Music

Rara is Haitian festival music played with drums, maracas, and bamboo trumpets, which are known as vaksen. Until recently, the music was always played by men. That changed when Dieuvella Etienne bucked tradition and formed the group that is now called Symbi Roots, the all-female rara troupe that has taken up residency in South Florida over the past couple of months.

Nathan Barato takes his craft – DJing and producing — seriously. It’s something he’s been honing for nearly two decades, and it has taken him around the world several times. Naturally, as any experienced electronic music artist ought to be, he’s well-acquainted with the norms of Miami nightlife. “I feel…

Some bands, no matter how popular they get, aren’t meant for cavernous arenas or massive amphitheaters. Perhaps their sound is too intimate or their stage presence too introverted. Muse is not a band with that problem.

After 17 years with English indietronica band Hot Chip, why did Joe Goddard decide to release his first solo album, Electric Lines? “I just had the chance to do it. I had the free time in my studio, and I decided to make a bunch of songs,” says the mild-mannered Brit, who’s slated to play the Electric Pickle this Saturday.

It is an understatement to say Venezuela has been in a state of unrest. The South American country has been dealing with widespread inflation that has left a large swath of its population unable to afford food and medicine. As the tragedy plays out, South Florida’s Venezuelans have been feeling their friends’ and families’ pain.

Sheer Mag’s Tina Halladay walked away from a fistfight at Coachella.

Is it October yet? III Points announced its 2017 lineup this morning, and music fans won’t be disappointed. The list of performers at this year’s three-day festival adds an impressive roster of talent to III Points’ previously announced headliners, Gorillaz and the xx. Not that you needed more reasons…

Ahead of his show at Floyd Miami, the German sound artist explains how he transformed an old LP into a new one using one simple trick.

How does Christmas with Katy Perry sound to you? The soon-to be American Idol judge, known for big songs and big productions, announced this morning that her new album, Witness, will be released June 9 by Capitol Records. On September 7, she will start a US tour that should arrive…

The xx joins Gorillaz on III Points’ 2017 lineup, which will be released in full tomorrow morning.

Forgive the cliche, but Phoenix has risen once again, stronger than ever. This past weekend in Miami, they brought with them some truly dazzling fireworks to illuminate their return. The band hasn’t yet released its forthcoming album, Ti Amo, due out in June and their first in four years. But…

If you missed Kendrick Lamar’s epic Rolling Loud set earlier this month, you’re in luck. The rapper has extended his Damn tour, opting to finish the packed two-month schedule at Miami’s American Airlines Arena.

Even as summer looms over Miami, the music isn’t slowing. This Thursday, indie folk rockers the Head and the Heart will stop by the Fillmore Miami Beach. The band is on tour supporting its third album, Signs of Light, which also happens to mark the group’s major-label debut…

Plenty of men have stood on a stage under contorting neon lights and boasted about how great, talented, rich, and sexually desirable they are. But no one has done it with such graceful humility as the Weeknd. His performance at the BB&T Center in Sunrise felt like some kind of surreal confession of stardom.