http://www.miamiherald.com/779/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/779/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Jordan Levin 60 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:08:10 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1341287.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1341287.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The solo dance piece that Gregory Maqoma performs this weekend is called Beautiful Me, but when he was growing up in the slum township of Soweto in South Africa under apartheid, the 36-year-old dancer and choreographer did not feel particularly beautiful. He was inspired by, of all things, the King of Pop's Thriller. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1325228.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1325228.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Pop singer Alejandro Sanz's last record, El Tren de los Momentos, came out three years ago amid a slew of troubles for the Spanish heartthrob: his father died; he divorced his wife, Mexican model Jaydy Michel, mother of his daughter Manuela; a couple who worked at Sanz's Miami Beach home were accused of blackmailing him with information that he had a son in an affair; and Sanz had a nervous breakdown that forced a months-long hiatus in a concert tour. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1313583.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1313583.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Omara Portuondo could be any Cuban grandmother, if that grandmother were a world-famous singer with tales to tell (and keep) about 60 years of music and celebrity and separation. Sequestered in a downtown Miami hotel, this legend of Cuban music, elegant and consummately professional at 79, wears a spangled black headscarf for photographs on a rare day of interviews. Her feet, however, are nestled into white athletic socks and flat, cork-soled sandals. When she sings -- and she sings several times -- the room seems to vibrate with the emotion in her voice. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1301184.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1301184.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Of all the great female singers Brazil has produced, perhaps none is more beloved, or more identified with her homeland, than Gal Costa. Since she emerged in the late 1960s as the muse of tropicalismo used her unique, silvery voice and serene, joyous persona to embody a quintessentially Brazilian spirit and musicality that still enrapture audiences and critics. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1296946.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1296946.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Olga Tañon's concert at Hard Rock Live won't begin for several hours, but the show starts as the singer's giant motor home pulls up to the hotel entrance at the Hollywood gambling and entertainment complex. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1291100.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1291100.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:26 EDT Like much of the rest of the world, Miami City Ballet has been on a financial and professional roller coaster in the past year, including some artistic and career highs. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1274619.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1274619.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT When the Fania All-Stars played a legendary concert at Yankee Stadium in 1973, the stands were filled with 63,000 people who were so crazy for the radical new music called salsa that they stormed the stage. It was a bigger audience than the 55,000 who turned out for the Beatles' famed show at Shea Stadium eight years before. And yet there was almost no mention of the event in mainstream media, as if, for most of the country, one of the biggest concert events to take place in America hadn't happened. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1272179.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1272179.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Since getting together in 1995, Washington, D.C.-based duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, better known as Thievery Corporation, have found success with original music and resolute career independence. Their blend of electronica, dub, jazz, bossa nova and a host of other styles -- from cheesy film scores to Afrobeat -- has found a wide audience without mainstream radio airplay or major label promotion. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1269054.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1269054.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT When Travis McCoy, lead singer of hip-hop/rock band Gym Class Heroes, lost someone he loved to AIDS more than 15 years ago, he wasn't only saddened by his loss -- he was afraid that he could have been infected, too. ``You think `Oh no, we've shared kitchen utensils,' '' says McCoy, who was 11 or 12 at the time. ``You think, `Will the kids at school know?' '' When he learned in a school health program that you don't get AIDS from sharing silverware or touching someone, ``I had this clarity and relief, but also enormous guilt.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1258892.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1258892.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Choreographer Karen Peterson has been making pieces for disabled dancers, people whose ability to move has been changed by muscular dystrophy or other ailments, for 20 years. But when she met visual and video artist Maria Lino, Peterson discovered a collaborator who brought a new vision into her dancemaking -- insight that stemmed from the many years Lino lived with her quadriplegic brother, who had cerebral palsy. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1244757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1244757.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT When Fabio Diaz settled in with 15 members of his extended Cuban family to watch Colombian singer Juanes' historic concert in Havana on television Sunday, he -- and the rest of his clan -- had mixed feelings. Diaz, who is 35 and came to Miami at 19, thought the event should have been staged in an intermediary location between the island and Miami, as a bridge between the two sides. And he wanted Juanes to speak out directly about freedom in Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1233738.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1233738.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Nelly Furtado's musical career has been filled with drastic changes. She started as a funky hip-hop / fusion phenomenon, soaring to success with her 2000 debut Whoa, Nelly and its Grammy-winning hit I am Like a Bird, then veered into a Brazilian-tinged world-beat detour. She returned to the mainstream in 2006 with the bestselling, sexy pop-hip-hop of Loose. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1225402.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1225402.html Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT South Florida's fabulous mosaic of cultures usually guarantees an exciting mix of Latin -- from cutting-edge alternative to the biggest pop stars -- and world music each season. Only a few concerts have been announced so far, but look for many more as the season progresses. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1227375.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1227375.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Jacob Jeffries is onstage at the Transit Lounge, pounding the keyboards, channeling Billy Joel, and Elton John, and the Beatles, and Ben Folds, and the 14 years of songwriting he's packed into his own 21 years of life. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1220723.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1220723.html Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT The moment when Depeche Mode really took hold of the crowd came late in the show Saturday night, on unironically-titled Enjoy the Silence, as singer Dave Gahan went strutting and whirling bare-chested on a platform into the crowd, and some 16,000 people at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise waved and sang along in an ecstasy of romantic loneliness. ``All I ever wanted, all I ever needed, was here in my arms,'' they howled together, on the quintessential outsider's anthem. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1217848.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1217848.html Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT As it turns out, all you need is love -- and genius -- to live forever, even in the evanescent world of pop music. For the Beatles, the time is not just When I'm 64 but any age at all. The renowned British quartet's career lasted from 1962 to 1969, but their music has spanned generations. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1202431.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1202431.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:00 EDT Colombian rocker Juanes says that despite the political firestorm surrounding the concert he has planned for Havana next month, he is only seeking to connect with the Cuban people and to promote change with his music. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1194653.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1194653.html Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:31 EDT An international concert planned for Havana's Plaza de la Revolución and headed by a major Latino pop star is stoking passions in exile Miami in a controversial clash of art and politics. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1186237.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1186237.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT Singer Luis Fonsi's hair is so black it gleams. He has thick brown eyebrows, deep brown eyes, and his skin is tanned a rich caramel. But for all his dark features, his eyes shine so vibrantly that the impression he gives is one of brightness. http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1166404.html http://www.miamiherald.com/779/story/1166404.html Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT They say rock 'n' roll will never die. Neither, apparently, will the careers of many rockers, at least to judge by the concert scene.