Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions and observations about the local scene. This week: a few local folk favorites. Recently, I contributed a list of ten influential folk artists that had made South Florida their home. The tally included several revered artists — Fred…
It’s a well known fact that when it comes to gathering great musical mementos and legendary lore, Hard Rock is the one institution that brings rock’s past to life. While some may choose to make the pilgrimage to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, but, um…..
Though it hardly seems likely from the look of the South Florida music scene these days, we were once a breeding ground for folkies that went on to change the direction of modern music. David Crosby and Joni Mitchell were frequent performers in the clubs and coffee houses of Coconut…
Shroud Eater Album release party with Ancient Albatross, Orbweaver, Amplifier Orgy. 8 p.m. Friday, May 31, at Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth. Entrance is $5. Call 561-547-7273, or visit propagandalw.com. Clearly, Shroud Eater doesn’t cater to the faint of heart. Unapologetically devoted to brutal thrash and metal mayhem,…
The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream Hard Rock Live, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino May 24, 2013 Better than: Most oldies concerts, many Broadway shows, a lot of everything else. The Rascals: Once A Dream is a fusion of different forms — part concert, part musical stage production, part…
It was the mid-’60s, and the British Invasion was well underway. Aside from a handful of intrepid defenders — the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Byrds, and the Lovin’ Spoonful in particular — it was lonely on the front lines of the American resistance. Fortunately, there was another band in…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Famous musicians who may be friends and neighbors… The state of Florida, and South Florida in general, has always proved a popular nesting place for musicians, even if it doesn’t…
Although it was Jim Morrison who hoarded the spotlight and dominated their image, no single musician contributed more to the Door’s iconic sound than keyboardist and co-writer Ray Manzarek. Manzarek — who died in a German clinic yesterday after succumbing to bile duct cancer — was not only an integral…
It was the mid ’60s and the British Invasion was well underway. Aside from a handful of intrepid defenders – the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Byrds, and the Lovin’ Spoonful in particular – it was lonely on the front lines of the American resistance. Fortunately, there was another band…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: a little bit of bragging and a whole lot of chatter. Before beginning, I’m giving fair warning. I’m gonna do a whole bunch of name dropping, here, and possibly even…
Backstage In South Florida: Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. Ex Norwegian returns! Back in the day, the imminent arrival of a new album by the Beatles or the Stones was something of an event, a cause…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Looking back at a true musical master. When Ian Hunter, the onetime mainstay of the band Mott the Hoople, famously sang “All of the good ones are taken,” he was…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Looking back at Tortuga Music Festival. Congratulations are in order. The organizers and producers of the inaugural Tortuga Music Festival provided a fine introduction to what might, in the years…
Avett Brothers Tortuga Festival Sunday, April 14, 2013 Better than: Considering the fact they’re one of the best bands out there, no further comparison is necessary. “We are genuinely sensitive men,” Seth Avett confessed in a recent conversation with New Times, and if repeated expressions of affection are any indication…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: South Florida veteran musicians provide a welcome return.For all my grousing about the lack of original music here in South Florida, I do have to admit that, over time, there…
Seth Avett offers the impression he might be the nicest guy you’d ever want to know. Even in the span of a 30-minute phone chat, there’s the sense that an instant bond’s been established. He shares sincere sentiment, a hearty laugh, and a folksy, unaffected down-home demeanor that’s every bit…
“We’ve come too far to leave it all behind,” crooned Chicago’s former bassist Peter Cetera. Those lyrics, from the 1977 hit “If You Leave Me Now,” are still relevant for a band that’s sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning 45 years. Chicago is one of the…
Don’t look now, but Tift Merritt may be Americana’s next indispensible icon. Or something nearly as exalted.Consider the evidence thus far. Her career was still in its infancy when Time magazine and the New Yorker elevated her first album, Bramble Rose, into their top ten, and the Associated Press named…
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind,” crooned Chicago’s former bassist Peter Cetera. These lyrics from the 1977 hit “If You Leave Me Now” are still relevant for a band that’s sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning 45 years. Chicago is one of the first…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: the one, the only Tom Jones! Of all the accolades Tom Jones has earned over the course of his career — a Grammy, an MTV Video Music Award, a star…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Blue Sky Drive appears to be on a path to a shining future. It’s always a thrill to find new Broward bands that are willing and able to write and…
The Mavericks were arguably the most unlikely band ever to emerge from South Florida. Led by a Cuban-American with a love for classic country music and an appreciation for the traditional sounds borne by his Hispanic heritage, the Mavs gained a rabid following in a place where Americana was not…
