The Roots (Band)

Through the Roots at Culture Room on May 19

South Florida's Ten Best Albums of 2011

Best Of South Florida Music 2011: Betty Wright & the Roots - Betty Wright: The Movie

​County Grind is counting down 2011's best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Betty Wright is our local soul survivor. She's been doing the damned thing right since she was 12 years old. If you've heard the 1960s Eccentric Soul: Deep City Label compilation, you've heard a pre ... More >>

Best South Florida Music 2011: Protoman - Beat a Dead Horse 'Til She Resurrects

​County Grind is counting down 2011's best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Whether you believe that hip-hop is dead or that it's just kicking through its latest rehash, one thing is certain: Hip-hop albums are six feet under the ground. Even Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch th ... More >>

Happy Birthday, John Mayall!

​Considered one of the godfathers of British Blues -- a distinction he shares with late Alexis Korner -- vocalist and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall gave a jumpstart to that particular idiom well before it took hold with the masses in the latter part of the '60s through bands like Fleetwood Mac ... More >>

Cyber Monday: How We Spent $35 at eMusic for $10

​It won't be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it's grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its in ... More >>

Protoman to Release "Beat a Dead Horse 'Til She Resurrects" Record at Green Room

​It won't be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it's grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its in ... More >>

We Are Family: Atmosphere's Live-Band Approach to Hip-Hop Has Organic Warmth

​It won't be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it's grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its in ... More >>

Ten Best Parties for Winter Music Conference 2011, March 10 to 13

​It won't be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it's grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its in ... More >>

Astronautalis Plots Two South Florida Gigs

​It won't be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it's grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its in ... More >>

Fashion Islands

​It won't be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it's grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its in ... More >>

Local Boy Scott Storch Conquered Hip-Hop and Raked in Millions. Then He Broke Bad.

​It won't be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it's grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its in ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Revolution!

Fort Lauderdale's live music powerhouse celebrates its fifth.

Closing of the River House in Fort Lauderdale Hard to Stomach

Photo by Flickr user Boggs IndustriesI'd been asking Kris to take me to River House for most of the duration of our relationship. I'd had my sights on a visit there since I moved to Fort Lauderdale from Lakeland in 1999. But that kind of high-end dining isn't likely as a broke college student. Final ... More >>

Jazzy Jeff

Photo by Flickr user Boggs IndustriesI'd been asking Kris to take me to River House for most of the duration of our relationship. I'd had my sights on a visit there since I moved to Fort Lauderdale from Lakeland in 1999. But that kind of high-end dining isn't likely as a broke college student. Final ... More >>

Who's Fresh Now

Photo by Flickr user Boggs IndustriesI'd been asking Kris to take me to River House for most of the duration of our relationship. I'd had my sights on a visit there since I moved to Fort Lauderdale from Lakeland in 1999. But that kind of high-end dining isn't likely as a broke college student. Final ... More >>

311 Is Underrated!

Our writer loves the band's psychedelic rock/reggae fusion — and he's not afraid to say so.

The Rapper’s Rapper

Our writer loves the band's psychedelic rock/reggae fusion — and he's not afraid to say so.

Maceo Parker

Roots & Grooves (Heads Up/Telarc)

Chica Libre

Sonido Amazónico (Barbés Records)

Four More Months

It's never too early to start planing for the 2007 Langerado Music Festival.

Stuck in the Meyer

West Palm Beach gets a Soulfull of big names.

Worldwidest

All the world's a turntable for Gilles Peterson

Dynasty of Dub

The descendants of King Tubby still prime the digital dub pump

The Roots

The descendants of King Tubby still prime the digital dub pump

Galactic

Ruckus (Sanctuary)

Lifesavas

Spirit in Stone (Quannum)

Sean Paul

Dutty Rock (VP Music)

The Roots

Phrenology (MCA)

Jazzanova

In Between (JCR/Atlantic)

Yesterday's New Quintet

Angles Without Edges (Stones Throw Records)

Various artists

The Funky Precedent Vol. 2 (Matador Records/No Mayo Records)

Organic Audio

Last One Home (Nettwerk America)

Letters to the Editor

Letters for January 11, 2001

Let's Get Physical

Letters for January 11, 2001

Night & Day

December 11-17, 1997