30

    Via gibborgreen.comGibbor Green may be only 13 years old. But this little crooner knows what he's doing and where he's going. With 8,961 likes on Facebook, this eighth grader is not your typical middle-school kid. Green is more stylish than a tiny Andre 3000, he's got a sweet set of pipes, and he's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Trip In the Field of Vibrations With Stokeswood at The Stage July 30

    Kasey Keown​When someone, like Stokeswood band leader and lead guitarist Mark Godwin, tells you that his musical influences range from "Aretha Franklin to The Whitest Boy Alive," you kinda have to stop and wonder. But just like Oreos and peanut butter, sometimes weird-as-hell combinations work.The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Six Greatest Weirdo Pop Queens of All Time

    Last.fmRolling Stone created a Queen of Pop Index, ranking the top 16 female pop recording artists of the last two years by examining, according to them, "album and digital song sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Aretha Franklin to Perform a Duet Concert With ... Condoleeza Rice?

    Photo by Ron Edmonds/Peter Klaunzer/AP/EPA​Music and politics seem to be meshing together a lot lately, and we're not really sure why. The latest: Aretha Franklin has just announced that she's going to team up with the former US Secretary of State to sing songs like "Natural Woman" and "Say a Litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Concert Review: Aretha Franklin Performs Short, Occasionally Sweet at Hard Rock Live on March 16

    Photo by Tom Craig/Seminole Hard Rock ​Aretha FranklinHard Rock Live, HollywoodTuesday, March 16, 2010What doesn't become a legend the most? Well, for starters, a certain behavior pattern that leads the public to wonder if an artist has dived face-first off a 12-story balcony without considering a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Interview: The Smithsonian is Still Courting Aretha Franklin on the Eve of South Florida Show

    ​Aretha Franklin called New Times before tonight's gig at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood to discuss her forthcoming album (A Woman Falling Out of Love), to tell us to call her "professor" and a little bit about that hat. Yes, that one.New Times: Do you ever vacation in Florida? Franklin: I always com ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    Aretha Franklin

    ​Aretha Franklin called New Times before tonight's gig at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood to discuss her forthcoming album (A Woman Falling Out of Love), to tell us to call her "professor" and a little bit about that hat. Yes, that one.New Times: Do you ever vacation in Florida? Franklin: I always com ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    The Diva Club

    ​Aretha Franklin called New Times before tonight's gig at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood to discuss her forthcoming album (A Woman Falling Out of Love), to tell us to call her "professor" and a little bit about that hat. Yes, that one.New Times: Do you ever vacation in Florida? Franklin: I always com ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2010

    Out of Africa

    ​Aretha Franklin called New Times before tonight's gig at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood to discuss her forthcoming album (A Woman Falling Out of Love), to tell us to call her "professor" and a little bit about that hat. Yes, that one.New Times: Do you ever vacation in Florida? Franklin: I always com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Top Ten Thursdays: Top Ten Songs About Food

    Burly, bearded Zac Brown and his band play Sunset Cove Amphitheatre on Saturday. The highlight of the evening will likely be a beer-drenched, sing along performance of his fiddle-laced, pleasantly simple and patriotic country smash "Chicken Fried." It's a fun little ditty that got me thinking about ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2009

    Moon Tunes

    Burly, bearded Zac Brown and his band play Sunset Cove Amphitheatre on Saturday. The highlight of the evening will likely be a beer-drenched, sing along performance of his fiddle-laced, pleasantly simple and patriotic country smash "Chicken Fried." It's a fun little ditty that got me thinking about ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    SoBe, So Soul

    Burly, bearded Zac Brown and his band play Sunset Cove Amphitheatre on Saturday. The highlight of the evening will likely be a beer-drenched, sing along performance of his fiddle-laced, pleasantly simple and patriotic country smash "Chicken Fried." It's a fun little ditty that got me thinking about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Tuesday Will Forever Be Known as Aretha's Hat Day

    This past Tuesday, January 20, 2009, things changed forever. Something inside the American people clicked, something that will have repercussions for years to come. It was the realization that Aretha Franklin's bow hat is friggin' awesome, and we, as a country, would not rest until it become part of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    The Week That Was: Hats Off to Obama

    Obama was actually inaugurated! And one of those three billion people in attendance was a New Times writer! Most of us just watched in the conference room, though. Outgoing president Bush has left us speechless (in a bad way), but nut nearly as much as Aretha's hat (in a good way). Git'mo! Git'mo! G ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    Boogie Down Barack

    Riptide offers to DJ Obama's inaugural ball.

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Bring the SoulSexy Back

    Riptide offers to DJ Obama's inaugural ball.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Saturday Night: Holy Ghost! at The Vagabond

    Holy Ghost Saturday, December 13, 2008 The Vagabond, Miami Better than: 100% of the godless ultra-commercial dance crap polluting the Beach.  It's past midnight and I'm at the Vagabond sipping my whiskey straight and waiting for Holy Ghost! to start their DJ set in the main room. It's my ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 26, 2008

    When Your Voice Is a Sinking Ship

    Bust out your best karaoke at Titanic.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2008

    See Ya, Syesha

    Bust out your best karaoke at Titanic.

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Annie Lennox

    Bust out your best karaoke at Titanic.

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2007

    No Catch Phrases Necessary

    Bust out your best karaoke at Titanic.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2007

    Concert Review--Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

    Bust out your best karaoke at Titanic.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Jessica Simpson Swim Fashion Show

    Bust out your best karaoke at Titanic.

  • Culture

    May 24, 2007

    Alternate Realty

    Artformz caters to commerce and creativity, with mixed results

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    Laurent Garnier and Carl Craig

    The Kings of Techno (BBE)

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    Yung Joc

    The Kings of Techno (BBE)

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    Jaguar Wright's Soul Sessions

    The Kings of Techno (BBE)

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    She's a Brick House

    Funky diva Sharon Jones makes 'em move

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2005

    Moving Messages

    Funky diva Sharon Jones makes 'em move

  • Bars and Clubs

    May 12, 2005

    BEST JUKEBOX

    Duffy's Tavern

  • Music

    April 21, 2005

    Aretha Franklin

    Duffy's Tavern

  • Year End

    December 23, 2004

    Smells Like Indie Spirit

    Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2004

    Spirit

    Musical Praise

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004
  • Music

    March 11, 2004

    Steamy

    Alicia Keys's music is the stuff of dreams

  • Music

    September 12, 2002

    Old Twist

    Whatever happened to the days when drag queens and porn were fun?

  • Culture

    August 23, 2001

    Change, Change, Change

    Sing it loud, sing it proud, girls; it happens to the best of us

  • Best of Miami

    May 13, 1999

    Best Jukebox

    Lost Weekend

  • Music

    February 18, 1999

    Train in Vain

    Lost Weekend

  • Music

    November 13, 1997
  • Music

    October 2, 1997
  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Rotations

    Lost Weekend

  • Music

    April 10, 1997

    Reverb

    Lost Weekend

  • Music

    August 10, 1995

    Rotations

    Lost Weekend

  • Music

    September 7, 1994

    Rotations 21

    Lost Weekend

  • Music

    January 20, 1993
  • News

    November 11, 1992

    Swelter

    Lost Weekend

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