Bomba Estereo on World Music and TransAtlantic Fest: “We Used to Look North; Now the Anglo World Is Looking at Us”

Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ideas behind the Rhythm Foundation’s Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, whose 2013 headliners include Argentine-Uruguayan electro-tango group Bajofondo…

50 WTF Quotes From Ultra 2013

“What the fuck does unicorn taste like?” Stardust. Rainbows. Maybe black-market horse meat from Miami’s C-9 basin. There’s really no way to know, though. Because this fabulous one-horned equine creature doesn’t actually exist. Except when you’re raving, raging, and tripping out at Ultra Music Festival. Here are 50 WTF quotes…

Ten Signs Your Band Won’t Make It at SXSW

With more work, maybe Dave Grohl (seated on drums) can finally find success in the music business. Being a successful musician really has to be a slice of heaven. And of course the chicks are great. It’s why from the beginning of time, men (and women) have taken up instruments…

The 50 Commandments of SXSW

For Christ’s sake, don’t break any of these commandments this year.You’re going to South by Southwest, right? Or you’re already there? One of those things is bound to be true. Well, we here at DC9 have got some advice for you, and we’ve managed to format it all into the…

Ultra, WMC, and MMW 2013 Party Guide

Every March, Miami is seized by total EDM insanity, reverberating with bass, techno, house, trance, and everything electronic. With Ultra Music Festival (this year expanding to two weekends), Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week all falling within the same ten-day span, the uhntz-uhntz will be (almost) inexhaustible. See also:…

Peter London Global Dance Company Stays Local in Little Haiti

Afro-Caribbean folklore entered Peter London’s soul at age six, and never left. In the hilly Trinidadian countryside, the then-youngster would take part in religious ceremonies often led by his family members, who were strong keepers of the Yoruba-derived faith and drumming. From there, his love for dance sprouted into classical…

Alvin Ailey Explores Its Spiritual Side at the Arsht

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s performance at the Arsht Center last Friday night began and ended with a prayer — or rather, with an electrifying, raging, shimmering, sassy, full-bodied reminder of what prayer can mean. A work by choreographer Garth Fagan, of Lion King fame, opened the show. Fagan has often…

Pepe Billete’s Open Letter to Lil Wayne

Dear Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.,Acere, it looks like it’s time for you to start re-evaluating your public image and the legacy you’re going to leave behind for your kids to follow. Right now, as far as the human race goes, you’re a step below una cucaracha con trensas. In the…

Artopia: Elaine Lancaster, Free Drinks, and Half-Priced Tickets

What’s better than an art party in Miami? An art party for half the price. For weeks now, we’ve been spotlighting Miami’s best artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other creatives who earned an honorable mention in our New Times MasterMind Awards, presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts…