Critic's Notebook

Eyme is an up-and-coming, genre-bending artist who looks to push the R&B genre forward.

Artists including Bad Bunny, Maluma, Ozuna, and Anuel AA are vying for top awards at the 2021 ceremony.

DJ Immortal re-enters the competitive world of DJ battles.

Akeem Brownlee is on a mission to bring great R&B back to Florida.

Colombianos J Balvin and Karol G lead the nominees with nine apiece.

These Florida R&B acts are raising the genre to new heights.

Rappers Young Breed and Dame are plotting their next move.

These artists are making waves by any means necessary, regardless of how many Instagram followers they have.

Through Sand’s latest release, the four-song cassette New Ways, drops on February 16.

A White House press release calls Black a community leader and notes a number of his charitable acts.

Latin music appears to be headed for a fourth-straight year of record-breaking gains.

Erasure gears up for the strangest album cycle of its career.

Premios Juventud changes its awards-show format to match the pandemic’s reality.

“The Pits” gets a vinyl release on Jack White’s Third Man Records.

Exploring Treats‘ South Florida roots ten years later.

Father/Daughter Records gets business done 3,000 miles apart.

Cumbiana is proof that Carlos Vives continues to bring Colombian culture to the world, and to do it his way.

Before finding success, Jessie Reyez cut her teeth in Miami’s nightlife scene.

Enjoying music with friends has helped All Day I Stream cofounder and NYC ICU nurse Steven Winnett beat the loneliness of isolation.

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, promoters have almost uniformly opted to postpone events, many of which have been pushed off indefinitely rather than canceled outright.

Musicians are flocking to various streaming platforms to perform live, rebroadcast previous sets, and engage with their quarantined fans who are growing increasingly restless.

Will record stores be able to navigate through COVID-19 upheaval with their unconventional business models?