BROADWAY LEGENDS

Bernadette Peters braves the high seas

Broadway legend Bernadette Peters seems the perfect choice to entertain 400 society types in an overnight a...

BIOGRAPHIES

Sultry song inspired Benny Moré bio

Latin Grammys: Calle 13 dominates with 5 awards

Subversive reggaetoneros Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night, w...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Big Bang hits Miami

BACKSTAGE PASS

Concerts | U2 performs in July

Nonpoint: On sale from 10 a.m. Saturday; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26; REV; $17-$19. Taylor Swift: On sale from Friday...

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

This BETTY ain't ugly

The ''gay positive'' band BETTY performs on the edge, making its three performers the perfect headliners fo...

Calle 13 leads nominations for Latin Grammys

With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is...

BIOGRAPHIES

Sultry song inspired Benny Moré bio

Calle 13 leads nominations for Latin Grammys

With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is...

LATIN MUSIC

Cuban diva Omara Portuondo hits the Grammys

Omara Portuondo could be any Cuban grandmother, if that grandmother were a world-famous singer with tales t...

HONDURAS | 2010 WORLD CUP

Soccer game unites a split Honduras

For one day, Hondurans ignored politics and got behind their soccer team's shot at the World Cup.

Nelly Furtado makes smart entry into Latin music market

Nelly Furtado's musical career has been filled with drastic changes. She started as a funky hip-hop / fusio...

WASHINGTON

Peru emerges as fake dollars hub

Secret Service officials, working with Peruvian authorities, claimed thatthe millions of fake U.S. dollars ...

CUBA

Thousands mourn Almeida

Juan Almeida Bosque was one of just three surviving rebel leaders who still bore the title `Commander of th...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Big Bang hits Miami

CONCERTS

Cultures collide, form musical trio

Banjoist Béla Fleck and bassist Edgar Meyer both have countless colleagues who would sell body parts and fi...

Coral Ridge Presbyterian cancels 2009-2010 concert series

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church has canceled its 2009-2010 concert series, following the departure of its o...

Cellist writes music just for monkeys

David Teie, a cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra who also composes, is getting widespread attenti...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Quartet aims to bring Baroque to 21st century

Maybe those enormous wigs that sit atop the unsmiling faces and fussy court dress in portrait after portrai...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Revealing Ormandy reissues, now on CD

Few prominent conductors have such fleeting claims to greatness as has Eugene Ormandy -- but as the Japanes...

SOUTH FLORIDA ARTS SCENE

Summerfest concerts hit Latin, classical beats

Contemporary Latin music and classical compositions by Vivaldi, Bach and Brahms are on the bill for Symphon...

AFTER DARK

Something funny's going on at the Hard Rock

Iwas completely off base with my preconceived notions about open mike night at the Improv Comedy Club & Din...

VELVET UNDERGROUND

Can't sleep? Let's pull an all-nighter on the beach

Sleepless nights don't always have to be an unwelcome side effect of anxiety. On Saturday, you can put the ...

VELVET UNDERGOUND

Halloween in clubland's a real treat

This weekend almost every haunt in town -- with the exception of your corner gas station -- is throwing an ...

AFTER DARK

Dress for the occasion -- at least for one night

If I were king, people would be required to wear costumes every day of the year. But as I'm not in charge (...

AFTER DARK

You'll light up at opulence of Florida Cigar Lounge

I thought I was a nightlife know-it-all but realized I was just a novice when I discovered the Florida Ciga...

VELVET UNDERGROUND

Get a jump on Halloween at Vizcaya's bash

Halloween's not until next Saturday, but that doesn't mean you have wait to sport that spiffy new Kate Goss...

AFTER DARK

Going with the flow at Hollywood's Lava Bar

Itook a few pics with my cellphone cam while sitting at the Lava Tiki Bar & Grille. I sent them to my New Y...

NEW ALBUMS

Reviews | Tito Puente, Soulsavers, Matisyahu and more

This reissue reintroduces us to percussionist Tito Puente's bestselling recording. The two-disc set from 19...

ALBUMS

Album reviews | Reba McEntire, K'Jon, Karrin Allyson and more

Keep on Loving You, Reba McEntire's 31st album, isn't altogether unlike the female-centric mainstream count...

ALBUMS

Reviews | Blitz the Ambassador, Ledisi, Mindy Smith and more

Jazz-based hip-hop has been around for more than 20 years. Blitz the Ambassador's Stereotype is out to kill...

ALBUMS

Reviews | George Strait, Michael Olatuja, Modest Mouse and more

One day country radio programmers could realize that George Strait, at 57, doesn't fit their perceived demo...

ALBUMS

Reviews | Tiempo Libre, Eyedea and Abilities and more

The title alone would inspire incredulity. Though pre-Castro Cuba had symphony orchestras that recorded sta...

ALBUMS

Reviews | Daughtry, The Mars Volta, The Dead Weather and more

American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry never met a cliché he couldn't steamroll his way over on angst-driven...

ALBUMS

Reviews | Maxwell, Brooke White, Jordin Sparks and more

MAXWELL BLACKsummers'night Columbia ½ Maxwell's long-anticipated new release contains nine songs -- and one...

Joseph Jackson, singer's father, lobs accusations

On the eve of a hearing in the Michael Jackson estate, a lawyer for the singer's father filed a 60-page mot...

Timberlake granted restraining order against woman

A judge on Monday ordered a woman to stay away from Justin Timberlake for the next three years.

J-Lo's ex blocked from selling sex movie

Jennifer Lopez won a court order Monday barring her first husband from making their sex life public - at le...

Iranian father-son musical perform for peace

It's a seemingly simple approach to one of the modern world's most complicated political problems: By marry...

Music Review: Melanie Fiona's debut CD is solid

Melanie Fiona, "The Bridge" (Universal Motown)

Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic to tour US

Taylor made? All eyes on Swift at CMA awards