If you were hoping to celebrate Ultra Music Festival’s 20th anniversary along with Eric Prydz, Carl Cox, Axwell & Ingrosso, and Jamie Jones, it just got a lot more expensive. That’s because general-admission tickets to the EDM bacchanal have sold out. Those hoping to attend can still purchase three-day VIP tickets for $1,499.95.
He’s the only member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame from Miami. He marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and often sang at his rallies. And last year, he performed “America the Beautiful” at President Donald Trump’s inaugural concert. Now, HistoryMiami has given Sam Moore, of the famed soul duo Sam & Dave, his own exhibit in his hometown.
It took years, maybe decades, but soul and Southern-rock singer JJ Grey is finally happy. “I spent a lot of years complaining in my head, resentful,” he says. “I was angry about a lot of things. After a while, I realized all my soul and reggae heroes were positive. I needed to stop crying, bitching, and complaining and start living.”
Perhaps one day in the near future, all radio will be streamed online, but as of 2018, radio stations still carry their signals over the airwaves. Peter Stebbins, founder of the nonprofit Shake 108, has been reminded of this fact the hard way.
The Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man introduced the world to the forgotten psychedelic-folk singer Rodriguez. One viewing and you wonder how his sound, reminiscent of Bob Dylan’s and Donovan’s, never found an audience. But time and a movie have remedied that error. Rodriguez is now touring the world and will stop at…
In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the city of Parkland has been engulfed by sorrow and anger, but also support from both within and outside of the community. Now the local music scene has pitched in by setting up a concert to benefit the victims and their families.
If you’ve been looking forward to the return of SunFest since last year’s edition, the annual music festival has one word for you: dale. Mr. 305-Worldwideoldwide himself, Pitbull, will headline the 2018 edition of SunFest along with Zedd, Logic, and an eclectic mix of artists representing styles from pop…
The World Is Mind is a thought-provoking album tackling the issues of today, continuing KRS-One’s long tradition of putting out socially conscious music.
They sing live and play bass and guitar onstage, but the rest of the sounds are programmed, and some sections of their sets are reserved for choreographed dance routines.
When Rhye, the down-tempo indie R&B outfit featuring satin-voiced singer Milosh, visited Miami for the first time, the crowd at the North Beach Bandshell not only welcomed the group with open arms but also allowed the quiet moments of the concert to happen organically. Mercifully, no one ruined the mood with…
Irv Gotti’s musical climax is still the unforgettable “What’s Luv?” which saw Terror Squad leader Fat Joe pair up with Murder Inc.’s R&B princess, Ashanti.
Thousands of the 305’s most voracious thrill seekers will flock to the annual Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition — affectionately known as the Youth Fair or simply the Fair — to gorge on extreme carnival foods, test their limits on nearly 100 rides without puking, catch live concerts, and other activities that will overload the senses. Are you even a real Miamian if you’ve never been to the Fair, bro?
A new week means another onslaught of must-see concerts in South Florida, ranging from the likes of the queen of hip-hop soul, Mary J. Blige, to neo-R&B project Rhye and L.A. roots rockers Los Lobos. Ja Rule and Ashanti bring early-2000s nostalgia to the James L. Knight Center, and warrior phoenix Kesha returns to the stage at E11even after her defiant Grammy performance last month.
It’s been a hard week for South Florida. The tragic stories and photos that have emerged after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have left many in tears, grieving, and feeling raw, helpless, and depressed about the world.
During her immersive multimedia show, “The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body,” Kaki King’s instrument will be transformed from a blank white canvas into a dazzling explosion of light and color.
Djordje Petrovic is a musician’s musician. Under his artistic moniker, Satori, the Holland-born Petrovic has built a career around sonic exploration and progression. His most recent album, last year’s Maktub (Arabic for “it is written”) saw Petrovic continue to defy easy categorization…
Planners of the new three-day Miami Beach Pop Festival are now fighting for approval to hold the event on the 25 acres of beach between Fifth and Tenth Streets December 14 through 16.
Two young women sit pretty in leggings and long sleeves. They eat Froot Loops in water and wash it down with Sunkist soda on the hood of a candy-purple Cadillac. They pay no attention to the dudes hollering while playing dice on the sidewalk. Soon the two will ride through the streets of Miami…
If you missed Guns N’ Roses when they played Marlins Park last summer, the rock gods have smiled upon you. You will now have a chance to hear all of their rock staples from Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion in a live setting. There’ll be just one not-so-subtle difference: Instead of seeing Axl Rose at the mike and Slash noodling on the guitar, you will witness Paradise Kitty, the all-female GNR tribute band.
Miami soul singer Timmy Thomas remembers the first time he heard his Vietnam-era peace plea “Why Can’t We Live Together” on the radio. “I stopped on the side of the street just to listen to it,” he recalls. That was 1972. Forty-three years later came “Hotline Bling” by Drake.
At a time when women’s voices are being heard more loudly than they have in decades, Jazz in the Gardens Music Fest is giving female artists an equal platform onstage. This year’s lineup includes performers ranging from Chaka Khan to Salt-N-Pepa.
This year’s edition of III Joints will also include a set by DJ Earl and a live kung fu movie score from RZA.
