MORE STORIES

• 

  Beyonce and Jay-Z: In Cuba today; in concert in Miami this summer

  Superstar Beyonce’s visit to Cuba with her equally famous rapper hubby Jay-Z on Thursday raised eyebrows in South Florida.
• 

  Celebrities

  One costume Rihanna won’t wear: Role model

  Rihanna isn’t the first celebrity to turn down the job of poster child for perfection, but she’s received more attention than many for refusing it.
• 

  Celebrities

  Good boy gone bad? Justin Bieber’s adult problems

  In just four years, Justin Bieber has gone from fielding innocuous questions about his haircut to denying that he’s in desperate need of rehab. Bieber’s grown up and into tabloid territory, with his recent troubles making some question whether he’s just the latest teen star gone wild.
• 

  Music

  Jam at PAX to benefit injured trumpeter, Guitars Over Guns

  Ted Zimmerman’s parents found that playing the trumpet could calm their 11-year-old troublemaker of a son.
• 

  music

  Gillespie, Pozo’s historic jazz collaboration to be feted at Arsht Center in Miami

  A concert Friday at the Adrienne Arsht Center will celebrate the historic collaboration of Dizzy Gillespie and Cuban composer Chano Pozo.
• 

  Electronic dance music

  Think Ultra Music Fest revelers are living large? Get a load of the SoBe VIP crowd

  Think Ultra Music Fest revelers are living large? Get a load of the VIP sections in South Beach clubs.
• 

  In concert

  Alicia Keys eyes Miami to ‘Set the World on Fire’ on latest tour

  Alicia Keys, fresh from a Super Bowl performance, brings her Set the World on Fire Tour to the AmericanAirlines Arena. For Keys, it’s all ‘part of the journey.’

• Record-breaking year for Jazz in the Gardens

  Jazz in the Gardens drew a record number of fans this year, organizers said Thursday.
• 

  THE ARTS

  Young Florida Grand Opera singer finds new relevancy in ‘Tango’

  Florida Grand Opera singer Matthew Newlin’s performance of Tango this week at The Stage in Miami’s Design District has suddenly become very relevant, he says.

• Miami Gardens Jazz in the Gardens

  ‘The conch man’ is a crowd favorite at Jazz in the Gardens

  Opa-locka chef Keith Reed’s ‘the one’ at the Miami Gardens Jazz in the Gardens. His conch salad in a pineapple shell draws thousands.
• 

  Album reviews

  David Bowie confronts mortality, love and war on ‘The Next Day’

   ROCK
• 

  Latin music

  Cuban drummer Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández brings Italuba to Miami Beach for its U.S. debut

  After hearing him power the groups behind Latin pop-rock superstar Carlos Santana, Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Spanish pop singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, it’s hard to imagine Cuban drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernández doing anything quietly. And yet, two years ago, he discreetly settled in South Florida.
• 

  Electronic music | Ultra Music Festival

  Club drug ‘Molly’ on major upswing as Ultra Music Fest Miami approaches

  “Molly,” billed as pure MDMA or Ecstasy but sometimes containing other substances, comes in a white powder and can lead to brain injury, depression and heart issues.
• 

  Nightlife

  Pub crawl to mix bicycling and beer

  The Beer Snob Bicycle Pub Crawl is all about exercising, socializing and discovering new beers, organizers say .
• 

  Latin music

  Famed Cuban singer to make her Miami debut Saturday

  Most musicians in Cuba have pursued their art all their lives, coming from musical families and studying from childhood. But one of the most popular singers on the island, Ivette Cepeda, began her musical career after teaching mathematics for more than a decade.
• 

  Jazz

  Jazz pianist Fred Hersch comes back strong from near-death AIDS ordeal

  A smart, lyrical pianist and composer with a distinctive sound and an unassuming manner, five-time Grammy nominee Fred Hersch is one of the most important jazz musicians of his generation.
• 

  Music

  Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake coming to South Florida in August

  The rumored Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z tour appears closer to reality — and a South Florida show is in the plans.
• 

  Virginia Key

  Grassroots Festival brings cultural diversity to Virginia Key

  Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance brings four days of musical and cultural diversity to Virginia Key Beach on Thursday.

• CLASSICAL MUSIC

  Chopin-prize award winner will perform classical music in South Florida

  Taiwanese pianist Yi-Yang Chen will perform two classical music performances in Miami-Dade and Broward in February.
• 

  Jazz

  Arsht Center celebrates jazz giants ‘Monk & Coltrane’

  Growing up the son of an artist of mythical status while making your way in the same field sets up daunting challenges. And yet T.S. Monk, whose father, Thelonious Monk, is a hallowed figure in the jazz pantheon, has managed to define his own identity while honoring and building on his legacy.
• 

  Coral Gables

  Flautist left Cuba behind to pursue his music

  He will play Thursday at Angelique Euro Café on Miracle Mile.
• 

  Jazz

  The 3 Cohens: First family of Israeli jazz plays South Florida Saturday

  As unlikely as it may seem, the battle-scarred land of Israel has produced a generation of world-class jazz talent. And clarinetist Anat Cohen would have to rank high on anyone’s list of Sabra jazz superstars.
• 

  Wynwood

  Gramps aims to be hometown bar

  A new bar in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood offers customers a break from the glitz and glamour of the South Beach club scene.
• 

  Music

  International Noise Conference celebrates its 10th anniversary at Churchill’s Pub

  Rowdy and raucous International Noise Conference returns to Churchill’s for its 10th year
• 

  Entertainment

  Who is Rick Ross? Shoot-’em-up raises new questions

  The image — and reality — behind a larger-than-life rap superstar
• 

  Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame

  First honorees of Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame announced

  The first honorees of the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame were announced in Miami on Monday
• 

  FORT LAUDERDALE

  Rick Ross raps about ducking hail of bullets in Fort Lauderdale; 911 calls released

  One day after he was nearly mowed down in a burst of gunfire on Las Olas Boulevard, Rick Ross rapped about his experience. One day after he was nearly mowed down in a burst of gunfire on Las Olas Boulevard, Rick Ross rapped about his experience.

• In My Opinion

  Fred Grimm: Gunfire means a good day at the office for rapper Rick Ross

  Bursts from an assault rifle rent the early morning darkness about two blocks from my house Monday morning, here on the mean and precarious streets of eastern Fort Lauderdale.
• 

  Fort Lauderdale

  Rapper Rick Ross target of barrage of bullets

  The sound of gunfire pierced the early-morning calm of Las Olas Boulevard, apparently directed at the rapper, who lost control of his Rolls-Royce and crashed.
• 

  CONCERT REVIEW

  Justin Bieber enthralls the girls at AmericanAirlines Arena

  What can a grownup possibly say about Justin Bieber? That he’s cute and his songs are musically negligible? That he’s only the latest in an endless series of teen heartthrobs? That we’re impressed he’s got more Twitter followers than Lady Gaga? What does it matter what anyone over 15 thinks of Justin Bieber?
• 

  HOLLYWOOD

  Longtime stars to roast actor-comedian Sal Richards at Hard Rock

  The Footlighters Club on Friday will roast actor-comedian Sal Richards at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood.
• 

  Music

  Pink Martini brings its eclectic, nostalgic, upbeat sound to Fillmore

  For a guy who began his music career wearing a cocktail dress while trolling around on a scooter, Pink Martini founder Thomas M. Lauderdale sounds awfully earnest.
• 

  World Music

  Making famed father’s legacy his own, Femi Kuti launches U.S. tour in Miami Sunday

  Having a musical legend for a father isn’t easy for any artist. But Femi Kuti has come to terms with the influence and legacy of his famed father, Fela Kuti — originator of Afrobeat, Nigerian agitator for social justice and international symbol of defiance — while defining himself as a man and musician.
• 

  YoungArts Week

  YoungArts winners descend on Miami with big dreams and big talent

  This week, 152 brilliant talents descend on Miami for the YoungArts Foundation’s annual week of master classes, performances and parties. Which one is the next Nicki Minaj or Adrian Grenier?
• 

  Music

  Arsht Center concert bridges jazz-classical divide

  The line that separates high art and popular culture has long been blurred, but old habits die hard. The relationship between European classical music and jazz remains, for some in both camps, an object of fascination and suspicion, of respect tinged with dismissiveness.
• 

  Night life

  Mobile data say Miami stayed up latest of any American city on New Year’s Eve

  Go to bed and pull up the covers, New York: Miami is now officially the city that never sleeps.
• 

  GRAMMY AWARDS

  UM dean in running for Grammy award

  The dean of UM’s music school has earned his first Grammy nomination for arranging an X-Files-themed jazz song.
• 

  Pop music

  Election year pop music compels, delights and devastates

  Bruce Springsteen told us who we are and where we’re going with more passion and guts than all of the presidential debates combined. Infectious pop jingles from Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars made us giddy on EDM-dominated mainstream radio. And we mourned the loss of icons Whitney Houston, Donna Summer and our South Florida neighbor Robin Gibb.
• 

  Latin, World and Jazz Music

  Café Tacuba, Juanes, Romeo Santos keep the beat in 2012

  With a few notable exceptions, there was little new this year from commercial Latin music, which seems stuck in replay. World music continued expanding to new parts of the globe and more adventurous kinds of fusion, with electronica often a common denominator. Jazz continues to struggle in South Florida, with a few strong institutions and series keeping it alive. Here are 2012 highlights:
• 

  A playlist for the end of the world

  We chose 13 apocalyptic tunes to accompany doomsday (just in case).

Previous

Next