Critic's Notebook

LunchMoney Lewis previews his upcoming album and shares some ideas and projects he’s working on.

The Rockadictos are a little frustrated. The trio has been playing in South Florida for about a decade, but hasn’t found Miami to be a great place for a rock band to establish a fan base. They say the scene for Latin rock groups pales in comparison with those for EDM…

September will mark the two year anniversary of the death of iconic Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández, after a tragic boating accident off the coast of Miami Beach. Fernández not only left behind his family, a then-pregnant girlfriend and a baseball organization starved for young talent, but also a legacy…

When Luis Fonsi’s song “Despacito” topped the U.S. singles charts for a significant part of 2017, there was talk it might lead to a multicultural epiphany — that America was finally ready to open its ears to Spanish language songs. But though the success of “Despacito” might turn out to…

“Take me to the water, in your new rover/ I’ll grab the surfboard and invite some friends over for tacos and ice cream,” Del Pelson frontman Cal Nelson croons on the band’s stand-out track “Tacos & Ice Cream.” The warm, summer-centric song off the group’s latest release, Wide World EP, is perhaps South Florida’s catchiest summer anthem of 2018.

Robert Allen was seen outside Riva Motorsports around the time the murder occurred.

Huge lines formed to see the slain performer.

This is the first time an artist has posthumously topped the Hot 100 since the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money, Mo Problems” in 1997, more than 20 years ago.

The ’80s-inspired genre synthwave finally gets its own night in Miami.

There will be an open-casket viewing.

Call it Miami’s little festival that can and will: House of Creatives (HOC) has announced it will return for a third edition at Virginia Key Beach Park November 10 and 11.

At 18 years old, DaniLeigh captured the attention of the late Prince, who recruited her to direct the music video for his 2014 single “Breakfast Can Wait.”

At the age of 16, Ash Reiter, the singer/guitarist of the dreamy psych-rock band Sugar Candy Mountain, tooled around Sonoma County while listening to impressionable music that would eventually lead her to start one of the genre’s most refreshing bands. “We would just drive out to the beach and listen to Beatles records, which is about as good as any introduction to psychedelic music you can get,” Reiter reminisces.

On a recent Wednesday morning at Miami Beach’s Frank Gehry-designed New World Center, a group of 18 string musicians has gathered for a three-day intensive of lessons, mock auditions, and performance psychology seminars. After a welcome breakfast and staff introductions, JT Kane, New World Symphony’s dean of visiting faculty and orchestra manager…

After trading in frigid New York winters for sweltering Miami summers, Alyx Ander has found that the switch agrees with him — and his music career.

Fans suffered in the rain for merch that wasn’t even there at this campfire catastrophe.

It may be a listening party for his Kids See Ghost project with Kid Cudi.

The Las Vegas-based singer, songwriter, and record producer will perform during Communitea Dance, a Pride Month event to honor LGBTQ youth in South Florida.

From shredding the gospel of rock ‘n’ roll to co-owning and operating the music label BUFU (By Us for Us) Records, Ben Katzman is ready to rock at any given moment. Listeners can always count on Katzman’s DeGreaser to bring the party in true Miami fashion. And if there’s one thing we could all use in 2018…

Xela Zaid, AKA Alex Diaz, has struggled to regain his independence after surviving a stroke.

Augie Pink and June Summer have recorded about half a dozen tracks as Baby City Club and intend to drop them as singles in a deliberate manner.