Eric Clapton

Silver Ball, Silver Screen

"You'll Have to Leave Miami to Make It" and More Wisdom From Florida Music Get Together

​It's not easy being a musician in Vice City. The geographical challenge alone is enough to make any band go crazy. Miami may never be called a musical epicenter. But when Radioboxer's Jota Dazza put out the call for fellow musicians to take part in the Florida Music Get Together, the local music ... More >>

Top ten cocaine songs

​It's not easy being a musician in Vice City. The geographical challenge alone is enough to make any band go crazy. Miami may never be called a musical epicenter. But when Radioboxer's Jota Dazza put out the call for fellow musicians to take part in the Florida Music Get Together, the local music ... More >>

Top Ten Best Songs About Cocaine

When they say Miami is a city built of snow, rest assured they aren't talking about the weather. Even pop culture, through movies like Scarface and TV shows like Miami Vice, have helped equate the city to sweet Lady Cocaine. That's reason enough to honor it by listing some of the best cocaine-relate ... More >>

Like Father, Like Son

When they say Miami is a city built of snow, rest assured they aren't talking about the weather. Even pop culture, through movies like Scarface and TV shows like Miami Vice, have helped equate the city to sweet Lady Cocaine. That's reason enough to honor it by listing some of the best cocaine-relate ... More >>

Unveil Your Pink Benefit is Burnin' Up Boca

Signed, sealed, delivered: they're yours​Purchasing autographed music memorabilia can serve a greater purpose than just prompting everyone who enters your home to remark: "Ohmygosh, I want to kiss all three Jonas Brothers on their John Hancocks!" In the case of Women on the Move's Unveil Your Pink ... More >>

Tonight! Eric Clapton at BankAtlantic Center

Eric Clapton is one of the greatest guitarists alive. The man -- currently gabbing with Buddy Guy on his signature T-Mobile phone on TV -- long ago earned his place in the pantheon of rockers as a guitar god.Clapton began his career in the early '60s playing with British blues-rock pioneers the Yar ... More >>

Got the Blues? Get Healed

Eric Clapton is one of the greatest guitarists alive. The man -- currently gabbing with Buddy Guy on his signature T-Mobile phone on TV -- long ago earned his place in the pantheon of rockers as a guitar god.Clapton began his career in the early '60s playing with British blues-rock pioneers the Yar ... More >>

Concert Announcements: Yes and Eric Clapton with Roger Daltrey

via Flickr user AndreaTX​Wow! Another day of concert announcements without jam bands. Don't worry, they'll be back tomorrow. For today it's all about rock and roll. If you like your rock of the progressive persuasion, you'll be happy to hear Yes is coming to Boca on February 28. Yes is taking a pa ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: The Top Ten Guitarists Right Now

Buddy Guy plays the Arsht Center.​Blues badass Buddy Guy -- along with Big Easy piano man Dr. John -- performs Friday at the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center. A huge influence on Eric Clapton and countless others, Guy continues to elate audience members with his guitar heroics at the g ... More >>

Concert Review: the Jean Marie, Arboles Libres, Static Moon, and Pretty Please at Churchill's, September 4

via myspace.com/prettyprettypleasePretty Please​The Jean Marie, Arboles Libres, Pretty Please, and Static MoonChurchill's Pub, MiamiFriday, September 4, 2009 Better Than: Paying 20 bucks to loiter at your favorite lackluster South Beach club and end up holding your best friend's hair back in the W ... More >>

Concert Review: Respectable Street's 22nd Anniversary

Afrobeta opened the night's festivities.​Respectable Street's 22nd AnniversaryClematis Street, West Palm BeachSaturday, August 22, 2009Better Than: The 21 previous Respectable Street anniversary parties (probably)The Review: It's been 22 years since Rodney Mayo bought an old  Salvation Army s ... More >>

Notes From the Soundboard: Something Blue

​To read past installments of Notes from the Soundboard, click here. One constant theme of this column is a fixation on bands and artists that somehow fell through the cracks that occur within pop music's lengthy trajectory. That's one hazard of rock's rich repertoire -- so many artists, but so li ... More >>

Pinetop Perkins

Pinetop Perkins and Friends (Telarc)

Last Night: Eric Clapton at Hard Rock Live

Pinetop Perkins and Friends (Telarc)

Running on Faith

Eric Clapton hits the Hard Rock with Robert Randolph!

What’s for Dinner?

Let Babyface give your boy some lessons tonight.

Clapton's Still God

Let Babyface give your boy some lessons tonight.

Eric Clapton

Let Babyface give your boy some lessons tonight.

Iko-Iko

Let Babyface give your boy some lessons tonight.

Various Artists

"Tears in Heaven" (RIAA)

BEST RECORDING STUDIO

"Tears in Heaven" (RIAA)

Letters from the Issue of December 16-22, 2004

Commie columnists, Clapton memories, and Christian bigots

Musical Mecca

After 30 years, they still flock to that most fabled of oceanfront homes

This Week's Day by Day Picks

After 30 years, they still flock to that most fabled of oceanfront homes

Sites and Sounds

A collector's guide to shopping for music in cyberspace

Royal Blues

Musical monarch continues his reign

The Iguanas

Yep Roc Records

This Way Out

Once one of Argentina's biggest rock stars, JAF sings for his supper in Miami

Rockin' MAM

Rock & Roll/JAM at MAM

Best Rock Club

Satchmo Blues Bar & Grill

Various Artists

New Beats from the Delta
Fat Possum

Best Record/CD Store

Blue Note Records

Still Can't Hear You, Buddy

Blue Note Records

Rotations

Blue Note Records

Generation Beck

Blue Note Records

Even Major Labels Get the Blues

Blue Note Records

Buddy System

Blue Note Records

Blues Pickin'

The best blues had to offer in '94

The Price They Pay

Even with lower manufacturing costs, CDs can be a pricey proposition for independent acts, especially those bands aiming for a professional look and sound. The studio and production expenses can be staggering.

No Sweat

J.J. Cale rides the gentle wind of career stability

Buddy Makes Book

Between the covers with Chicago guitar great Buddy Guy

Rotations 33

Between the covers with Chicago guitar great Buddy Guy

Rock and Roll Graveyard

Jimi Hendrix's guitar. John Lennon's furniture. Bono's sunglasses. Hope I die before I get sold.

Big Things in Store

When you visit your local record shop, make sure that's not the next Springsteen selling you a CD

Solid Old: Top 10 Rock Relics of All Time

When you visit your local record shop, make sure that's not the next Springsteen selling you a CD

Klassic Hits Kwiz

When you visit your local record shop, make sure that's not the next Springsteen selling you a CD

Irrefutable Evidence

One lable hopes to prove the blues deserve a fair hearing

Program Notes

One lable hopes to prove the blues deserve a fair hearing

They Wrong the Songs

One lable hopes to prove the blues deserve a fair hearing