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This past Sunday, Broward County's West Indian community was alive with music and culture as the sixth-annual Broward Caribbean Carnival rocked Lauderhill in grand fashion....
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Music lovers who enjoy sounds of the African continent often hit a wall when trying to delve accurately into Ethiopian compositions. Much of it dates back to Abyssinian tribal...
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“Roll It Gal” by Alison Hinds:
For lovers of Caribbean music, Carnival Weekend 2008 is easily the best four-day weekend of the year. Folks representing the entire...
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When local musicians Russ Rogers of Kill Miss Pretty and his partner Todd Evans put together their latest band, A New Way to Live Forever, the idea was simply to make good...
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Robin Thicke is working hard to move out of his father's shadow. As the son of Canadian actor Alan Thicke from the hit '80s sitcom Growing Pains, people initially wondered if...
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It's possible that there's never been another singer who defined the genre of rhythm and blues the way Bobby "Blue" Bland does. With a homegrown singing style that's two parts...
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You never know what you're going to get when you see the Roots in concert. The band has roughly 14 years of material to draw from and ten albums full of hits that often keep...
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If you're wondering what happened to popular '90s band Blues Traveler, the answer is draped all over its latest CD, North Hollywood Shootout. The ten-track disc, released this...
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For the second time in as many years, the Langerado Music Festival is on the move. In a news release sent out last week, the festival organizers announced that the...
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Within local hip-hop circles, there seems to be a resurgence lately of quality MC-ing, both in the live setting and on new album releases. South Florida has never been known...
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Shemekia Copeland is a woman who knows the blues. She grew up listening to it every night as a child in Harlem at a time when most of her friends were stuck on hip-hop. "I used...
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There used to be a time when South Florida was a haven for good, ol'-fashioned rock 'n' roll, not just old-timey stuff that was stuck in a time warp. Rootsy Americana bands...
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It's a sure sign that an album is nasty when it takes a strong stomach just to review it. Miami-bred rapper Blowfly's latest release, Live at the Platypussery, is just that...
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Ann Arbor's futuristic Afrobeat group NOMO sure knows how to fling out expectations and stereotypes. Just two years ago, critics and anyone in ear range were justifiably...
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When it comes to the Caribbean carnival season in South Florida, there's usually no shortage of fun-filled drama affiliated with the weekend-long fete. Big parties, colorful...
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It's an early Sunday morning inside Spirits Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and as usual, the ground floor is filled with hip-hop and reggae beats galore....
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It's a hot Saturday night at Miami's Transit Lounge, and it seems like, temperature-wise, there's no relief in sight. Just as a breeze starts to blow through the semi-open air...
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With a sound that's heavily rooted in New Orleans jazz, the Stanton Moore Trio could be fine on its own just sticking to that style of music. Instead, the three opt to pepper...
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For a variety of reasons, Latin American proponents of music from the native lands often pretend that race and class aren't relevant when it comes to music. But listen to the...
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One unfortunate aspect of South Florida's music scene is that there isn't nearly enough room for bands making original music to thrive financially. There are only so many...
