Jesse Jackson

Give Peace a Dance

It’s a Jam Band Jamboree

Art Basel Week: Home Grown party at the Vagabond

Rachel Goodrich While seemingly the whole highbrow world descends on Miami Beach tonight for the official opening of Art Basel, across the causeway, the Vagabond kicks off the artsy extravaganza with a locals-centric fiesta. Okay, so Miami New Times is an official sponsor of the event, but it’s n ... More >>

Rachel Goodrich Featured in the New York Times

It's always a good feeling as a publication when artists that you've been covering on the ground for years finally gain the national exposure that you know they deserve. Such was the feeling yesterday as I read through a great story on Miami's growing indie music scene by written by former Herald r ... More >>

Program Notes

It's always a good feeling as a publication when artists that you've been covering on the ground for years finally gain the national exposure that you know they deserve. Such was the feeling yesterday as I read through a great story on Miami's growing indie music scene by written by former Herald r ... More >>

Oh, Henry!

Master Gibson covers the world with unbeatable percussion

The Third Man

George Bush knows how to make war. Bill Clinton can play the sax. But it's Elvis Presley who's really in charge here.

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George Bush knows how to make war. Bill Clinton can play the sax. But it's Elvis Presley who's really in charge here.

Former Circa 28, Electric Pickle, Opens Tonight

The Adventures of the Electric Pickle start tonight. When Circa 28 suddenly shut down last year, it came as a shock to many. Well its back, er, sort of. We reported about the Electric Pickle taking over the space back February, and just in time for Winter Music Conference, the place is ready for the ... More >>

Homegrown, featuring ArtOfficial and the Spam Allstars

The Adventures of the Electric Pickle start tonight. When Circa 28 suddenly shut down last year, it came as a shock to many. Well its back, er, sort of. We reported about the Electric Pickle taking over the space back February, and just in time for Winter Music Conference, the place is ready for the ... More >>

Michael the Black Man Trashes Obama

A former cult member crashed the UM rally.

Ramburgler

A former cult member crashed the UM rally.

Record Setting

Sweat Records hangs on for its third year.

Piano Man on a Mission

Kristopher Hull is zeal on wheels.

A Troubadour for Troubled Waters

Jesse Jackson sings a city's soul to wake

Turn It Down a Notch

Jesse Jackson sings a city's soul to wake

Adieu, Republicans

Jesse Jackson sings a city's soul to wake

Independent’s Day

Jesse Jackson sings a city's soul to wake

Rock On!

You missed the concert, but you can still see the posters

Da Da Da

An old movement takes on new meaning

Go Miami, It’s Your Birthday!

Camposition’s gonna party like it’s your birthday

Forget About the Rock

Camposition’s gonna party like it’s your birthday

World Beat, Miami Heat

Miami's Nervous City Orchestra makes a rousing debut

Radio Days

DJ and friends offer an early wake-up call

On Edge

A local documentary film festival takes on topics not for the timid

Cut Rate

The intentions outweigh the execution in Ice Cube's Barbershop

Money Talks

In our pure sales culture, the Latin Grammy protesters could learn a hip-hop lesson

Get Your Break On

The Source awards arrive, and it's all good, if a little dull

Best Periodiquito

¡Grita! The Voice of the Fighting Cuban

Images of Exile

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.

News of the Weird

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.

Poodles, Tigers, and Celebrities, Oh My

No money. No filmmaking experience. No hope for commercial success. Minor details didn't stop Joe Cardona and Alex Anton from exploring their Cuban heritage.

Sol Ruiz's Outlander CD Brings Tropical Folk Style Cuban Psychedelic Music

Sol Ruiz's Oultander is a 6-song disc I got in a cardboard sleeve from producer Bobby Macintyre of Studio 71.He says: "Sol is the songwriter and she plays acoustic guitar. I played drums, produced, engineered, and mixed it. Jesse Jackson plays some Dobro slide guitar, and some cuatro. Lorenzo Corti ... More >>

Time for Some R&R

Sol Ruiz's Oultander is a 6-song disc I got in a cardboard sleeve from producer Bobby Macintyre of Studio 71.He says: "Sol is the songwriter and she plays acoustic guitar. I played drums, produced, engineered, and mixed it. Jesse Jackson plays some Dobro slide guitar, and some cuatro. Lorenzo Corti ... More >>

Local Motion

More recent South Florida releases.

Raffa and Rainer CD Release for No Mercy December 18

​Raffa Jo Harris and Rainer Davies aka Raffa and Rainer have finally completed their follow up to 2005's Stolen Coal. The 11 track long player, No Mercy, was recorded on and off over the past two years at various locations in the Magic City and features over 30 different musicians and artists besi ... More >>

Can You Put Out These Albums a Little Faster?

​Raffa Jo Harris and Rainer Davies aka Raffa and Rainer have finally completed their follow up to 2005's Stolen Coal. The 11 track long player, No Mercy, was recorded on and off over the past two years at various locations in the Magic City and features over 30 different musicians and artists besi ... More >>

News Roundup: Deadly Crash Kills Driver and Dozens of Animals

Jesse Jackson was in town for the Super Bowl and decided to engage in his number one hobby: protesting. He marched against high rates of foreclosure and unemployment. [NBCMiami]A truck pulling a livestock trailer jackknifed in Weston. The driver and about 100 of the animals were killed, bu ... More >>

Everybody's Friend

Jesse Jackson was in town for the Super Bowl and decided to engage in his number one hobby: protesting. He marched against high rates of foreclosure and unemployment. [NBCMiami]A truck pulling a livestock trailer jackknifed in Weston. The driver and about 100 of the animals were killed, bu ... More >>

Record Store Day: Full Sweatstock Schedule Posted

​As you may have heard about 2,112 times already, Record Store Day is Saturday, and Sweat Records (5505 NE 2nd Ave., Miami) has posted the full schedule for the Sweatstock extravaganza. (Previously: "Radio-Active Records Unveils Details of Saturday's Record Store Day")The free, all-ages block part ... More >>

Concert Review: Oracledang Festival at White Room, May 28

photo by Ben ThackerLil Wayne BFFs Mayday closed out the evening. ​Oracledang FestivalWith Raffa Jo, Radioboxer, Mayday, and othersWhite Room, MiamiFriday, May 28, 2010
 Better Than: The sum of its parts The Review:
 Hot dang, White Room was white hot Friday night as Miami autho ... More >>

LEBO Celebrates Book Release Tonight at Doraku with Cleveland Jones, Nicole Chirino, Jesse Jackson

​Miami artist David Lebatard, or LEBO as most know him, may as well be part of the local music scene. He's always been in and around it, never too far from the action. Sure, he did work for the Mayfair in Coconut Grove, Las Olas Riverfront Complex, Burdines and others. But he was also commissioned ... More >>

Jesse Jackson Says LeBron James Was Treated Like "A Runaway Slave"

​Cleveland Caveliers owner Dan Gilbert came across as a whiny, sore loser when he posted his now infamous pissed-off, Comic Sans screed when LeBron James dared join the Miami Heat. He called James' actions "heartless and callous" and promised that the Cavs would win a championship before the Heat ... More >>

Jackson Soul Food and Aguacates got soul

​Cleveland Caveliers owner Dan Gilbert came across as a whiny, sore loser when he posted his now infamous pissed-off, Comic Sans screed when LeBron James dared join the Miami Heat. He called James' actions "heartless and callous" and promised that the Cavs would win a championship before the Heat ... More >>

Inside Afrobeta's Crib with Jesse Jackson

I recently stopped by Afrobeta's beautiful downtown home recording studio to drop off a LeBron CD, and to check if they needed a guitarist for their tour. I love Afro Beta, and if I could work with any local band it would be them. You should have seen them at Ultra. Jesus! Local songwriter Jesse Ja ... More >>

Cleaveland Jones Gets Spiritual (and Ironic) on New Album Tao Jones

Cleaveland Jones explores the sound of Tao.​Cleaveland Jones just might be the ideal Miamian -- the alpha Floridian, if you will. And if there's any doubt that he's as fitting a face as the MIA could want, consider his new album Tao Jones, a happy marriage showcasing reggae, soul, and samba in per ... More >>

Chris Hansen Accused of Cheating, Gets Exactly What's Coming to Him

Twitter almost collapsed under the weight of all the "Why don't you have a seat over here?" jokes being made Wednesday night.​You know who he is: The expensive haircut, the cheap ties. The fake tan, the small-town wrestling announcer voice.He's Chris Hansen, the former host of NBC's To Catch A Pre ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do This Weekend Under $10

Via facebook.com/surferblood​America's 9.1 unemployment rate got you down? Yeah, we're pretty bummed about that shit too. But at least the weekend's here, and there's plenty of stuff to do that's under $10. Treat yourself to a free Surfer Blood concert, or maybe tackle $0.99 beers at Miami's old ... More >>

Tiger Woods Needs A Little Of That Earl Wisdom That Made Him Great

Alex Izaguirre​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. In this special edition, Luke thinks Tiger Woods let Stevie Williams off easy.Tiger Woods could really use his dad right no ... More >>