Ever wondered what Miles Davis might’ve sounded like if he’d hung out in Rio or spent time with his toes in the sand in La Habana? Well, you’re guess is as good as mine or anyone else’s, and since the man is dead, we’ll probably never know. But the Gecko…
Remember her? Yes, that’s right — the supersexy blond cutie AKA Colombian bombshell from Miami. Well, clearly she’s just as hot now as she was last time we brought her to your attention… only somehow even hotter musically. Fanny Lu has spent much of the past year tearing up the…
Say, have you ever heard of Totó La Momposina? No? Well neither had I, until my editor put me onto her. So I set out to see just who she was, and thanks to the modern marvel that is Google, within minutes my office was filled with tribal, Afro-Caribbean, and…
Colombian performer Totó la Momposina specializes in tribal, Afro-Caribbean, and indigenous sounds. The songs of her collective discography, which spans more than 25 years, thrum with congas and distinctly island-style percussion. Backing vocals in the form of chanting echo some of her lyrics while sidestepping others. When I first discovered…
Incubus Miami Concert Review: Stellar as Always
The roof is on fire, party people. Or it will be at Jazid this Friday. And Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three will have had nothing to do with it (or anything else in the last 25 years, for that matter). The culprits responsible for said act of arson…
IncubusBayfront ParkSunday, August 16, 2009Better than: A great number of shows I’ve seen this year.The Review: Change is fascinating, whether we’re talking reinvention or a revamped, retooled performance. This is true particularly in music. So I was curious to see how Incubus has rewired its show from the band’s last visit to SoFla in 2007 with…
Remember her? Yes, that’s right–the super sexy blond cutie aka Colombian bombshell from here. Well, clearly she’s just as hot now as she was last time we brought her to your attention…only somehow even hotter musically.Fanny Lu has spent much of the last year tearing up the charts not only…
Say, have you ever heard of Toto La Momposina? No? Well neither had I, until my editor put me onto her. So I set out to see just who that was, and thanks to the modern marvel that is Google, within minutes my office was filled with tribal, Afro-Caribbean and…
Shape Shifters: Incubus Hits Bayfront Park Amphitheater
There’s nothing like a good festival. The food. The beer. The lengthy and varied lineups of entertainers. Festivals make for an all-around damn good time. The only problem is finding a decent Latin one. Sure, if the signs along the Palmetto Expressway are any indication, there’s a Colombian fest every…
Today, most younger folks know Bret Michaels for his part-time career of bedding a colorful array of barely legal, drunken, cat-fighting, groupie tramps in a misguided search for love and reverence in the annals of VH1 superstardom. But before all of that, he was a young, skinny, androgynously pretty blond…
Afro-Cubano seduced by New Orleans soul. That’s not an indictment of your cousin’s last trip to Mardi Gras, and the subsequent case of the crabs that ensued following said seduction. It’s the term Oriente uses to describe their sound. And a damn good description it is. The six-piece orchestra’s deep…
The circus is coming to town…the town of Hialeah, that is. At least that’s what the press release accompanying my invitation to Radioboxer’s presentation of their debut album Radio Drama says. Judging by the effort they put into these nifty venereal vids (why do people keep calling them that?) we…
Soulful, sultry and 100 percent heartfelt, Lizette Santana’s music is as much a product of her upbringing as her very personality, and it seems almost as though the two are one and the same. Her recently released debut album Aun Sueño En Ti (I Still Dream of You) is a…
In case you hadn’t noticed, throughout the course of the last year Luis Fonsi has vaulted to the much sought after and seldom attained elite status in the Latin Pop world, to stand among the heavyweights in the genre. It almost seems as though he’s achieved this rather quietly, lacking…
Ricky Martin is without question one of the most iconic performers in the world, let alone Latin music. He’s one of a very select few superstars who couldn’t likely make it down one block on any street anywhere across the globe without being recognized, and it’s for good reason –…
You’ve read about them on New Times before. They’ve been touted as one of the coolest bands in Miami’s local scene. You even voted them your Reader’s Choice for “Best Band” in our Best of Miami issue this year. Now Radioboxer is giving fans a whole new look at the…
Locally born and bred songstress Karina Iglesias has more soul than a sock with a hole — one listen to her music gives that away. Songs from the singer-songwriter’s repertoire traverse R&B, funk, and beyond while remaining smooth but down-to-earth. Her sultry, throaty vocal style easily navigates the crisp, funk-infused…
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What do you get when you cross elements from Cuba’s classic musical styles like son, guaracha, cha-cha-chá and rumba with more contemporary flavors, ranging from funk to ska to reggae and good ole’ noisy hard rock? If you guessed Ricky Ricardo on a bender with Brad Nowell circa 1996, right…
