Bayskate Miami Returns With “Holiday Boogie” Skate Jam, Tunes, and Cocktails

That whole ice-skating thing at Rockefeller Center in NYC can just step aside. While those peeps up North freeze while falling on ice, Miami is converting one of its parks into a bayside, old-school, rollerskating jam. Take that, Northerners! Bayskate Miami is back for a fourth year. And after a spooky, Halloween-inspired skating spectacle in 2017, a holiday shindig is set to happen this month.

Stop Mispronouncing the Name of Alternative-R&B Artist 6lack

What does R&B sound like today? The once-dying genre filled with sexual innuendos and soulful riffs has quickly modernized into a fusion of several elements. Chilling vocals and sassy wordplay are no longer revered; instead, fans love the way an artist tells a love story. They want something they can sing off-key at the top of their lungs and dedicate to their exes…

III Points 2019 Daily Lineup Revealed

With 2018 quickly coming to an end, it’s time to look forward to what 2019 will bring — including the music festival season. Leading the charge will be III Points, which switched dates from October to February, skipping 2018 altogether. The date change should help the sixth edition of the festival avoid…

Samsara Cabaret Combines the Ethereal and the Burlesque in an Examination of Life’s Duality

According to Buddhist philosophy, humans live in an individual world created by subjective thoughts and perceptions. We are continuously re-creating our “self” through our experiences and choices, trapped in samsara — an endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth — until we are able to liberate ourselves from our illusions and find awakening through enlightenment…

Freddie Mercury Doppelgänger Marc Martel Does a Killer Queen

When Marc Martel started a rock band with friends from Bible college in the desolate plains of Saskatchewan, Canada, he wasn’t looking for a record deal. But he got one. Martel took his degree in worship ministry and headed to Nashville, where his band Downthere enjoyed moderate success. Even so,…

Reggae Star Buju Banton Released From Prison After Florida Drug Case

Jamaican reggae icon Buju Banton was living in South Florida in 2009 when he was picked up on gun and attempted cocaine-possession charges, but after reviewing the evidence in the case, New Times writer Chris Sweeney found that Banton had likely been set up by a corrupt informant. That reporting led to a Tampa judge’s decision to throw out Banton’s gun-possession convictions.

Rick Moon Releases “Experimental and Rocking” Video for “Cracker Jack”

“I have a love-hate relationship with Miami,” Rick Moon says. His new video, “Cracker Jack,” set to debut with a party at Gramps Saturday, December 15, exemplifies his mixed feelings about his adopted hometown. In the video for “Cracker Jack,” a psychedelic, Flaming Lips-esque song that will be the opening track on his forthcoming album, Moon is clad in an absurd mask while about to enter a surprise party. Instead of reveling in a good time, he finds himself arrested and on trial before taking the stage to jam.

Your Guide to Miami Art Week’s Free Music Events

No word can elicit a universally euphoric reaction better than “free.” From game-day merch giveaways to bottomless brunches on work’s dime, everything is better when the price is zero. But during the decadent Miami Art Week — when cover charges are as common as celeb sightings — finding an event that doesn’t require the equivalent of a car payment is akin to stumbling upon a pot of gold.

Emily Estefan Will Deliver an “Electrifying” Performance During Miami Art Week

As a little girl, musician Emily Estefan would hang out near the seven-player horn section at her mother’s concerts. “When you have your feet on a floor that’s vibrating just because of people playing, everybody contributing to a sound, and creating this kind of energetic wall… that feeling of creation between so many people — that’s the best feeling in the world.” That energy and power, she says, are her spirituality.

Local Production Team Dishes on What It Was Like Working on Miami Marlins’ #OurColores Music

If you live in Miami, you couldn’t miss the Marlins’ rebranding campaign. Earlier this month, everything from street murals to Twitter teases hinted a new look was coming to Florida’s Major League Baseball team. The promotion was titled #OurColores, and after much anticipation and guessing by fans and the media, those colors were revealed: Caliente Red, Miami Blue, Midnight Black, and Slate Gray.

Wigwood Takes Over 777 Mall During Art Basel

“Are you on the list?” are the five dreaded words no partier wants to hear during Miami’s most anticipated week of the year. While it’s no secret that most of the hottest Miami Art Week events require direct Hilton lineage to gain entry, the rest of Miami is trying to find that one friend who claims to know the artist…