Photos and Video: ¡MAYDAY! on WDNA’s Sound Theory Live

Jacob KatelThree sixths of ¡MAYDAY!​Last Friday, Miami live-action hip hop group ¡MAYDAY! brought six band members, keyboards, amps, monitors, guitars, drums and a sound guy named Monkey to a WDNA studio further cramped by a show host, engineer, intern, and 3 separate camera folk.The occasion was the real time broadcast…

Top Chef 7 Florida Casting, in Pictures

Jacob KatelProspective Top Chef contestants shoot the shit while they wait their turn to see the casting director.​Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective contestants…

Miami’s Puerto Rican Country Girl Vickie Raye Showcases in Broward

Here’s a video of Vicki Raye performing at Chrystal Hartigan’s Songwriter’s Showcase at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Ft. Lauderdale in collaboration with Daniel Pearl World Music Days on October 20.Vicki Raye is a country music artist born in Puerto Rico, adopted, and raised in South Florida…

A Cameroon Hand Drum’s Details

Jacob Katel​Cameroon is a country partially on the West coast of Africa that is bordered by Nigeria. The name of the country originates from the portugese Rio dos Camarões, which sailors, for its abundance of prawns and crayfish, called the Wouri River when they sailed into it in 1472.According to…

Video: Cornerstoners Live at the 2am Warehouse

Here goes a video of Miami live-band-hip-hop-improvisation group The Cornerstoners playing a party at the 2am Warehouse.The audio is mastered low on this video so you’ll have to turn your speakers up, but the mix is nice, with a great stereo field. Listen with headphones, you’ll be right there with…

Wish You Were There: Brad Paisley at Cruzan, Backstage Tour

Who is Brad Paisely? He is a country music star with seven recorded studio albums, all of which have gone at least gold.According to Wikipedia, Brad Paisley graduated high school in West Virginia. That’s about as country as it gets, except for the graduating high school part. Paisley is currently…

Video: Duece Poppi’s “My White Friends”

Duece Poppi is a veteran Slip-N-Slide Records artist you may have never heard of, but dude is a serious operator that has behind the scenes ghost written more tracks than Casper with a pen and pad. He’s got a new album coming soon, and this song “My White Friends” is…

Khaled, E-Class’ Live From the 305 Takes Over The Internet

​DJ Khaled says, “Liiiisten.” He says “We the best.” And he says, “We global.”E-Class from Poe Boy Records says he’s right and together with some of the best artists the streets have to offer they’re proving it’s true.Live From the 305 is a compilation album they’ve created that is backed…

Tigertail Presents Han Bennink’s Third Man Trio, Drums From Hell

Dutch guy Han Bennink is an awesome fucking drummer. He performs in a three man group called Third Man Trio. He plays drums while Michael Moore plays reeds, and Will Holshauser plays accordion.Tigertail, Florida’s pioneer of innovative arts & culture, now in their 30th year of existence present Third Man…

Miami Carnival is Here, Get Ready To Party Like a Psycho

Miami Carnival time is here. If you’re not familiar with the festival, just know this: They don’t stop. It’s not a party, or even a series of parties — it’s a party marathon. If Miami Carnival was a U.S. president it would be called Drinkard Fillmore. Check out this slick…

Archive Diver: “Desperately Seeking Neil Diamond Tkts”

NewTimes week of Oct 5 – 11. 1988​ This week Archive Diver rips some music and dance related listings straight out of the classifieds of our paper’s October 5 – 11, 1988 edition.We’ve got private dirty dancing lessons, an ad to sell peace bracelets at a Grateful Dead concert, DJ…

MP3 of the Day: “Imma Zoe / Imma Chico Remix” by THC Crew

via thccrew.com​This remix of Black Dada’s “Imma Zoe” comes courtesy of UB the Underboss from the THC crew. The song is called “Imma Chico,” and it calls for Latinos all over Miami-Dade County, South Florida, and the world to stand up.Here’s UB’s message that we received by e-mail with the track: “Get…

Video: Group Sings “Lean On Me” at Lotus House Thrift Grand Opening

Lotus House Thrift (203 NW 36th St., Miami) is a Wynwood extension of Overtown’s Lotus House Women’s Shelter. It is a thrift shop that specializes in selling clothes, furniture, electronics, and household goods to help fund shelter meals, housing, health services, job training, and more. I bought a Sony amp…

Drop Dead Beats Studio Session with Drop and Phenom

via Drop Dead Beats​ Adrian “Drop” Santalla, and Phenom are the production team behind Drop Dead Beats and the force behind “Triumph,” the opening track on Pitbull’s new album Rebelution.ESPN recently licensed the song for one month of universal usage. Drop says “I got people calling me up telling me,…