Music

The British alt-pop star will light up Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale.

The Miami band Tamboka plays a unique fusion of flamenco, cumbia, swing, jazz, and bossa nova. According to guitarist Tyrone Iregui, the musical mixture came together in 2011 outside the Wynwood gallery Plant the Future. “I was friends with the owner,” Iregu recalls. “I said if I played music outside, I could bring people into the store. We got 200 people to come out and dance.”

Rides and rappers await at the RC Cola Plant the day before Thanksgiving.

Tortuga Music Festival announced its lineup for the three-day music festival and benefit in April, and it’s loaded with country stars and classic rock. The event, which benefits ocean environmental-related causes, will feature headliners Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line, and Eric Church along with Snoop Dogg, Shaggy, Cheap Trick, and…

Songs with lyrics tend to be specific and topical, says Ramble Jon Krohn, who records and performs under the moniker RJD2. Purely instrumental music, though, is different for him. Without a vocalist telling the listener what to imagine and how to feel, everything is up for interpretation. “The beauty of…

If there is something orchestral and old-timey about the music of Grizzly Bear, it might be due to osmosis. That’s according to the band’s singer and founder, Ed Droste. “My mother was a music teacher, and her father was a music professor. From as long as I can remember, they would gather around the piano and we’d sing old songs like ‘A-Tisket A-Tasket.'”

Taylor Swift is having a busy month. She released her album Reputation last week, hot off the heels of its lead single, a love letter to Right Said Fred, “Look What You Made Me Do.” She performed on SNL Saturday night. She’s also made the time to sue a blogger who pointed out that Nazis are among her biggest fans.

Vicious traffic, nightmare parking, long security lines, crap weather – there were plenty of hurdles to clear Sunday night to get to American Airlines Arena, but it was well worth it to see the one and only, Jay-Z. This was the weekend for big events in Miami and just like…

After making its live debut in Miami in 2013, Grizzly Bear returns for another show. The band had been performing long before its appearance here four years ago and had released its debut album, Horn of Plenty, in 2004. Grizzly Bear is touring in support of its fifth LP, Painted Ruins. Catch the quartet at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Thursday.

Opening for Waxahatchee at Gramps November 14, Ought has channeled the Zeitgeist in an era when rock’s relevance has waned.

Music has played such a big role in Joseph Mount’s life that it’s easy for him to think of instruments as people with personalities. The drums, for instance, are like an easygoing, affable drinking buddy. He considers the bass guitar more serious and thoughtful — maybe someone who abstains from…

House-music DJ/producer Josh Butler was a regular on the dance floor before moving to the DJ throne. For the self-admitted raver, his college experience in Leeds was of the six-year variety. Like the legendary house parties there, undergrad careers extend past the standard time frame.