Amy Schumer Is Not a Funny Woman; She’s a Funny Person

One of the more offensive things you can ask a female comic is: “What is it like to be a woman in comedy?” The question itself looks innocent enough at first glance, but its subtext screams something different. What you’re really asking is: How can you — with your cumbersome…

Third Annual Brazilian Festival Hits Pompano Beach

Brazil has been getting all the good gigs lately. It got this past World Cup (even though the team was brutalized by the German squad, the nation still reaped in the bucks) and are looking forward to hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. And now, for the third year in…

10 Must-See Bands at Bear Creek Music Festival 2014

On November 13, the Spirit of Suwannee Park in Live Oak, Florida, once again has been taken over by swirling lights, smiling faces, dancin’ feet, and a whole hell of a lot of funk. It’s time again for the Bear Creek Music And Art Festival. Four days just jam-packed with…

Dirty Heads’ Duddy Talks About Anti-Bullying Song “Silence”

Dirty Heads mixes hip-hop, ska, rock and pop to create a smooth sound that hits hard. The Huntington Beach, California, band is making a stop at Culture Room this week for two shows supported by the indie pop of Rome and surfer-turned-musician Makua Rothman. Dirty Heads just released its fourth…

James Taylor and the All-Star Band Come to BB&T Center in Sunrise

Nobody defines the sensitive singer/songwriter more than American musician James Vernon Taylor. Armed with an acoustic guitar and a warm, approachable singing style, Taylor took a different approach to music than that of the ’60s protest folk singers. Rather than chanting about oppression, the maladies of society, or the violence…

Gunplay Headlines Wynwood Hip-Hop Festival in Miami

Gunplay is a dreadlocked, sharkfaced cannonball. He’s a roar of ink and clapping rifles. He’s a hurricane of felonies, swirling in a tempest of arrest reports. It’s possible that this is the Miami rapper and Maybach Music henchman’s life: When he walks in a room, police dispatchers send investigators. Every…

Big Guava Music Festival Announces 2015 Dates

The only thing sweeter than a guava is a Big Guava Music Festival. Though you might not be able to cram the massive Tampa event into a pastelito, you can now pencil in the concert’s 2015 dates. Going down Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, the Big Guava will…