MiamiHerald.com: Music & Nightlife http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Music and Nightlife http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Music & Nightlife 60 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:36:18 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Lucinda's in a good mood http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/723321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/723321.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT LUCINDA WILLIAMS Little Honey Lost Highway Country rocker Lucinda Williams, well-known for her moody introspection, has said she's ''in a different phase of my life, so there are more happy moments'' on Little Honey, her ninth album. Truth is, she sounds downright giddy much of the time. Young pianist likely to impress at New World opening http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/top-story/story/720918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/top-story/story/720918.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The New World Symphony opens its 21st season Friday night with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the Miami Beach orchestra in music of Ravel and Stravinsky, two MTT specialties. Idol Watch http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696584.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696584.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04 EDT Howard Cohen blogs about the show and pop music world Velvet Underground http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696533.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696533.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04 EDT Lesley Abravanel scopes the South Beach scene After Dark http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696538.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696538.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04 EDT Gabe Berman explores the scene in Broward The Dating Game http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696734.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1281/story/696734.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04 EDT Fred Gonzalez looks for love in South Florida Miami City Ballet stars find love, purpose a long way from home http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723332.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723332.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Miami City Ballet dancers come from a dizzying array of places: Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Ukraine, Australia, Japan -- as well as from Maine to Miami to California. But none have traveled farther, geographically or culturally, than Haiyan Wu and Yang Zou, two Chinese dancers who have found a home in Miami in dance and with each other. Big hall a perfect fit for big symphony http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723322.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723322.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT By age 25, most young people are moving out of the house, striking out on their own and starting new lives. So too has Festival Miami, which opened Thursday evening with a salute to composer John Corigliano at the Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center. Lucinda's in a good mood http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723321.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT LUCINDA WILLIAMS Little Honey Lost Highway Country rocker Lucinda Williams, well-known for her moody introspection, has said she's ''in a different phase of my life, so there are more happy moments'' on Little Honey, her ninth album. Truth is, she sounds downright giddy much of the time. In stores Tuesday http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723330.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723330.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Kenny Chesney, Lucky Old Sun (BNA Records). Features the hit Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven. Nikka Costa, Pebble to a Pearl (Stax). T.I. is tops http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723328.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/723328.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT T.I. earns his third-straight No. 1 on The Billboard 200 as Paper Trail sells 568,000 copies, his biggest U.S. sales week yet. Bajofondo brings its global tango sound to South Florida http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/718757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/718757.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Argentine composer and producer Gustavo Santaolalla is a boundary-leaping kind of guy in just about every way you could (and some you couldn't) imagine. But taking his global tango group Bajofondo to South Korea and Japan is a cultural stretch even for this groundbreaking Latin rock producer (Juanes, Julieta Venegas, Café Tacuba) and Oscar-winning film composer (Brokeback Mountain, Babel). The restless, intellectual life of 21-year-old Wang http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/720926.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/720926.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Born in Beijing in 1987, Yuja Wang began studying the piano at age 6, performing in China, Australia and Germany as a child before attending the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She moved to North America, first attending the summer program of the Mount Royal College in Calgary and then the Mount Royal Conservatory. At 15, Wang won the Aspen Music Festival's concerto competition and moved to Philadelphia to study with Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music. Young pianist likely to impress at New World opening http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/720918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/720918.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The New World Symphony opens its 21st season Friday night with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the Miami Beach orchestra in music of Ravel and Stravinsky, two MTT specialties. Horn player trumpeting some 'serious fun' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/718762.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/718762.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once lamented, ``Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.'' The Buzz Bake Sale is back http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/718763.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/718763.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Modern-rock fans, 13 is now your lucky number. The Buzz Bake Sale is back for its 13th year, and the lineup is powerful. For 12 manic hours Dec. 6 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, three stages will feature dozens of acts bent on blissfully assaulting your eardrums. Sound issues don't mar Staind show http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/720876.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/720876.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:10 EDT Aaron Lewis, lead singer and songwriter for modern-rock fave Staind, is fond of touring solo, letting his distinctive voice and acoustic guitar work convey the ache and angst of his group's best songs. '45' looks like a winner for Jaguares http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/725959.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/725959.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Saul Hernandez, lead singer of the Mexican rock band Jaguares, always has been somewhat of a philosopher. ''There's an old saying,'' Hernandez said in a phone interview. ``The past doesn't exist, the future is unknown, but the present is a gift, and we have to take advantage of it.'' Bajofondo brings its global tango sound to South Florida http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/718757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/718757.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Argentine composer and producer Gustavo Santaolalla is a boundary-leaping kind of guy in just about every way you could (and some you couldn't) imagine. But taking his global tango group Bajofondo to South Korea and Japan is a cultural stretch even for this groundbreaking Latin rock producer (Juanes, Julieta Venegas, Café Tacuba) and Oscar-winning film composer (Brokeback Mountain, Babel). Horn player trumpeting some 'serious fun' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/718762.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/718762.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once lamented, ``Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.'' Nestor Torres plays free at Viva Broward! http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/718770.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/718770.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Latin Grammy-winning musician Nestor Torres will play a free concert at 4 p.m. Oct. 19 as part of Viva Broward! weekend in Pompano Beach. The event will also feature the bands Havana Soul and Corazon Colombiano, plus Latin food and drink, capoeria dancers, free salsa lessons, folkloric shows and arts and crafts and more. All events are free, from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 18 and noon-6 p.m. Oct. 19 at Pompano Citi Centre, 1955 N. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach. Colombian musicians mix up a classical gas http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/715615.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/715615.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Mixing high and low, folk and fine art sounds appealing -- bring the energy and empathy of pop culture to the depth and formal beauty of classicism. And Vallenato Sinfonica, the union of popular vallenato act Jorge Celedón and Jimmy Zambrano with a classical ensemble, presented Friday night at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, sounded like a particularly intriguing version of this mix. A double tribute to bossa nova http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/702853.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/702853.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Paulo Jobim's early memories sway side to side. He was 8 when he attended one of the first recording sessions of his father, the legendary composer and musician Antonio Carlos ''Tom'' Jobim, and singer and guitarist Joao Gilberto -- the fathers of bossa nova. A hot blend of Caribbean, Latin sounds http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/700717.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/700717.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT What do leafcutter ants found in the Amazon rain forest have in common with a hot six-member Latin alternative reggae band from Miami? Let's just say it's all in the nabe. Venezuelan Indians use the ant to create a picante or hot sauce. Bachaco (BAH-SHA-KO) like to consider themselves a musical picante comprised of hard-working members. Café Tacuba from Mexico leads with six nominations http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/681522.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/681522.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Powerful female artists and a perpetually radical Mexican band dominated the Latin Grammy nominations, which were announced Wednesday in Los Angeles. With help of a little magic, former understudy morphs into Celia on the stage http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/585704.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/585704.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT Anyone lucky enough to have watched Celia Cruz perform live can attest to her magical, infectious force. There was no way to take your eyes off a woman with an energy that was almost supernatural and a voice that thundered with Afro-Cuban soul. We want you: Election rocks to a new Latin beat http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/585707.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/585707.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT They're not just rocking the vote -- they're salseando, perreando and mariachi-ando it. Latino musicians, actors and celebrities are getting involved in the U.S. presidential campaign to an unprecedented degree this year, from voter-registration campaigns to online music videos for Barack Obama, the candidate drawing the most support from young Latinos. Rare Havana-fusion concert on July 17 http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/583427.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/latin-world/story/583427.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT One of the hottest artists from the Havana music scene will play a concert in Little Havana on July 17, giving Miami audiences a live taste of contemporary music from the island that's been almost completely absent from the city in recent years. Big hall a perfect fit for big symphony http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/723322.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/723322.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT By age 25, most young people are moving out of the house, striking out on their own and starting new lives. So too has Festival Miami, which opened Thursday evening with a salute to composer John Corigliano at the Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center. The restless, intellectual life of 21-year-old Wang http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/720926.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/720926.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Born in Beijing in 1987, Yuja Wang began studying the piano at age 6, performing in China, Australia and Germany as a child before attending the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She moved to North America, first attending the summer program of the Mount Royal College in Calgary and then the Mount Royal Conservatory. At 15, Wang won the Aspen Music Festival's concerto competition and moved to Philadelphia to study with Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music. Young pianist likely to impress at New World opening http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/720918.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/720918.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The New World Symphony opens its 21st season Friday night with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the Miami Beach orchestra in music of Ravel and Stravinsky, two MTT specialties. Colombian musicians mix up a classical gas http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/715615.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/715615.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Mixing high and low, folk and fine art sounds appealing -- bring the energy and empathy of pop culture to the depth and formal beauty of classicism. And Vallenato Sinfonica, the union of popular vallenato act Jorge Celedón and Jimmy Zambrano with a classical ensemble, presented Friday night at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, sounded like a particularly intriguing version of this mix. Quigley builds new chamber orchestra on Seraphic Fire's success http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/711916.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/711916.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Patrick Dupré Quigley has been performing music for as long as he can remember: in church, hymns lent gravitas to the ritual of Catholic mass; in school, piano lessons and choir practice filled his afternoons; on road trips to visit his grandparents as a child, songs made the hours pass quickly. Corigliano concert at Arsht to be a blast http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/711932.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/711932.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Festival Miami ushers in a new era Thursday night when the University of Miami Frost School of Music's fall concert series opens its 25th season with a celebration of John Corigliano's music at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. A 'Butterfly' flutters for Lyric Opera http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/620865.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/620865.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:10 EDT Poor Butterfly. After the opera failed miserably at its La Scala premiere on Feb. 17, 1904, Puccini made extensive revisions which tightened things up considerably, and the work reemerged with great success when it was performed a few months later at Brescia. Give young conservatory a chance http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/589318.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/589318.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Carson Kievman is a man on a musical mission. Three years ago the energetic 58-year-old composer launched his SoBe Music Institute in a rundown Miami Beach park clubhouse. Soprano makes a comeback in black dress http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/577506.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/577506.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:01 EDT Deborah Voigt is back, in black. The American soprano has returned to the Royal Opera House stage four years after the company fired her for being too big for the little black dress chosen for the title character in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. The decision sparked a fierce debate about weight discrimination in opera. Buoyant, homegrown music ignites concert http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/576853.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/576853.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:01 EDT Seraphic Fire's luminous, scrupulously refined vocalism in classical repertoire is so well-known a commodity that one is constantly taken aback by the group's ability to tackle populist genres that seem light years removed from its home ground. Concert showcases Zukerman's taste and intelligence http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/577527.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/classical/story/577527.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:54 EDT With the instrument's inherent qualities of elegance and nostalgia, a flute recital is perfect summer fare and just the thing to banish the miseries de la humaine. Casino sounds like a safe bet in this economy http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/718772.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/718772.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The Dow dipped below 10,000 for the first time since 2004. Banks are failing. Oil prices are tanking. Gold and silver may prove to be lackluster solutions and the value of our dollar is despicable. Parties we can all feel good about http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/718768.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/718768.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Some things in life are inexplicable -- the success of David Hasselhoff in Germany, Lindsay Lohan, and why some hot spots think they can open anywhere and do well. Take for example the now-defunct Nikki Beach in Coconut Grove, where there was no beach, no vibe and a view of a parking lot. Luckily, the original Nikki Beach on South Beach still continues to thrive, as it does all over the globe, where it takes the beach part of its name wisely and literally. We'll remember why the beach club has been... Ruby's got one gem of a complex story http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/718767.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/718767.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Fashion shows in South Florida bring together all sorts of people who believe they know what is stylish. That was the case last weekend at the Funkshion: Fashion Week Miami Beach shows at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens. We'll be going Locos after midnight http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/709844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/709844.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT It's too early to start going crazy about what to be for Halloween, so instead, get Locos Por Juana, the Grammy-nominated band that will perform an intimate concert Friday night at Circa 28 along with Elastic Bond and their musical pals. Show starts at midnight; cover is $10 after midnight. Take your pick: A rookie or an old pro http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/709828.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/709828.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT I know that, as a guy, I'm supposed to care about Major League Baseball. I know I'm supposed to stand around the water cooler and verbalize manly things like, ``Hey, did you see So-and-So make that catch last night?'' Fond memories or just a pile of junk? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/709833.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/709833.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT I got a voice mail from my aunt -- somehow my wedding album from 10 years ago had ended up in her two-car garage in Orlando. Amazing how money that had once seemed well spent (your grandkids were going to look at those pictures) had turned into a plummeting stock. Finding a good time in these hard times http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/700714.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/700714.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT In turbulent times, there's nothing better than going out with reckless abandon -- that is, if you still have the cash to do so. Some people here still do and those who don't pretend they do, so greetings from Miami, wish you were here! A little secret can be a big embarrassment http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/700737.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/700737.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT So there we were, myself and CoolGirl, eating a Sunday lunch on the Freedom of the Seas cruise boat when the topic for this column was served up just like the plate of tasty chicken. Let's spend the day instead of the money http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/690821.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/690821.html Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Wall Street is stumbling before our eyes. Big firms are either declaring bankruptcy or getting rescued by the federal government. Your friends are getting laid off from work, or worse yet, your own company is announcing more layoffs. Regrets? We've had a few -- but very few http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/681445.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/681445.html Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT A study published in the June issue of the journal Human Nature maintained that women regretted one-night stands more than men. (Really? You don't say?) How 'bout a caipirinha there, cowboy? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/681444.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/nightlife/story/681444.html Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT In a nocturnal version of an exchange student program, the Euro jet-setter crowd of Laurent Bourgade's Wednesday night Sounds of Life cocktail and dinner a-go-go has settled into the sprawling space that is Texas de Brazil, while a new monthly party known as Samba e Alegria will debut Saturday at the decidedly Euro-fab Badrutt's Place. It's an interesting juxtaposition of cultures that works in a city like ours, where everyone is from somewhere else. Badrutt's homage to Brazil, presented by Moleca... Lucinda's in a good mood http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/723321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/723321.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT LUCINDA WILLIAMS Little Honey Lost Highway Country rocker Lucinda Williams, well-known for her moody introspection, has said she's ''in a different phase of my life, so there are more happy moments'' on Little Honey, her ninth album. Truth is, she sounds downright giddy much of the time. In stores Tuesday http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/723330.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/723330.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Kenny Chesney, Lucky Old Sun (BNA Records). Features the hit Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven. Nikka Costa, Pebble to a Pearl (Stax). Is Chrissie just a pretender? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/714490.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/714490.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT THE PRETENDERS Break Up the Concrete Shangri-La Music ½ Pretenders fans with high expectations for the group's first studio album in six years will be sorely disappointed: Break Up the Concrete is nothing more than singer Chrissie Hynde sowing her rockabilly oats at age 57. New music in stores Tuesday http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/714494.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/714494.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Antony and the Johnsons, Another World (Secretly Canadian). Five-song EP from Mercury Prize-winning New York band. Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Sony BMG). Double compilation album spans the recording sessions for Oh Mercy, World Gone Wrong, Time Out of Mind and Modern Times. Robin Thicke's latest really is something else http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/703355.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/703355.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT ROBIN THICKE Something Else Interscope On album No. 3, Robin Thicke becomes the Lenny Kravitz of sexy bedroom soul. Like Kravitz, Thicke isn't an originator and borrows so heavily from his antecedents you wonder where they trail off and he begins. But in these times where melody and musicianship is sacrificed for one-size-fits-all rhythm tracks, a crafty album like Something Else is worth starting a collection around. Enigma, Melissa Etheridge release new albums http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/703358.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/703358.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Anberlin, New Surrender (Universal Republic). Enigma, Seven Lives Many Faces (EMI). Dreamy electronica with a classical touch. Melissa Etheridge, A New Thought for Christmas (Island). Browne back with winner http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/693704.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/693704.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT JACKSON BROWNE Time the Conqueror Inside Recordings It would seem unfathomable but Jackson Browne, a left-wing activist who is suing Republican Sen. John McCain for using his song Running On Empty in his presidential campaign, once thrived musically under Republican administrations. His finest, most eloquent albums -- Late for the Sky (1974) and The Pretender (1976) -- were released during the Ford administration. James sounds good as new http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/686490.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/686490.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT JAMES Hey Ma Mercury ½ British rock band James produced a string of irresistible singles in the '90s (Sit Down, Born of Frustration, Laid), but fell apart when Tim Booth, lead singer and creative heart of the group, left to pursue solo projects. Album review: Metallica's return to speed metal feels Olympian http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/685515.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/685515.html Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:35 EDT ROCK METALLICA Death Magnetic Warner Bros. ½ ''Change we can believe in'' might work for some campaigns but it's never been easy for Metallica to navigate the tricky terrain of musical growth when its fans consider stylistic shifts a personal affront. Album Reviews | Sure don't know country http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/675734.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/675734.html Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT JESSICA SIMPSON Do You Know Columbia Early this year when Jessica Simpson announced her shift to country music, she raised the ire of purists and skeptics who saw her as just another faded pop singer to carpetbag in Nashville -- a musical community that lately seems all too eager to take in these outsiders. Album Review | Old Beach Boy shines on his latest solo effort http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/664780.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/CD-reviews/story/664780.html Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT BRIAN WILSON That Lucky Old Sun Capitol For his return to Capitol Records, home of his greatest Beach Boys songs, Brian Wilson has released a conceptual work with the obvious blueprints being the beloved Pet Sounds and the ridiculously overrated Smile. Madonna and Guy Ritchie announce their divorce http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726687.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726687.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:29 EDT After countless denials of domestic trouble, Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced Wednesday they are divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage. Janet Jackson to resume tour after bout of vertigo http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/727072.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/727072.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:19 EDT Janet Jackson is returning to her "Rock Witchu" tour and - finally - revealing the mystery illness that led her to cancel a string of concerts. 20 questions for … singer-musician Mike Farris http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726901.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726901.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:29 EDT If you can see Mike Farris live, find something solid to hang on to: He and his band will blow the roof off the place, and you might just well go with it. Neal Hefti, composer of 'Batman' theme, dies http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726535.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726535.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:09 EDT Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died. He was 85. Tim McGraw upset by label's decision http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725991.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725991.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:55 EDT Tim McGraw says his record label, Curb Records, released a greatest hits package of his songs against his wishes and without his involvement. DJ AM joins Jay-Z on tour in first post-crash show http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726007.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/726007.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:25 EDT DJ AM, who survived a plane crash last month in South Carolina, will appear on tour with Jay-Z. John Adams' `Doctor Atomic' opens at Met Opera http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725977.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725977.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:09 EDT A-bomb is a hit at the Metropolitan Opera. Alicia Keys leads American Music Award nominees http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725670.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725670.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:40 EDT Alicia Keys had a leading five nominations for the 2008 American Music Awards, including artist of the year and favorite female artist in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories. Presley names newborn twin girls Finley and Harper http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725693.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:40 EDT Lisa Marie Presley has named her newborn twin daughters Finley and Harper. Bajofondo takes its global tango sound around the world http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725538.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725538.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:29 EDT Argentine composer and producer Gustavo Santaolalla is a boundary-leaping kind of guy in just about every way you could (and some you couldn't) imagine. But taking his global tango group Bajofondo to South Korea and Japan is a cultural stretch even for this groundbreaking Latin rock producer (Juanes, Julieta Venegas, Cafe Tacuba) and Oscar-winning film composer ("Brokeback Mountain," "Babel"). Ringo Starr: Don't send me any more fan mail http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725287.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/AP/story/725287.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:25 EDT Ringo Starr doesn't want to hear from you. If you do write, your letter will end up in the trash. After 45 years of stardom, he doesn't want to spend any more time answering mail or sending signed photos back to fans.