Ra Ra Riot Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale March 7, 2011 Last night, a fashionably dressed crowd filled the Culture Room. And that’s pretty much all they did, except for when Ra Ra Riot, a good but generic indie rock band, played one of their popular songs. At this point, the…
A day before tickets are to go on sale, some nice artist additions have been announced for the 2011 Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival, which will take place at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak from November 11-13. The already stacked, funk heavy line-up –…
Keller Williams Revolution, Fort Lauderdale February 25, 2011 As he explained in his recent interview with County Grind, when Keller Williams hits the stage, his aim is to entertain. Those who have seen him multiple times — and there are many of those fans — know that he rarely, if ever,…
Keller Williams is the darling troubadour of the jam band world — a dude that you may have seen in the lot during ’90s Dead tours, and are likely to see bouncing around Bonnaroos for years to come. He’s grown famous for his uber-fun and trippy one man band performances…
Keller Williams is the darling troubadour of the jam-band world. A fixture of ’90s Grateful Dead tours and Bonnaroo, he’s grown famous for his über-fun one-man-band performances. With multiple instruments and loop pedals at his disposal, his multilayered, improvised sets include funky originals, Dead and Phish songs, and less obvious…
Based on the massive local crowds at Slightly Stoopid and Iration shows in the past year, it’s safe to say that there is a surfer-stoner party just waiting to break out at all times. Invite one of the fine descendants of Sublime, and let’s rage. Although the Expendables hail from…
As far as old blues men go, Johnny Winter is as accomplished and legit as any. As an albino, he’s perhaps the most strikingly white blues musician of all time. Winter’s long and wild history is rich with big moments, myths, and heartbreak. He hit the stage with B.B. King…
Back in 2006, Tom Petty was the best headliner in Bonnaroo history and this year’s headliners have no chance of topping him. Here’s why: By the time Saturday night rolls around at Bonnaroo, the people have endured three days of challenging conditions like heat, rain, mud, general filth, famine, and…
For one weekend a year, Delray Beach parties in honor of the ultimate contributor to sauces and halitosis; the vampire-repelling, medicinal, delicious cousin of the onion and shallot: garlic. The idea is for Garlic Fest to be a fun outing for the entire family, with lots of food and activities…
This weekend in Delray, lots of people with stank breath will be enjoying fun in the sun at the 12th Annual Delray Beach Garlic Fest. The family friendly event will feature the kind of stuff we would expect from a festival celebrating this lovable and pungent member of the onion…
In the late ’80s, Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers achieved college radio fame for their intricate harmonies and passionate folk anthems. At the turn of the decade, they followed fellow female songwriting acts like Tracy Chapman and 10,000 Maniacs into the mainstream. Though Ray and Saliers are perhaps…
The Pink Floyd Experience is exactly what the name implies. For well over a decade, these musically gifted superfans have performed dead-on renditions of popular and rare material spanning the Floyd’s entire catalog with a stage setup that puts planetarium laser shows to shame. For the 2011 tour, the Experience…
Yonder Mountain String Band Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Friday, February 4, 2011 “[It’s been good] over the years to learn that there is a home for this band here,” said Ben Kaufmann, bassist for Yonder Mountain String Band. “I heard what kind of music comes out of South Florida… and it…
We were very happy to hear that Robert Plant is coming to town with the Band of Joy, his new project, which works gospel and country material as well as Led Zeppelin classics. And we are very happy for Robert Plant for, well, seeming so happy. One peek at his…
Kiss us, we’re Irish. St. Patrick’s Day’s creepy little green guy will be overshadowed by larger, possibly more satanic, man-monsters this year when Kiss brings its “Hottest Show on Earth Tour” to the Seminole Hard Rock on March 17 — one of only two scheduled North American appearances for 2011…
Dialect, a monthly event put on by the Twilight Notes DJ crew at Brew Urban Cafe, could hang with events of its kind down in Miami. But in downtown Fort Lauderdale — where in most bars the best art on display are the labels on vodka bottles — it really…
Hear Hums’ blend of experimental sounds and visuals constructs a portal for travel beyond the realm the listener currently inhabits. Begun as the solo music project of Mitch Meyers, the idea evolved into a multimedia exercise in consciousness alteration when Kenzie Cooke and (now former member) Marcos Gasc brought their…
The music world lost one of it’s most lovable and influential voices early Tuesday morning when Charlie Louvin passed away at his home in Tennessee, at the age of 83, as a result of a battle with pancreatic cancer. Louvin was a grandfather figure in the world of country music,…
Many people are really excited for Coachella and its coifed, stately musicality this year. However, there are surely (ahem) some people who think that Coachella is a party for wimps and that we need more old-school, flame-throwing, bug-eyed aggression in our musical landscape. Well, the prayers, or rather “demands” (the…
Galactic with Fourth Dimension, and Bobby Lee Rodgers Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Saturday, January 22, 2011 Galactic is a band that is equally capable of keeping ecstacy-fueled neohippies raving till dawn in a festival tent or freeing the limbs and booties of boozing Nawlin’s folks in classic spots like Tipitina’s. By…
The always busy local star John Ralston never got around to having an official release party for his White Spiders EP. So, to make up for it, he and a group of his buddies — who will be easily recognizable to anyone who’s been paying any attention to the Lake…
A band with a big following in New Orleans is sure to bring something solid to any town it visits on tour, and Galactic is no exception. For nearly two decades, the NOLA-bred funk outfit, which incorporates hip-hop, rock, and electronic flavors into its signature sound, has been blowing roofs…
