Time seems suspended when you’re on a cruise, and like it’s zoomed by afterwards. Recently on the Sandy Beaches Cruise, hosted by Atlanta’s Sixthman music cruise team, a boat full of music lovers got caught up in that complex forward motion. On the Norwegian Pearl, the music ploughed ahead at…
Alex Botwin is about to make it rain, but not in the usual way. You may better recognize the Coloradoan by his professional moniker Paper Diamond. Under this name, he’s spent the past four years releasing multi-instrumental neoclassics via Pretty Lights Music and worming his way into the hearts of…
A line Lucinda Williams likes to sing that she borrowed from her poet father is: “The temporary nature of any precious thing, that just makes it more precious.” It was just one of the many bits of advice, momentary musings, or poetic observations that her father, Clinton inaugural poet Miller…
Oh, man. We hate delivering bad news. But sometimes, there’s no way around it. We just got word that this year’s Coastline Music Festival is being canceled. The new fest that featured craft beers and food trucks received our Best Local Music Festival in 2014. But Pompano Beach Amphitheatre will…
Whether or not you’re a fan of the Band In Heaven, if you enjoy a bit of the strange, you’ll want to check out a performance by the group’s frontman Ates Isildak and girlfriend Jessica Jean. The two have formed a side project cleverly titled (though Google unfriendly) Boy Oribson…
The Pembroke Pines all ages venue the Talent Farm may no longer exist as a location, but it appears that in other way, the talent continues to flow out of this onetime essential venue. Kevin Burns, the man behind the Talent Farm, just finished the debut full length from Brodyn,…
UPDATE: The show was canceled on Monday, January 26, due to transportation issues. Merle Haggard’s path to success as a venerable living legend of country music has been marked by periods of incarceration, drug abuse, and enough marriages to fill one hand’s count. In other words, the right path for…
There’ll be a huge gathering in Pembroke Pines on Sunday. It’s not church-related, but people will line up religiously the morning of, as early as 1 a.m., to get a prime spot. This will lead them to tailgate and worship at the altar of their trunks with kegs as their…
Big Guava Music Festival is probably going to make Tampa cool. Like really cool. Last year, they brought the return of Outkast to the state and this year’s lineup is looking all kinds of stellar. And along with the music, there’ll be plenty of craft brews and “thrill rides” to…
While the rest of the country climbs through snow and sleet to hit a movie, we’re having backyard barbecues in our bathing suits. Living in South Florida is a blessing, and here, it’s always the right time for a community gathering. And what better way to celebrate the great urban…
Last year, when we talked to the president of the Broward Folk Club, Arlene Boumel, she insisted that South Florida has a very vibrant folk community. And it’s true. Though appropriate venues may seem less than abundant, it’s likely that you or your parents have catgut a folk act playing…
With DJ equipment readily available a click away and easy streaming online, it’s not uncommon to see a bunch of wannabe DJs heading up the scene. But Luis Mario is a pioneer disc jockey with more than 44 years of experience under his belt. He’s also the founder of the…
On the surface, it may have seemed like garage-rocking punk troupe Bonnie Riot was out of commission last year. But judging by the feisty, full-throttle brashness of the Lake Worth four-piece’s newest release, Backbone, it looks as if it just diverted all its energy into crafting a perfectly raucous follow-up…
It’s hard to believe that 50 years ago, in 1965, African-Americans were fighting for their rights. It’s even harder to believe today in 2015, that while a lot has changed, racism and the racial divide continue to permeate much of American society. That however, is the subject for another day…
When Chris Robinson first rose to prominence singing with the Black Crowes, he seemed to embody the rock ‘n’ roll spirit considered long dead. Though the band he started with announced yesterday that it was calling it quits after all these years, time has not changed the man himself. Calling…
Old school fans of the local music scene, circa the late ’90s and early ’00s, will have no trouble remembering the wispy alt rock yelps of Sunday Driver and its frontman Alex Martinez. Navigating a similar hardcore/emo terrain of groups like New Found Glory and the Vacant Andys, Sunday Driver…
5. Flaunt Presents the Riot Act 11 p.m., Thursday, January 15, at Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. No cover. 21 and up. Visit Facebook. This event got our stamp of approval in our Best Of edition when it placed for “Best Nightlife Party” in 2012. All the…
Since 1971, John Prine’s been blending, or, rather, muddling the lines between country and folk music. Sure, there might be a stylistic plane on which they might both exist, but no one has done it with more eloquence and chutzpah than Prine. A native of Illinois, the singer/songwriter’s giddy-up to…
Musicians used to argue that dance and electronica weren’t “real music,” but you don’t hear that opinion much anymore. Things have changed. Musicians are changing, and every day, another kid sells his guitar for a solid state drive and a synthesizer. “The technology caught up with us, too, and what…
There’s good food, good bars, and full-band karaoke that makes a night in downtown Hollywood a great time. There’s also weird all over that city, most especially all around Young Circle. But is there anything really, really interesting? Cheap Miami, with the help of DJ Woozles (AKA Frankie Guzman of…
By Evan Rowe Local musician Dave Shelley, who sings and plays guitar and percussion, usually with his band Bluestone, has cancer and is flying out to California for treatment. He and his supporters have set up a GoFundMe page dedicated to helping cover his medical expenses. The page explains that…
One of the most surprising things you learn when interviewing singer Michael Bolton is that he has a sense of humor about himself. Not only did he make recent appearances roasting himself on the sitcom Two and a Half Men and record the self-skewering “Jack Sparrow” with Lonely Island but…
