“I think of myself as a drummer who plays notes,” the man known as Freekbass explained to New Times about his distinctive style of playing the bass. “I think of the beat first.” The Ohio native started out as a youngster playing drums. Then fate intervened. Oberlin College had a…
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the National Football League asked representatives of Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Coldplay how much they would pay to play next February’s Super Bowl halftime show. While the NFL generally hasn’t paid its Super Bowl halftime performers in the past, it did…
Some will say a Mad Men party is so 2007. People with shorter attention spans might prefer honoring a newer TV show maybe an Orange Is the New Black night where everyone is dressed in female prison garb or a True Detective evening where guests perform their best Matthew McConaughey…
Punk was once underground. Bands played in grungy, rat-infested clubs, and forget hearing the music on the radio. Twenty years ago, that all changed. The Offspring, Bad Religion, and Pennywise are three Southern California bands signed to the same Epitaph record label that helped bring this subversive sound to the…
Blue-eyed soul veteran Michael McDonald sure likes to hang out with the rich and famous. The St. Louis, Missouri, native got his start playing keyboards and singing backing vocals for Steely Dan, including on their classic 1977 album, Aja. When Doobie Brothers’ singer Tom Johnston got sick, the Rock and…
Twelve years after releasing his first album, the man known as Big Smo has become a superstar. He mashes country and rap into what the mammoth Tennessee native affectionately calls hick-hop. After years of struggle, Big Smo has used every medium at his disposal to finally catapult himself to fame…
Billing itself as the first ever EDM festival in Palm Beach Gardens, Electric Cabo Carnival is raving out on Saturday night at Cabo Flats. It’s all free and sponsored by big booze names like Ketel One, Budweiser, Don Julio, Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, and even Monster energy drink to amp it…
Like all life forms, the St. Peterburg six-piece the Hip Abduction’s origins can be traced to the ocean. Vocalist David New was playing acoustic solo shows when he turned to his fellow surfers to form a band. Influenced by reggae and utilizing African instruments like the kora and ngoni, the…
With Get on Up opening tonight movie audiences will be reintroduced to the hardest working man in show business, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, and yes, this is all the same person: Mr. James Brown. Though early reviews of the film are solid, the fact that it’s directed by…
People think of funk and dirty rock and roll as being from down south. The Seattle four-piece Down North is trying to contradict that geographic stereotype one gig at a time. The band is currently on its first tour that stretches all the way to the Atlantic. The extensive itinerary…
Short of the Grateful Dead and the Beatles, no musical act has a more loyal fan base than Dave Matthews Band. Since its founding 23 years ago in Virginia, DMB has packed venues large and small. This year is no different. The band returns to South Florida’s Cruzan Amphitheatre with…
“You’re always going to remember three things from tonight. Where you were, what you were doing, and who you were doing,” Lionel Richie told the large crowd at Cruzan Amphitheatre on Tuesday night before letting out that wide grin underneath his signature mustache. He then sauntered over to the piano…
When news trickled out last week that Pink Floyd was releasing a new album in October titled The Endless River, you couldn’t help but get giddy. For at least two generations, the British band was the soundtrack for a simpler time when you could pontificate complex subjects like the meaning…
Short of the Grateful Dead and the Beatles, no musical act has a more loyal fan base than Dave Matthews Band. Since its founding 23 years ago in Virginia, DMB has packed venues large and small. This year is no different. The band returns to South Florida’s Cruzan Amphitheatre with…
If you’re playing a musical version of the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Printz Board is a good name to know. The Ohio native who resides in Los Angeles has written hits and worked in the studio with the Black Eyed Peas, Dr. Dre, James Brown, Katy Perry, and…
With so many platforms with which to access music, it’s almost impossible for everyone to be humming the same new tune. No longer are radio DJs or MTV producers the guardians of the sounds we hear regularly. Now you can type any song into your browser and hear it instantly…
With so many platforms with which to access music, it’s almost impossible for everyone to be humming the same new tune. No longer are radio DJs or MTV producers the guardians of the sounds we hear regularly. Now you can type any song into your browser and hear it instantly…
For decades there have been threats and allegations of a movie about the Go-Go’s, the Southern California, early ’80s all female, New Wave band. There are all the elements of an interesting movie: photogenic underdogs beating the odds to become superstars, lots of sex, drugs, and of course great rock…
It sounds like the setup for a joke. Kooky right-winger and former rock-star Ted Nugent has a summer camp he calls Kamp for Kids. According to the organization’s news release: 25 years ago multi-platinum guitar icon Ted Nugent set out on a selfless mission to get kids out of malls,…
Kris Thomas was raised in the birthplace of rock n roll, Memphis, Tennessee. The music flowing through that city — from the churches to Stax Music Academy — helped Thomas build a personal vocal foundation. It later earned him national recognition as a contestant on the fourth season of the…
Before the option of typing the name of any song into Google, the surest way to hear the hits of the day was on Sunday mornings. You would simply turn the radio station to American Top 40 and Casey Kasem would count the best tunes down from numbers 40 to…
The Miami Marlins have a winning record into June for the first time in years. To help foster excitement around our beloved baseball team, Fox Sports Florida released a promo titled “Yo Soy Miami.” Soundtracking the ad is the new song “Fall Before You Fly” from Miami’s own Dangerflow. The…
