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The Craft-Beer Craze Finally Finds Florida

Lifted By 'Grass: Five Reasons Floridians Should Love Yonder Mountain String Band

As two buds in Urbana, Illinois, then playing as the Bluegrassholes​, Jeff Austin and Dave Johnston probably never imagined they would one day form the prized gem of the modern bluegrass scene. A chance meeting at a club in Nederland, Colorado, landed the duo a bassist with Ben Kaufmann and a guit ... More >>

Tap 42 in Fort Lauderdale: Neglectful Service Means Frustrated Diners

As two buds in Urbana, Illinois, then playing as the Bluegrassholes​, Jeff Austin and Dave Johnston probably never imagined they would one day form the prized gem of the modern bluegrass scene. A chance meeting at a club in Nederland, Colorado, landed the duo a bassist with Ben Kaufmann and a guit ... More >>

Toubab Krewe on Jam Cruise, West Africa, and a New Album

​The talented members of Toubab Krewe play not only traditional rock instruments but also traditional African ones. These include noisemakers you've probably never seen in your life: the soku, kamelengoni, and kora. The band is composed of white dudes who marry West African sounds with Americ ... More >>

Fried Chicken on My Mind

theBittenWord.comMore like what I was expecting... ​Jennifer Reed is a South Florida chef and owner of the the Sugar Monkey. She blogs on Clean Plate Charlie about food and the people who make it. A three-week road trip through the South and Midwest was exactly what I needed to gain ten pounds and ... More >>

Brotherly Love

Folk-bluegrass duo the Avett Brothers finds sweet music in sibling harmony.

One Cool Cat

Fresh-faced Boca chanteuse Cat Shell expands her reach.

Mehkago NT Announces Tour

Pure crusty hardcore aggression, 305-style, hits the eastern seaboard on the heels of a No Idea split with Religious as Fuck. Mehkago NT is an admixture of some of South Florida's best known, most notorious HC/punk/sludge/metal musicians.  The band features members or ex-members of DNME, To ... More >>

Art Basel Week: Hex Dispensers, Brutal Knights, Reigning Sound, Dec. 5

Reigning SoundThe party continues at the Kill Your Idols space on Friday, December 5, first with Hex Dispensers, an Austin quartet who overdosed on the Ramones, but not so much the Beach Boys (it's a good thing ). Brutal Knights hail from the much colder climes of Toronto, and title their fun dittie ... More >>

Highway to Hog Heaven

Deep Down South takes the road less traveled and finds itself far ahead of the pack

Green Eyeshade Award Winners

Deep Down South takes the road less traveled and finds itself far ahead of the pack

From Johannesburg to Carolina

Laura Reed & Deep Pocket drops just a pinch of Africa into its Southern soul

Neo Griots

North Carolina's Toubab Krewe takes world fusion to new levels

Letters for April 3-9, 2008

North Carolina's Toubab Krewe takes world fusion to new levels

Go on Shake it, Shake it! Shake That Healthy Butt!

North Carolina's Toubab Krewe takes world fusion to new levels

The Afromotive Tonight at City Limits

North Carolina's Toubab Krewe takes world fusion to new levels

The Afromotive

North Carolina's Toubab Krewe takes world fusion to new levels

New Times' Guide to Langerado

North Carolina's Toubab Krewe takes world fusion to new levels

Have Wire, Will Travel

Anna the Medic, one of the FBI's top informants, has cut a wide swath through the antiwar and animal rights movements.

Southern Discomfort

A transplanted son revisits his Carolina roots in the ambitious drama Junebug

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A transplanted son revisits his Carolina roots in the ambitious drama Junebug

Rock in a Hard Place

For South Florida's independent concert promoters, bringing cool music to town can be a losing proposition

Undercurrents

For South Florida's independent concert promoters, bringing cool music to town can be a losing proposition