Aretha Franklin

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Funky diva Sharon Jones makes 'em move

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Funky diva Sharon Jones makes 'em move

Laurent Garnier and Carl Craig

The Kings of Techno (BBE)

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Swelter

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 >>

Boogie Down Barack

Riptide offers to DJ Obama's inaugural ball.

Bring the SoulSexy Back

Riptide offers to DJ Obama's inaugural ball.

When Your Voice Is a Sinking Ship

Bust out your best karaoke at Titanic.

Smells Like Indie Spirit

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

BEST JUKEBOX

Duffy's Tavern

BEST LOCAL OVERTOWN LEGEND MADE HEAVEN

Clyde Killens

Annie Lennox

Clyde Killens

No Catch Phrases Necessary

Clyde Killens

Alternate Realty

Artformz caters to commerce and creativity, with mixed results

Yung Joc

Artformz caters to commerce and creativity, with mixed results

Moving Messages

Artformz caters to commerce and creativity, with mixed results

Aretha Franklin

Artformz caters to commerce and creativity, with mixed results

Spirit

Musical Praise

Steamy

Alicia Keys's music is the stuff of dreams

Old Twist

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

Change, Change, Change

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

Best Jukebox

Lost Weekend

Train in Vain

Lost Weekend

The Art of the Matter

Lost Weekend

No Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

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Rotations

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Reverb

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Wild Bill's Big List

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Top 10 Thursdays: The Top 10 Jam Band Gods

​On Friday, August 21, Col. Bruce Hampton will bring his inspired, improvisation rock to Revolution in Fort Lauderdale. He's a jam band hero who helped form the highly influential '90s H.O.R.D.E. tours. With H.O.R.D.E., he employed future jam band all-stars Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band), ... More >>

Moon Tunes

​On Friday, August 21, Col. Bruce Hampton will bring his inspired, improvisation rock to Revolution in Fort Lauderdale. He's a jam band hero who helped form the highly influential '90s H.O.R.D.E. tours. With H.O.R.D.E., he employed future jam band all-stars Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band), ... More >>

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 >>

Out of Africa

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 >>

Aretha Franklin

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Diva Club

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>