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• Coachella: Radiohead, Dr. Dre among those set to perform

  The musical line up for California’s popular Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April was released on Tuesday along with news that additional tickets go on sale Friday.
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  nightlife

  Some Miami Beach New Year’s parties turn ticketholders away

  New Year’s Eve was a disaster for dozens of would-be revelers turned away from posh South Florida nightclubs, despite paying top dollar for tickets that were supposed to ensure entry.
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  Theater Review

  Classic tunes, musicianship, help ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ earn every penny

  The Rolling Stones might happily have accepted the tag “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band,” but half a decade before the Stones’ founding in Britain, the fab foursome of the ’50s — Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins — gathered inside Sun Records’ Memphis recording studio for a jam session to stake an early claim on the title.
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  Red Hot Chili Peppers

  Bassist ‘emotional’ over band making it into rock hall of fame

  There was a time when members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers greeted any mention of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with laughter, derision or both. The upstart L.A. punk-funk-rock band wasn’t much of a favorite of the music critics and other tastemakers who make up the hall’s nominating committee.
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  Concert review

  Paul Simon still sublime after all these years

  Singer-songwriter Paul Simon added a new title to his ever-growing list of accolades during his sold-out concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Live near Hollywood Tuesday night: song scientist.
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  Album reviews

  Amy Winehouse’s leftovers on ‘Lioness’ still a tasty treat

  •   Amy Winehouse, Lioness: Hidden Treasures (Universal Republic) ★ ★ ★ 
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  Pop music

  A little bit of musical heaven

  Paul Simon confronts mortality and finds salvation in music on one of the best recordings of his career.
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  Concert review

  Judas Priest jolt Miami and nearby Basel crowd with farewell concert

  For the residents tucked inside million dollar towers across the street from the Klipsch Amphitheater in downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park — and the well-heeled Art Basel bunch blocks away — the word “Farewell” in Judas Priest’s Epitaph Farewell Tour couldn’t come soon enough.
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  Album reviews

  The Rolling Stones’ ‘Some Girls’ expanded: twice as much to love

  •   The Rolling Stones, Some Girls: Deluxe Edition (Universal Republic) ★ ★ ★ ★ 
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  Pop Music

  Betty Wright, godmother of Miami music, back in spotlight

  A soulful new album — her first in 10 years — puts the godmother of Miami music back in the spotlight
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  Gifts

  The best picks in new Latin music

  • Calle 13 – Entren Los Que Quieren: The visionary musical rebels keep getting smarter, funnier, deeper, more radical and more musically invigorating. $10.33.
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  Album reviews

  Music stars release this season’s batch of holiday albums

  Thanks to iTunes’ Playlist feature and the ease with which it allows one to make a personal holiday compilation album, perhaps it’s time to question the viability of labels putting out new holiday albums.

• Teen girl imitates Adele on video gone viral

  Throat surgery has temporarily silenced Adele, this year’s biggest torch singer.
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  MIAMI

  Bayside Rocks reggae festival in downtown Miami postponed

  Bayside Rocks, an all-day reggae festival planned for Saturday at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, has been postponed because of “unforeseen circumstances,” spokeswoman Violet Tafari said.
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  Chamber music

  Miami native, 21, lands a seat as cellist in concert with Itzhak Perlman

  Thomas Mesa was like any other Miami kid, a fan of reggaeton and hip hop. He’d trade those contemporary beats for the soulful sounds of the cello and chamber music. Now 21, the Julliard student performs in concert Thursday as one of Itzhak Perlman&
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  Robin Gibb selling Miami mansion

  After 20-plus of South Florida livin’, the Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb is selling his Miami homestead.
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  Miami DJ Toto Gonzalez has a Latin Grammy nomination

  DJ Toto Gonzalez’s work at the forefront of Miami’s Latin music scene has led to a Latin Grammy nomination
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  opera

  Florida Grand Opera opens with zarzuela production ‘Luisa Fernanda’

  The idea had been percolating for a long time in Miami, and a casual conversation last year with superstar tenor Placido Domingo sealed the deal.
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  Classical music

  Acclaimed violinist Hilary Hahn to present ‘Encores’ at Broward Center

  Hilary Hahn made an acclaimed recording debut at age 16 in the music of Bach, and over her successful career the American violinist has concentrated on the Classical and Romantic fiddle cornerstones with selective ventures into contemporary works.
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  Nightlife

  After shootings, night clubs grow cautious

  Two people have been shot in nightclubs in Miami’s Park West neighborhood in the past three months. Club owners don’t want to see a third.
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  Album review

  Lou Reed and Metallica drop a bomb on ‘Lulu’

  •   Lou Reed & Metallica, Lulu (Warner Bros.) ★ 
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  Music

  Jazz Roots producer Larry Rosen on mission to preserve art form

  Larry Rosen’s mother and father didn’t want him to go into the music business. “A nice Jewish boy, you’ve got to stay in school,” he says they told him. “You’ve got to be doctor, dentist or lawyer.”
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  Classical Music Review

  Brewer’s voice conquers Wagner, Strauss at New World Symphony

  The popular image of the Wagnerian soprano is that of a physically imposing singer whose voice can rattle sternums in the back of the hall.
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  Album reviews

  Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson slide; Toby Keith hits peak

  •   Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto (Capitol) ★ ★ 
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  Latin Music

  Hurts so good: Flamenco star Diego El Cigala to sing tango in Miami

  What’s most remarkable about flamenco singer Diego El Cigala interpreting tango is not how wildly original it sounds, but how natural it feels.
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  Lunch with lydia

  Longtime South Beach promoter Alan Roth tackles Midtown with Ricochet

  In late 1988, restaurateur Mark Soyka helped tip South Beach toward its future when he opened News Café on Ocean Drive. It was a casual, Euro-style joint with sidewalk seating and international newspapers for sale. And as the fashion industry stepped up its invasion, a growing roster of jet-setting regulars gathered there.
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  Music

  ‘70s bad boy Joaquin Sabina, in concert Sunday at Miami’s AAA

  Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquin Sabina is wiser and less wild but unrepentant as he prepares to play Miami on his first U.S. tour.
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  Album Reviews

  America’s sweethearts adrift in a cornfield

  Never in American Idol’s 10 years has the competition show had such a marketable gold mine among its top two finalists and, beyond the commercial possibilities, both were refreshingly quite good.

• As Monday Night Football approaches, Hank Jr. writes song about ESPN, 'Fox & Friends'

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Hank Williams Jr. is about to have his say.
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  Music

  ‘Lost Notebooks’ taps into Hank Williams’ heart

  Singer and songwriter Holly Williams, the granddaughter of country music giant Hank Williams, knew something big was up when Bob Dylan approached her at a gig several years ago and handed her a handful of song lyrics he wanted her to peruse.
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  Classical Music Review

  Stimulating concert celebrates Gunther Schuller’s artistry

  Festival Miami celebrated the artistry of Gunther Schuller with a program by the Frost Chamber Players at Gusman Concert Hall, with one of the iconic American composer’s most recent scores forming the centerpiece of a stimulating concert that also featured infrequently played works by Dvorak and Darius Milhaud.

• French horn takes center stage at Festival Miami opening concert

  The French horn took center stage at the opening concert of Festival Miami Saturday evening at Gusman Concert Hall.
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  Music

  History comes full circle at Fontainebleau party for Overtown Music Project

  A party at a trendy Miami Beach club aims to re-ignite a fabled chapter of Miami’s black music history
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  Festival Miami

  Legendary composer-conductor Gunther Schuller’s ‘third stream’ melds jazz and classical traditions

  At 85, Gunther Schuller — jazz historian, author, conductor, administrator, record producer, music publisher, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, McArthur “genius grant” recipient — attributes his extraordinary productivity to a schedule that may not be for everyone.
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  Music

  Jagger takes a risk with SuperHeavy

  r and Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart acknowledge that they took a gamble when they decided to form their all-star band, SuperHeavy. They had no idea if all the group’s members, which include soulful singer-songwriter Joss Stone, Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman and reggae singer Damian Marley, would even have chemistry.
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  Music

  Rockers Carney learn to roll at ‘Spider-Man’

  You might think he’s absolutely crazy, but Reeve Carney would do it all again.
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  Album Reviews

  The last duet for Winehouse

  Tony Bennett, 85, has never met a popular standard he hasn’t sung — over and over. But that’s not stopping young upstarts like Lady Gaga and Carrie Underwood from leaping at the chance to croon an old jazz-pop chestnut with the ol’ master on his new Duets II. The album includes the final recording of Amy Winehouse, who died in July not long after recording Body and Soul.
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  Pop music

  Top acts coming, but local music gets a boost

  When people talk about music in Miami, the buzz is usually about its nightclub scene, and with good reason: Some of the world’s hottest dance-music venues are in the Magic City, including Mansion, Space and LIV, and they routinely attract the biggest DJs on the planet, especially during Winter Music Conference week every March. But it’s not all about the big electronic beats down here - live music is also alive and well.
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  ALBUM REVIEWS

  New albums from George Strait, Lindsey Buckingham, revive mundane music industry

  Fall brings its usual slate of new album releases, from the great George Strait to the lackluster Lady Antebellum. We highlight some of September’s treasures.
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  Manu Chao unleashes musical storm in Miami

  Alternative icon Manu Chao rocked a packed Bayfront Amphitheater on Friday night

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