Walking up the familiar stairwell of what was once Soho Lounge, there are now the sounds of hammers and electrical saws. Reaching the building’s second level, it looks like Bizerq — the newest nightclub in mainland Miami — has a long way to go. To say the space is in…
Ever wanted to become the next Gloria or Emilio Estefan and share the story of Miami’s favorite power couple through song, music, and dance under the shiny lights of Broadway? If so, you had better get On Your Feet! and head out to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing…
The Pimp With the Limp is back. It’s been a rough few years for booty bass pioneer and radio host DJ Laz. In 2012, the Miami legend suddenly and shockingly split with Power 96, ending a 22-year tenure. At the time, he planned “to take the boat out for a…
You can’t buy an all-over Nascar t-shirt with a picture of Chief Keef talking into a fat stack of Benjamins like it’s a cellphone, but you might see one on Sir Michael Rocks as he rolls through Kendall. The Chicago-bred rapper made the shirt himself, and he did actually sell…
Haters gonna hate. Ballers gonna ball. And rappers are going to claim to be (or at least claim to have been) really good at basketball at some point in their life. We all know rap and basketball are the two entertainment worlds with the thinnest common border. NBA players are…
If anyone’s got tips for how to succeed in the music industry, it’s Diddy. Even name changes more confusing than Prince’s failed to slow him down. Sure, Making the Band was kind of weird, and his girl bands don’t always take off, but he does make $700 million a year…
“¡Prepárense y dáleeeeee!” Yo’ chico Pitbull is getting his own SiriusXM radio station. “First of all, I want to thank SiriusXM for the opportunity to touch my fans in a more personal way,” Mr. Worldwide said in a statement released yesterday. “I will also get a chance to play all…
Elvis died on August 16. And hey, it is Madonna’s birthday too. Even more importantly, Miami’s own Stephanie “Baby Cobra” Torres came bouncing into the world on the same date. And without her, we’d be missing a lot of great Poplife events, like Thursday Degeneration and all manner of post-punk,…
Lounging inside a coffee shop, singer Amber Monique smiles with a hint of embarrassment as she remembers an awkward childhood moment. “I was young, dumb. And I went around the wrong side of the pole I was supposed to move to, because I thought I was a rebel, and I…
We’ve been having some fun lately with these “Best of All Time” lists. But today, we will refrain from saying these jazz musicians were/are the best of all time. No, they are jazz musicians of note who made Miami their home. A best-of-all-time list would be way too long, and…
OMG, you guys! Someone posted this flier to Facebook, and it looks like the Chemical Brothers, Pheonix, Justice, A Tribe Called Quest, OFWKGTA, and about 70 other headliners are coming to Bayfront Park for some incredible new two-day festival called Down by the Bay during Art Basel. The lineup is…
Henry Stone, king of the record business, passed away peacefully August 7, 2014, in Miami. Throughout almost 80 years of wildly prolific musical activity, the 93-year-old had a hand in every aspect of the music business and was a true pioneer of independent manufacturing, promotion, and distribution. In the 1970s,…
We here at Crossfade are proud to introduce our new DJ podcast series today. Each month, we will be showcasing exclusive new mixes by those who call the 305 home — from local nightclub residents to up-and-coming talent. The first installment in our series comes courtesy of Miami clubland mainstay…
Click here for Blowfly’s Indiegogo campaign page. Clarence Reid and his alter ego Blowfly have released hundreds of songs and albums since starting a recording and songwriting career in Miami in the early ’60s. From straight ahead pop hits like Betty Wright’s “Cleanup Woman,” to groundbreaking classics like “Rapp Dirty,”…
They say music tames the savage beast, but in this concrete jungle, it takes more than a little mood music to unwind. Carolina Villalba, 25, is attacking the nerves of the Miami scene at both ends. Not only does she inspire crowds to let loose as one half of booty…
“Pretty” Tony Butler’s Music Specialists Inc. may be Florida’s first black-owned, million-record-selling independent record label. With Butler’s confidence in his ear for hits, he launched a studio in the heart of Liberty City and took on the recording industry. At its peak, the company owned its own pressing plant and…
Miami is a melting pot of cultures, and there’s no band that represents the various background of the 305 better than Suenalo. After four years without releasing an album, Suenalo dropped Keep It Groovin’, their fourth, in February of this year. Now, the band is busy promoting it with…
Y’all ready for this? Dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun. One of the most recognizable sports anthems in modern American sports history, 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready for This” first arrived in this country in 1991, and nobody would play it on the radio. Techno was virtually unheard of in…
King of Diamonds has sorta become hallowed ground for anybody in the hip-hop game. Just about every major rapper, from Drake to Lil Wayne to Rick Ross, have dropped verses about the highly successful strip club catering to a predominantly African-American clientele. Floyd “Money” Mayweather practically has a second home…
Whose house? DZA’s House. That’s what the crowds are screamin’ over on the Bardot dance floor when the Peachfuzz don takes to the decks. His new Saturday night get-down floods the carpet on a monthly basis with old school funk disco, nu school groove house, and just enough remixed throwbacks…
Better Than: Getting caught in the rain while out and about on a Sunday night. Even though Grand Central recently announced that the Miami venue would no longer allow smoking inside, last night the room was filled with a peculiar kind of smoke. It didn’t smell like cigarettes, but it…
Bass parties were invented when people started stretching animal skins, beating them with sticks, and dancing around the fire back in the Flintstones days. In Miami during the 1980s, that beat became electronic and it was called bass music. The style has spawned global phenomenons, like Gucci Crew’s Cabbage Patch…
