Not surprisingly, the headliners for this year’s South Florida Fair are about as rich artistically as corn dogs and elephant ears are nutritionally. And about as diverse as a diet centered around those fried, sugared items. It is a mainstream country-driven affair, with a couple of tired rock acts thrown…
Jam Cruise Preparty With Umphrey’s McGee Sunday, January 8, 2012 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale After a highly energized but somewhat choppy performance on night one, Umphrey’s McGee was settled in and grooving deeply on the second night of Jam Cruise Prepartying at Revolution. Where on the previous night the band often…
Jam Cruise PrepartyWith Umphrey’s McGee Saturday, January 7, 2012 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Umphrey’s McGee has developed quite a bit since their last visit to South Florida, especially in their ability to groove and improvise as a group. That ability was on display for segments of Saturday night’s Jam Cruise Preparty…
Donna the Buffalo January 6, 2012 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Revolution wasn’t packed for Friday’s Donna the Buffalo show, suggesting that Jam Cruisers are still filtering into South Florida. The extra space in the club made for a very relaxed and enjoyable scene as the band performed as well as they…
Music deserves proper space for true appreciation, just like paintings and other forms of art do. And although it cannot be hung on walls, it can color what’s between them quite nicely. Fortunately, the folks at Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach know this and have been thinking…
Holy Ship! Preparty Featuring Major Lazer Revolution, Fort Lauderdale January 5, 2011 By all known counts, only one out of the three people who usually comprise Major Lazer was on stage last night — Diplo. Switch and hype man Skerrit Bwoy were nowhere to be seen. However, they didn’t seem…
SoFla Flow pays tribute to South Florida’s wonderful jam-band, reggae, and related activity — both the homegrown, heady, local stuff and national acts passing through.As this new column sets sail, the annual Jam Cruise is about to as well. And you all know what that means: shows out the wazoo!…
It didn’t take Train very long to get “back on track” after returning from a three-year hiatus begun in 2009. They had all but disappeared from the public eye, and there was serious doubt among fans, their label, and themselves as to whether they would return at all. And, if…
Can you feel it? It’s coming back again. The forces are pulling from the center of the Earth! Of course we are referring here to the coming of 2012, and the pending annihilation of life as we know it. Don’t buy into that? How else would you explain the second…
In our current issue, we profile local — but soon to be California-based — artist Sean Murdock. For many years, Murdock has been a hard-working individual in the realms of art, social activism, fashion photography, and even retail — he owned a head shop. His most recent artwork is loud,…
Sean Murdock’s most recent artwork is loud, flashy, fashionable, and in your face. He is not. On the contrary, the artist is soft-spoken, compassionate, and describes himself as introspective. The work features line art depictions of sexy fashion models he has photographed against bold, neon backgrounds — a reflection of…
As we discussed in our previous blog, Phish is once again holding its New Year’s festivities in New York City. Of course, that’s many miles from South Florida, where the band historically rang in the millennium and a couple of New Year’s eves since. But subtropical Phishheads need not fret,…
For the second straight year, Phish has chosen to do its string of New Year’s Eve shows in the frigid northeast at Madison Square Garden rather than coming down to South Florida for the occasion as the band has in years past. Yes, the guys are offering the consolation of…
As of yet, there has been no verified reincarnation of Jerry Garcia on this planet. That means that he may very well still be swirling free in the cosmos, perfectly able to work magic wherever and whenever he pleases. He was pretty much the psychedelic Santa while embodied, and now…
To the aging, toothless rocker who has been singing “All I want for Kissmas is a cruise with the band to the Bahamas where I can play mini-golf with Tommy Thayer and see Gene Simmons without his make-up,” your wish has been heard and granted! Kiss has just announced that…
To love the circus as an adult means you’re into some real kinky shit. It means you enjoy a very strange group ritual that involves chains, whips, beasts, clowns, children, and muscular, scantily clad gymnasts. That’s right, the circus is in town! At the Holiday Circus during Clematis by Night…
County Grind is counting down 2011’s best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Writing and singing about the sun could easily turn corny, but on Beach Season, Boca’s Mike Mineo avoids falling into this by never trying to use the sun as a poetic device, or means to…
Alice CooperHard Rock Live, HollywoodThursday, December 15, 2011View a slideshow from the concert here.Better than: Mr. Nice GuyIt’s not an easy task for a shock rocker of decades yore to hold the attention of a crowd which has been exposed to far more advanced forms of shock — advanced both…
After a dozen years trotting the globe with the late saxophonist Clarence Clemens (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band) and Foghat’s Tony Stevens, guitarist Billy Livesay is settling back into a more stable, low-key, South Florida-based life. This includes jamming at local spots with his longtime classic-rock project the Livesays. That…
In Fort Lauderdale, there is a longstanding tradition of loading onto a bus — a trolley, actually — and getting loaded. It’s called the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop. To participate, you just check in, hop aboard, and roll from bar to bar (ten total) with dozens of friends and strangers,…
Medeski, Martin & Wood Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Sunday, November 13, 2011On Sunday night, Fort Lauderdale native John Medeski and his partners in fusion, Billy Martin and Chris Wood, played their “last 20th anniversary show” at the Culture Room. The trio had been touring in celebration of two decades of jazzy exploration…
Whether you love your pet, are looking for a pet to love, or are bored with your pet and would like to be entertained by more interesting animals, a trip over to the Happy Paws Pet Expo at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds (4271 Davie Road, Davie) ought to get your…
