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Liz Tracy

Liz Tracy is a culture and health journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Glamour, and Vox. Previously, she served as New Times Broward-Palm Beach‘s music editor for three years. Wherever she goes, she brings a little bit of Miami with her.

In Unity and Defiance, Miami Musicians Embrace the Spanish Language

By Liz TracyAugust 13, 2019

Dorys Bello and Eli Oviedo of the Miami band Dracula grew up singing in Spanish before they could speak English. Bello’s parents are Cuban immigrants, and Oviedo is from Honduras. Onstage, the two 34-year-olds (pictured above) harmonize side-by-side while Oviedo strums the guitar. His light eyes glimmer as he sings…

Afrobeta Gets Infected With Dance Fever in “Dancing Deja Vu”

By Liz TracyJuly 9, 2019

For 13 years, dance music duo Afrobeta has been unfurling its delightful tentacles from its Miami home into the world, delivering a titillating, tropical sound to all corners of the planet. Members Christina “Cuci” Amador and Tony Smurphio have performed their superfun and catchy music at Glastonbury, Space Ibiza, Burning Man,…