Billie Holiday

Your iPod Can't Do This

Overtown Via South Beach

Rebirth of Cool

Soul en Espanol

Ten Sweet and Sleazy Rock Star Sex Stories

Famous Arkansas groupie Sweet Connie Hamzy.​The Grand Funk Railroad song "We're an American Band" opens with the lines: "Out on the road for forty days/Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze/Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act/She had the whole show and that's a natural fact." A still-acti ... More >>

Havana Good Time

Famous Arkansas groupie Sweet Connie Hamzy.​The Grand Funk Railroad song "We're an American Band" opens with the lines: "Out on the road for forty days/Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze/Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act/She had the whole show and that's a natural fact." A still-acti ... More >>

Two is a Crowd

Famous Arkansas groupie Sweet Connie Hamzy.​The Grand Funk Railroad song "We're an American Band" opens with the lines: "Out on the road for forty days/Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze/Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act/She had the whole show and that's a natural fact." A still-acti ... More >>

Sol Ruiz Brings Psychedelic Son to Van Dyke Next Monday, September 14

​Songstress and Miami native Sol Ruiz seems to go by a lot of monikers--Neo Hippie Rain Maker of Cuban decent and flower child of Psychedelic Cuban Blues, just a few of them (though admittedly the most catchy). The later is probably the closest thing to pass for a description of an artist as easy ... More >>

Become a Believer

​Songstress and Miami native Sol Ruiz seems to go by a lot of monikers--Neo Hippie Rain Maker of Cuban decent and flower child of Psychedelic Cuban Blues, just a few of them (though admittedly the most catchy). The later is probably the closest thing to pass for a description of an artist as easy ... More >>

Would You Like a Song with That Steak?

​Songstress and Miami native Sol Ruiz seems to go by a lot of monikers--Neo Hippie Rain Maker of Cuban decent and flower child of Psychedelic Cuban Blues, just a few of them (though admittedly the most catchy). The later is probably the closest thing to pass for a description of an artist as easy ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Daphna Rose's "There's Still Room For a Miracle"

Miami singer/songwriter Daphna Rose sounds like a folky lounge singer, blending expressive and insightful lyrical arrangements with her brand of accessible bluesy pop. When she reaches for the chorus of this featured MP3, singing "There's room for a miracle in my life," ... More >>

Cat Shell: One Cool Cat

Fresh-faced Boca chanteuse expands her reach.

Best Of 2009 Preview: Best Album

Photo by HectorRachel Goodrich, Tinker ToysIt has been a good year for South Florida's quirky local indie darling Rachel Goodrich, what with a glowing shoutout from the New York Times this past December and her official debut appearance at SXSW this past spring. It was all well-deserved and ti ... More >>

Get Jazzed in the Gardens

Photo by HectorRachel Goodrich, Tinker ToysIt has been a good year for South Florida's quirky local indie darling Rachel Goodrich, what with a glowing shoutout from the New York Times this past December and her official debut appearance at SXSW this past spring. It was all well-deserved and ti ... More >>

Bluesman John P. Hammond Plays the Colony Theatre

He keeps the tradition alive.

Free Vinyl Giveaway: Verve Remixed Vol. 4

He keeps the tradition alive.

All Is Fair in Love

Two of R&B’s hottest stars align at The Fillmore.

Misty Blood-Colored Memories

Dancers evoke the passage of slavery.

God Bless the Child

Kim Nalley keeps Billie Holiday’s music alive

Speaking of A Tribe Called Quest

Kim Nalley keeps Billie Holiday’s music alive

Harlem Reshuffle

At Silqui’s, soul food is not quite center stage

Itching for Art?

A breakout of brand-new exhibits takes over downtown

Show Me Your Soul

The Butterfly commemorates lost legends

Great Scott

This little man is big on jazz

Heliocentric Theory

Sol shines as an alternative musician who happens to be female

Lemon City Lullabies

Sol shines as an alternative musician who happens to be female

Various Artists

Verve Remixed 3 Verve

Current Stage Shows

Verve Remixed 3 Verve

Current Stage Shows

Verve Remixed 3 Verve

Tu for Tu

Verve Remixed 3 Verve

Good Evening, Heartache

Billie Holiday self-destructs on the M Ensemble stage

Next Best Thing

If you weren't at this landmark blues concert, Lightning in a Bottle will do

Omara Portuondo

Flor de Amor Nonesuch

Abbey Lincoln

It's Me (Verve)

Viva la Diva

Baker shines immortal

Smoked, Not Chilled

Martirio carries the old-school torch

Cinema Shalom

From films about orgasm to the mythical Golem, the Jewish Film Festival is all over the place

O-Town Art

The Lyric Theater throws a birthday party for Miami with art as a present

Various Artists

Verve Remixed "Verve"

BEST JAZZ RADIO PROGRAM

Weekend Jazz Saturday with Tracy Fields

Jazz Jones

Catch the Cotton Club, at the Lyric or Liberty City

Best Jazz Radio Program

China's Jazz Thing

Best Restoration

Lyric Theater

Rotations

Lyric Theater

A Star Is Boring

Lyric Theater

Night & Day

April 16 - 22, 1998

Black Beauty

In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

Rotations

In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

Sweet and Sour

Blue and sentimental he's not, but Sugar spills it like it is

Program Notes

Blue and sentimental he's not, but Sugar spills it like it is