There’s a Disney World for salseros, and it doesn’t take four hours to get there. The Miami Salsa Congress, now in its 18th year, is back with a salsa extravaganza July 20 through 28. The event, which is expected to draw 5,000 attendees, will offer classes, parties, workshops, and live bands.
Following the success of “Call Me Maybe,” Jepsen delivered one of the most surprising and well-received pop records of the decade, 2015’s “Emotion.”
The path leading to Rick Moon’s apartment is lush and green. It’s 1 p.m., the sun is high, the temperature is full-on summer, and the flat horizon of Biscayne Bay glitters behind an equally tranquil community swimming pool shaded with palm trees.
In anticipation of the album drop, former bassist and current guitarist Jonathan Nuñez spoke with New Times about what it took to make the record, the state of the band after 15 years together, and how being from Miami defines its members.
Carlo Barbacci has always strayed off the beaten path. Born in Peru’s capital of Lima, the musician and producer has made life decisions that have often pissed off his parents. At age 19, he toured with Los Rigbys — a Peruvian Beatles cover band that in 2014 won a competition to be named the best Beatles band in Latin America.
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,…
Wifi winks at the traditionalists who dismiss him based on stylistic divergence, despite his newfound prominence in South Florida’s outside-the-box hip-hop scene.
Twins Big and Lil — AKA MurdaRich — may have had a rough childhood, but it fueled their music career and saved their lives.
Following a quiet 2019, Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival (OMF) is poised to make a comeback in 2020. Rumors have been swirling for months about the festival’s return, but thanks to public records and sources, it’s become clear the portal will be opening again next year. Online, fans and EDM…
The Broward County rapper’s loathing is based on his personal experiences, both on the streets and as a musician, of being an outsider looking into a gated community.
After a two-year hiatus from releasing music, Dahlia is back with her first bilingual single as a solo artist, “I’m Doin’ Good.”
A member moving to Hong Kong would be the death knell for most Miami bands. But the indie-rockers of Modernage are continuing to put out music even with guitarist Xavier Alexander living half a world away. Proof of this long-distance relationship comes with their new music video, “Sideways,” premiering below.
After a yearlong delay, organizers today announced the lineup for the inaugural Miami Beach Pop Festival. Among the artists headed to South Beach in November are Chance the Rapper, Kygo, Daddy Yankee, the Raconteurs, and Nile Rodgers and Chic. Further down the bill are a couple of neat surprises, including…
South Florida isn’t known for ski trips and snow days, but you’d never know it by looking at the Cabin Miami. Set in the heart of Little Havana, this quaint locale offers a wood-paneled interior and serves as a refuge, not from blizzards but from the overhyped venues and crowded clubs common in South Florida.
Less than a year ago, singer-songwriter Tebby Burrows, known simply as Tebby, had just released her debut single, “Feel Alright.” Born in Miami and raised in the Bahamas, she had recently been introduced by a friend to Grammy-winning producers Cool & Dre (who wound up producing her first single) and…
When Mohamed Moretta read New Times’ recent story remembering the Beat Club, a strip-mall hot spot in Westchester that once hosted big-name acts such as Gloria Gaynor and Exposé, he noticed something was missing: himself. Moretta, who has built a successful music career as a DJ, music producer, and promoter, was a fundamental…
Miami’s former industrial district turned popular arts hub is pulling out the stops this June for its inaugural Wynwood Pride Music Festival, celebrating the full spectrum of diversity in Miami.
It’s fitting that as Marlon Sinvergüenza speaks with New Times, he’s planning to go to a “Weird Al” Yankovic concert. ‘Ho’s,” the newest video and song by Sinvergüenza’s electro duo, Seizure Machine, is heavily influenced by the comedy-parody legend.
New Times’ annual Best of Miami issue will be released online tomorrow morning, with hundreds of staff picks of the finest people, places, and culture that ruled South Florida in the past year. Can’t wait? Here’s a sneak peek at a few of the winners who have helped define Miami…
Denzel Curry taps Miami staples Rick Ross, Ice Billion Berg, Kiddo Marv, Sam Sneak, and PlayThatBoiZay for his Miami-themed fourth album, Zuu.
Los Wizzards want to make you dance. Their rhythms and infectious sound are designed to make you do just that. And if you don’t, the local band’s members, starting with founder Wizzmer, might just go get you out of your seat.
Musician Frankie Midnite always looks at the bright side. He grew up in a rough part of Miami Gardens, but good music was always playing throughout his neighborhood. He doesn’t own a car, but waiting for the bus inspired his upcoming one-man concert-theatrical show hybrid, A Fool’s Love Stories. He…
