Subject: Harry Belafonte

• Rara to Go

  January 8, 1992

• Talking With Chuck D About Obama

  Image via www.myspace.com/chuckdpublicenemyThere are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it's been 20 years since PE's frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now sits in the Oval Office thanks in large part to record black turnout last November. "We had numbers [on our side] this time," Chuck says of the election, a few days before Obama's inauguration. (His ow

  January 23, 2009

• Art in Cuba

  June 8, 1994

• Free Yr Radio Benefit for WVUM, with the Walkmen

  October 2, 2008

• Skin Diving

  November 30, 1995

• Always a New Day-O

  October 4, 2001

• 1984 and Counting

  September 27, 2001

• End of the Road

  August 23, 2001

• Calypso Ribs

  July 13, 2000

• Hot Beat of Summers

  June 10, 1999

• News of the Weird

  April 29, 1999

• Here Comes the Funk

  April 1, 1999

• Diva Variety

  November 19, 1998

• The Catalyst

  November 5, 1998

• !Viva Los Zafiros!

  April 9, 1998

• Calypso Carnival

  November 6, 1997

• Dancing with Dominicans

  March 13, 1997

• We're Not in Nashville Any More

  August 15, 1996

• Styx and Groans

  July 4, 1996

• Wild Bill's Big List

  January 20, 1993

• Groove Thangs 25th Anniversary at Alligator Alley

  Before Pat Stacey, better known as Down Pat, moved to North Carolina and then New York, his band the Groove Thangs were a South Florida staple for lovers of blues, soul, calypso fusion funk. They toured relentlessly in the late '80s and early '90s, were signed and then dropped from a label, and went on to release music independently, garnering a lot of acclaim from local publications.Last night, Pat and his brother Bonefish Johnny took the stage at Alligator Alley with a keyboard, MaBbook comput

  April 17, 2009

• Last Night: Animal Collective at Culture Room

  photo by Ian WitlenView New Times' full slideshow of the show here. Animal CollectiveWith Black DiceTuesday, June 9, 2009Culture Room, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Eating Terry Riley's leftover mushrooms and listening to a Diplo mashup of the Beach Boys.The Review:"Harry Belafonte! Harry Belafonte!" That's what the girl next to me last night screamed in the few moments when Animal Collective's live sonic roar slipped into its quieter moments. Her implied comparison wasn't far off. Maybe there wasn

  June 10, 2009

• Q&A with MJ of Awesome New Republic

  Awesome New Republic​Michael John Hancock, better known as MJ, from Miami's soul-punk group Awesome New Republic, talked about the band's new release coming in October, settling in Miami, and band breakups. Awesome New Republic will perform Tuesday, September 8 at Roxy's in West Palm Beach and Saturday, September 12 at Soho Studios in Miami. Visit the band's MySpace page for more details New Times: You studied music at University of Miami. How did your studies inform your composition s

  September 4, 2009