Did you spend all of your money on a vacation getaway this summer? Perhaps that wasn’t the best idea because you already live in paradise. If that’s the case, though, you’ll probably want to scrounge up some more cash to catch some of the concerts coming to South Florida in the remaining four months of 2017.
Unlike many people who become enamored with romanticized ideas of certain eras of the past, Von Teese maintains perspective on the shortcomings of the period she so adores, transporting to the present the vintage styling of the era while parting with its societal hypocrisies and sexual repression.
People don’t typically think of cityscapes or any place near concrete buildings as the ideal setting for a music festival, but in many ways Miami is the optimal locale to host a gathering of music and art freaks. The Magic City boasts plenty of event spaces and venues, such as Mana Wynwood and the North Beach Bandshell, that have become go-to spots for festivals both large and small.
Prism Creative Group’s Listening Den concert series aims to put singer/songwriters at the forefront of Miami’s live music scene.
Louisville’s Bryson Tiller feels right at home in Miami.
It would be difficult to overstate Salt-N-Pepa’s significance for many of today’s biggest artists. Beyoncé could never have sung “Can you lick my Skittles/It’s the sweetest in the middle” if Salt-N-Pepa hadn’t rapped “Felt it in my hips so I dipped back to my bag of tricks…/Lick him like a…
Ivy Queen’s music gets the party going in all circles, but her songs are made by and for women.
Guns N’ Roses can act as hard as they want – and they do – but at their core they’re crowd-pleasers. They know their fans want raining pyro, climbing and jumping off stage monitors, and extended guitar solos, and they delivered handsomely to a melting audience.
Jack Massic’s new song, “Always,” has all the makings of a certified summer anthem. The video for the song, shot in Liberty City and Wynwood, premiered last month.
Iyanna the Model, better known as Iyanna James-Stephenson, set out to remedy this outsourcing of talent by creating her own festival spotlighting local artists and musicians as well as the historic contributions of Overtown’s creatives. The result is Sunshine and Soul, an art, music, and soul food festival presenting local singers, painters, dancers, spoken-word artists, live painting performances, and even a fashion show.
In the span of only three years, Carpenter has made the jump from folk-tinged acoustic pop music to radio-ready songs such as her latest single, “Why,” which deals with decidedly teenage subject matter but gives Carpenter’s music a contemporary and mature upgrade.
A radio DJ, his best friend (a Venus flytrap DJ), and their computer-animated dolphin frenemy GolfDolph team up to revive music television with the help of some friends and an interactive audience along the way.
When the 2016 Grammy nominations were announced in December, the Album of the Year category listed some no-brainers: Beyoncé, with her pop-cultural seismic event Lemonade; eventual winner Adele, who’d previously won the award for her once-in-a-decade album, 21; and staples like Drake and Justin Bieber, who appeared less for their latest albums than as an acknowledgment of their chart domination and cultural influence. The fifth nominee, alt-country singer/songwriter Sturgill Simpson, was met with a resounding, “Who?”
It’s not easy being a lady in this world, particularly given the current state of affairs. Sometimes you need a break — from the office, from the Man (and maybe your man) — God knows you’ve earned it. Luckily, many of your favorite Miami bars have ladies’ nights most days of the week, even Fridays. Here are the best ones.
Khalid knows you don’t need radio support when you have SoundCloud.
Prince Royce returns with a Spanish-language bachata album featuring Shakira, Gente de Zona, Zendaya, and Chris Brown.
“I think probably what’s happened is that society has just sort of caught up to the things I’ve been complaining about for years,” Isbell says. “Had my last record come out now, I think people would feel the same way.”
Latin music fest MegaRumba may have changed its location, but it’s still the same massive block party. This year, organizers moved the festival from Tropical Park to Mana Wynwood and expanded from a Colombian Independence Day celebration to one for all nationalities — Latinos in particular. Nevertheless, Miami’s Colombian-American community…
Singer-songwriter Victoria Blue is embracing the unknown these days. In a not-so-distant past life in marketing, she quit her day job, sold her house, and got to work building a solo singing career. Blue wrote and recorded for the first time at just 11 years old. Her family’s neighbor…
Andy Rourke is mild-mannered and soft-spoken, with glints and glimmers of a recognizably British sense of humor peeking through. The Manchester native is one-fourth of the original lineup of the Smiths, the legendary 1980s British rock band. He will play a DJ set at Churchill’s Pub for the Kitchen Club, Miami’s long-running goth and New Wave night, hosted this Saturday by Notorious Nastie.
Cultural icons never die. As generation after generation outgrows teenybopper fixations and digs deeper into record store bins, the timeless work of beloved artists is renewed era after era and time after time. But immortality comes at a cost, and its price is often caricature. Prince’s death and the subsequent outpouring of tribute showed us that the seminal genius of a generation, who spent decades bending genres in the studio, in the end became frozen in amber as the Purple One in a studded latex jacket and ruffled shirt.
Local nonprofit PAXy brings Wake Up Miami! performances to the Government Center station Monday mornings from July through December.
