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Aretha Franklin

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Whitney Houston's Funeral Live Stream: Five Predictions

    ​The internet, a safe haven where perverts can download fetish porn and degenerates bet on sports. It's an information superhighway trolled by digital pirates on the lookout for copyrighted gold and a place where everyone can be the star of their very own Truman Show. But on Saturday, February 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Overtown Music Project's Eight Sounds of Overtown

    Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown's heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Stokeswood Talks Tropical Heat and In the Field of the Vibrations

    ​We don't have enough live music in Miami. We just don't. So when a band like Stokeswood decides to make its second home in the Magic City, we get a little giddy. Originally from Georgia, the electro-acoustic band will be playing at The Stage this Saturday as part of Soul Fest. Tingling with e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Soul Food and Gospel Music at the Overtown Gospel Brunch

    ​It's going to be pretty hard to think of a better way to celebrate a pre-Mother's Day meal after you've read about the first ever Overtown Gospel Brunch.Bring your best church hat for lookin' fancy, a big fan because it's hot in Miami, and a loose dress, because there will be lots of chow. Brunch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Five Interviews With Future Pop Stars at the X Factor Tryouts In Miami

    This morning at 6 a.m., a massive group of sincere, talented singers (and a equally massive gaggle of delusional people who think they're singers) gathered at the BankUnited Center to show the world's bullies that they actually are, in fact, special. Auditions for the upcoming Simon Cowell show, X ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Played an Empty Fillmore, Thousands Missed Best Show Ever

    Photo by Marta Xochilt Perez​ See the full 30-photo Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings slideshow. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings The Fillmore Miami Beach Sunday, March 20, 2011 Better Than: Anything that's ever happened to me. Despite the fact I previewed this show with a music feature in last ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at the Fillmore Miami Beach March 20

    Photo by Marta Xochilt Perez​ See the full 30-photo Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings slideshow. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings The Fillmore Miami Beach Sunday, March 20, 2011 Better Than: Anything that's ever happened to me. Despite the fact I previewed this show with a music feature in last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Bieber Fever! The Dangerous Breakout of an Androgynous Boy Wonder

    Bieber gonna give you fever!​You can joke about Justin Bieber's lesbianism all day. But the Biebz reigns supreme. Powered by asexual androgyny and cotton-candy songcraft, he has brainwashed tween girls, their mothers, and even, in the most extreme cases, their fathers. You could be next. Serious ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    Bieber fever! Justin Bieber plays the American Airlines Arena December 18

    Bieber gonna give you fever!​You can joke about Justin Bieber's lesbianism all day. But the Biebz reigns supreme. Powered by asexual androgyny and cotton-candy songcraft, he has brainwashed tween girls, their mothers, and even, in the most extreme cases, their fathers. You could be next. Serious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Five Vintage Snickers Commercials That'll Make You Snicker

    Snickers has had some nutty commercials in recent months. There was the Betty White/Abe Vigoda football spot, then the Aretha Franklin road trip bit, and now the creepy Halloween campaign:

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Overtown's historic Lyric Theater hangs in limbo

    Snickers has had some nutty commercials in recent months. There was the Betty White/Abe Vigoda football spot, then the Aretha Franklin road trip bit, and now the creepy Halloween campaign:

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    Miami's Chicken Busters are no more

    Snickers has had some nutty commercials in recent months. There was the Betty White/Abe Vigoda football spot, then the Aretha Franklin road trip bit, and now the creepy Halloween campaign:

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Interview: Andrea Curto-Randazzo Gets The 10

    Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo​Now here's a gal who really knows her way around a kitchen: Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo of Talula. She co-owns and co-cooks with husband Frank Randazzo and has been since June 2003, dishing up eclectic eats inspired by Italy, Asia and the Southwest. They labeled their sty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Book Review: Please Step Back by Ben Greenman

    Melville House BooksI used to spend a lot of time and money purchasing slick vinyl re-issues of "forgotten" or "lost" eras in American music: albums with titles like New Orleans Funk, Vol. 1: The Original Sound of Funk, 1960-1975 and Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida 1967-1974 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Video: Sam Cooke Live From the Harlem Square Club in Overtown

    "Don't fight it, we gona feel it tonight, ya understand." And with these words Sam Cooke launched into "Feel It" (a Wilson Pickett tune), on what would become his "Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963" album. Jerry Wexler, the man who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues" and a pa ... More >>

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    Bluesman John P. Hammond Plays the Colony Theatre

    He keeps the tradition alive.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Hope for Overtown

    At 11:45 this morning, Jackson Soul Food restaurant at 950 NW Third Ave. was standing-room-only. Overtown and Liberty City residents packed every booth, table, and counter inside the storied and recently  remodeled soul food eatery as they watched President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony on ... More >>

  • Music

    October 23, 2008

    Cool Credos

    We offer the presidential contenders our own picks for theme songs.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2007

    Last Night: Joss Stone at Revolution

    We offer the presidential contenders our own picks for theme songs.

  • Home Entertainment

    June 14, 2007

    Beat the Crowd

    DVD releases for the week of July 12, 2007

  • Music

    June 14, 2007

    Stone on a Roll

    She's young, beautiful, and mad about her muse, but that doesn't mean Joss Stone doesn't get the blues

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Letters from the Issue of April 5, 2007

    "300 has earned a spot in my ever-expanding gay porn collection."

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Blue Crush

    An independent record store finds its own level

  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    Marcia Griffiths

    Shining Time VP Records

  • Film

    March 4, 2004

    Information Society

    Film, video, graphic, and even cell phone art will be seen on the scene at WMC

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of July 18, 2002

    Read all about it: Republicans conspire to ruin public education!

  • Music

    July 11, 2002

    Keeping Son Real

    Conjunto Progreso does Latin like it should be

  • Music

    February 15, 2001

    Shake

    Miami's Grammy Booty

  • Music

    January 18, 2001

    Various Artists

    New Beats from the Delta
    Fat Possum

  • Culture

    November 23, 2000

    "Moms" Said Knock You Out

    This hilarious tribute to seminal comedienne Jackie "Moms" Mabley leaves audiences wanting more

  • Music

    July 20, 2000

    Ol' Black Magic

    Santana and Macy Gray combine fusion with platinum

  • Music

    June 22, 2000

    Divas with a Cause

    The Brazilian Divas

  • Music

    November 18, 1999

    Top Dog

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    January 29, 1998

    Rotations

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    September 18, 1997

    The Sixth Step to Getting Signed

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Calendar

    May 8, 1997

    Calendar for the week

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    February 27, 1997

    Reverb

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    February 6, 1997

    Rotations

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    January 23, 1997

    Rotations

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    December 5, 1996

    Rotations

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    October 10, 1996

    Rotations

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Calendar

    August 22, 1996

    Calendar for the week

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    Reverb

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • News

    January 18, 1996

    Reverb

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    July 20, 1995

    Rotations

    George Clinton's latest state-of-the-funk message

  • Music

    September 30, 1992

    Don't Let Go The Soul

    For those who can't tell the difference between Wilson Phillips and Wilson Pickett, it's time to go to school with Professor Clay

  • News

    August 12, 1992

    Program Notes

    For those who can't tell the difference between Wilson Phillips and Wilson Pickett, it's time to go to school with Professor Clay

  • News

    January 22, 1992

    Swelter

    For those who can't tell the difference between Wilson Phillips and Wilson Pickett, it's time to go to school with Professor Clay

  • Film

    September 11, 1991

    Got Their Irish Up

    For those who can't tell the difference between Wilson Phillips and Wilson Pickett, it's time to go to school with Professor Clay

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