I wish it weren’t true, but Okeechobee Festival is over. My brain still swims in a special mix of overindulgence and lack of sleep, but looking back at all these music and people slideshows is helpful to my transition. I miss my new friends and all the strange characters, but…
Pompano Beach’s Further Seems Forever is probably best-known as the band Chris Carrabba fronted before he found breakout success with Dashboard Confessional. But the emo outfit’s strongest, most focused work came when powerhouse second frontman Jason Gleason took up the reins from Carrabba in 2000, helming the group for the…
JewelFollowing her “Intuition” lead Jewel to singing alongside country darling, Dolly Parton on the track “My Father’s Daughter” off her latest album, Picking Up the Pieces. Now, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter — who just so happens to be a New York Times best-selling author — will be serenading to all her South…
Festival spirits remained high Sunday morning as an unobstructed sun rose over Sunshine Grove to wake 30,000 “Okeechobeings” from their tents and RVs — for those who managed catch a few Zs coming down from Saturday night’s epic high of music. By the Okeechobee Music & Art Festival’s third and…
They’re an all-female band with music videos that include bikini-clad girls wrestling and shoving hot dogs in each other’s mouths; albums with titles such as Heart Like a Fist and These Boots Won’t Lick Themselves (the latter containing a pair of songs called “Cum” and “Motortits”); and a look that…
Okeechobee Festival just wrapped up the 2016 edition of what will hopefully become an annual tradition. It was three solid days of live music and ideal weather in a beautiful setting very few people in the world experience. But like all rookies, no matter what the event, athletic or musical,…
As Okeechobee Fest 2016 unfolds beautifully into its third day, we’re still reeling from the killer performances and topnotch production value that went down over the course of the festival’s first full day. Saturday’s lineup included some of the fest’s biggest names, from Kendrick Lamar to Miguel and Skrillex, and…
Music lovers have been trickling into Okeechobee’s Sunshine Grove all week, and Friday, March 4, the main stages officially opened to the public, launching Florida’s latest multi-day music festival, with top talent, camping, art installations, and a wellness area dedicated to yoga and meditation. The four-night inaugural music festival had…
While most people are well aware of the massive amount of hits Steve Miller scored on pop radio in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, fewer know of the storied history that began in the mid ‘60s and made him a star of the burgeoning progressive rock scene later on…
Deland’s Roadkill Ghost Choir has quietly grown into the band most expected them to be: hard-rocking, sentient, and fully imbued with a sense of Central Florida rock. That doesn’t mean the band are Tom Petty ripoffs, but their sound and, in particular, the vocals of Andrew Shepard, do call back…
Headed to Okeechobee Fest this weekend? Still scrambling to put together travel plans to the near-mythologized festival grounds at Sunshine Grove? Trying your best to do this thing on the cheap? Now you can breathe a bit easier since Uber announced it will offer flat fares to and from the…
The two names have always appeared inseparable. Nevertheless, Daryl Hall and John Oates have other priorities these days. Hall’s Live From Daryl’s House has become a cable sensation, while Oates has turned his attention to writing, performing, and producing as part of a new Nashville collective of singers and songwriters…
John Coltrane. Kenny G. Lisa Simpson. These famous names play a mean golden horn, but despite their sexy skills, the saxophone hasn’t always been the coolest craft on the block. “When I first started Big Gigantic, there was no sax [in electronic music],” says Big G’s sexy sax man, Dominic…
It’s a bright Sunday morning in Sunshine Grove as your fellow campers begin to stir, and apart from the fact that your shoulders are red and itchy and your shoes crusted over and soggy from days of trudging through mud, it’s glorious! After breakfast, three hearty, lukewarm PBRs that for…
Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett Brace yourself for a night of Songs and Stories as Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett top off their 13-city tour at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts. Back in 2015, Gill and Lovett joined musical forces for a four-day mini-tour where the two country music giants…
Bands for Bernie was a lot like the Bernie Sanders campaign: full of good ideas, but ultimately you knew it wasn’t going to work out. (Not that it’s over for him, but after the South Carolina smackdown…) Held on J Street in downtown Lake Worth, BFB was an all-day love…
10. Avett Brothers. Though they still retain the down-home, good-old-boy persona that distinguished them early on, the Avett Brothers have advanced headfirst into the major leagues thanks to a major label deal with Republic Records and an expanded lineup featuring five players. It’s earned them some serious bragging rights, including…
It was a crisp 60 degrees out when the Beach Boys brought their sunny surf rock songs to the Hard Rock Live this past Saturday night. Though it didn’t exactly feel like beach weather, it wasn’t hard to imagine rocking out on the hot South Florida sand. Beach Boys cofounder…
Politics. It’s the one topic, aside from religion, that most people avoid in polite conversation. But when the time for politeness has passed and opinions need to be shouted, what better way to do it than with a rock n roll block party? This Sunday, February 28th, J Street in…
Rayland Baxter is a gifted and literate singer/songwriter, but he didn’t begin his career in earnest until the latter half of his 20s. All it took for this late bloomer to get going was a career-ending knee injury and some heartbreak. The son of Bucky Baxter, a distinguished steel pedal…
Iron Maiden made world headlines last week when it was revealed that the massive 747 carrying them from city to city for their world tour would be piloted by Bruce Dickinson —- their lead singer. After becoming on of the biggest metal bands in the world in the 1980s, he…
For a band that’s always espoused the simple joys of growing up in idyllic innocence, replete with surf, sand, girls, hotrods, and whatever else it’s taken to share in the fun, fun, fun, the Beach Boys are no strangers to controversy. Brian Wilson, the band’s mentor and resident genius, suffered…
