Janis Joplin

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Steven Tyler's Twisted Toes and Four Other Physical Consequences of Rocking Too Hard

When we last saw him, Steven Tyler had turned into a 63-year-old grandma who'd gotten lost on a sandbar. Well, the Aerosmith frontman is back in the tabloid blogosphere for his bod. Only this time it's got nothing to do with his grams gams. No, Steven Tyler has completely fucking twisted toes. And ... More >>

Sweat Records' Black Friday Garage Sale Promises Deep Discounts and No Stampedes

Oh, Black Friday! Every year after Thanksgiving, a shopping warzone breaks out as holiday cheer and good tidings soon give way to flying elbows and weeping grandmothers who scream in the deep-throated, craggy, ten-packs-a-day roar of a truck driver at a strip club, "Christmas shopping season is fuc ... More >>

Ten Rock Star Members of the Dead at 27 Club

​Amy Winehouse's death has inspired numerous discursive threads, including speculation about her yet-to-be-revealed cause of death, the paparazzi (and YouTube's) hyperdocumentation of her slow unraveling, and the deep tragedy of the young singer's thorny personal life. In the face of much morbid, ... More >>

Rock of Ages: Eat In The '80s (Photos)

All photos by Laine Doss Sunset Strip via Miami....the bums were really confused today.​You may not have noticed

The Silky Jazz of Sybil Gage at the Van Dyke Tonight

​Sybil Gage is one of those rare chanteuses in the world of jazz who is capable of evoking some decidedly un-jazz feelings. Often compared to greats like Nina and Ella, Gage shares more with Janis Joplin, Eartha Kitt, Grace Slick, and Corinne Bailey-Rae than one would suspect. Her live engagemen ... More >>

Yuppies and Puppies

​Sybil Gage is one of those rare chanteuses in the world of jazz who is capable of evoking some decidedly un-jazz feelings. Often compared to greats like Nina and Ella, Gage shares more with Janis Joplin, Eartha Kitt, Grace Slick, and Corinne Bailey-Rae than one would suspect. Her live engagemen ... More >>

Last Night: Juliette Lewis and Joe Perry Rocked Miami Dolphins Tailgate

Photo by Victor GonzalezJuliette LewisSpecial Guest Joe PerrySun Life Stadium, Miami Dolphins TailgateThursday, November 18, 2010Better Than: The DolphinsLast night, the Miami Dolphins lost--the Bears shut them out, actually. And believe it or not, Crossfade was at the game. However, nothing about t ... More >>

Backstage in South Florida: Awkward Encounters With Iron Butterfly, John Mellencamp, Janis Joplin, Roger Daltrey, Chaka Khan and More

John "Don't Call Me Johnny" Mellencamp​Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, quick snapshots in a book of memories.Sometimes even the briefest encounters can leave the most lingering impre ... More >>

The Dan Band Plays Brew at the Zoo

John "Don't Call Me Johnny" Mellencamp​Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, quick snapshots in a book of memories.Sometimes even the briefest encounters can leave the most lingering impre ... More >>

DRB Miami is the Democratic Republic of Beer, Now Open

Jacob KatelGita Shonek kicks back a cold one.​Fourteenth Street is the Janis Joplin of Downtown. She came into some money, her legs are wide open, everybody's welcome, and she's down to party. Here's a new notch in her belt. DRB Miami (255 NE 14th Street, between NE Second and Biscayne) is a ... 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 >>

Taking Woodstock Ruins It

Who knew three days of peace and music would oppress us for 40 years?

Notes From the Soundboard: Remembering More Recently Departed Musical Talents

John Dawson fronted this pioneering Americana band.​To read past installments of Notes from the Soundboard, click here. It's become all too common in our society to mourn the passing of those whose fame has taken them to the heights of international stardom, while all but ignoring others who perha ... More >>

Notes From the Soundboard: Let's Get Physical

Notes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing weekly on Crossfade,  focused on pop music's history and ongoing evolution. Lee Zimmerman shares insights and observations on how music continues to connect with the weirdness of the world. Click here to read past installments.I have a gripe.& ... More >>

Chelsea on the Rocks premiere rocky, Chelseac

Festival Director Tiziana Finzi hands Ferrara his Lifetime Achievment Award--some kind of crystal statue--and he immediately asks how much it cost

Escape Reality for Film

Be grateful your life is too bland for a biography.

Heat Rave

Ten summers that rocked.

The Summer After the Summer of Love

It may not get its due, but 1968 helped alter rock's reality.

Across the Universe

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Reining in the Blood

Once pop culture's most notorious scapegoat, Slayer's Tom Araya talks spirituality, farming, and Paul Simon

The Saddest Club of All

Once pop culture's most notorious scapegoat, Slayer's Tom Araya talks spirituality, farming, and Paul Simon

Heliocentric Theory

Sol shines as an alternative musician who happens to be female

Demolition Doll Rods

There Is a Difference (Touch and Go)

BEST LEATHER

Recycled Blues

Revolution Soul

Next stop for Miami's Latin underground: Hope

Docs that Rock

Next stop for Miami's Latin underground: Hope

No Borders

What's the secret behind Spanish quintet La Oreja de Van Gogh's stateside success? Not surprisingly, they aren't telling

Jazz Orgy

Sex Mob flies in the face of traditionalists with its pop-inspired avant-jazz sound

No Ordinary Men

Hot duo Sin Bandera brings Spanish R&B to the masses

Cookin' Sounds

Gerber's blues are like poultry, er, poetry

The Anti-Club

For a good time, try talking to someone

First Lady of Latin Rock

Celeste Carballo finally steers north

Don’t Get Holidazed!

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Velvet Offensive

Forget crossover: Selling a Colombian rock band in the United States is a mission for the custodians of culture -- or a very powerful magician

State of Grace

Grace Slick

Women on the Verge

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The Return of Art Rock

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Rotations

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Family Fair

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Reverb

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Rotations

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Rotations

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Solid As a Rock

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Calendar for the week

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Blond Angel's Death Song

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Swelter 22

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R. Crumb,What's the Frequency?

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Kurt Feelings

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