Concerts

Despite seemingly unbridgeable gaps between races and genders and political parties, Franti says the real battle is the personal tug-of-war between cynicism and optimism.

Songwriters are the hidden masters who far too often go unrecognized for the magic they perform – especially in the world of Latin music, a world that serves as the score for so many lives here in Miami. Which is why the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame was formed: to immortalize the accomplishments of songwriters across the Latin world. And this Thursday night, artists will come together for the sixth annual La Musa Gala at the James L. Knight Center.

If you see a guy with flowing brown hair cruising Ocean Drive in a red Ferrari convertible with a tan interior, it just might be guitar god Yngwie Malmsteen. If you see a guy in one of four similar Ferraris, that might also be him. “I love to drive them, and I love to work on them,” Malmsteen says of the luxury Italian sports cars. “It’s like a good, therapeutic thing for me.” And, yes, all five of them are red.

If you’ve ever turned on a radio, you’ve heard Steve Lukather. A guitar player and vocalist, he’s one of the most prolific session musicians in modern history. His band Toto won eight Grammys. Lukather has won two more outside of Toto, including one with George Benson. Toto will celebrate its…

South Florida is often derided for lacking a strong local music scene. Sure, sometimes there’s a dearth of fan support, but the region is home to some hidden gems. This Thursday, October 18, Revolution Live will host four excellent acts, and Fort Lauderdale native Love, Abbey will headline the show.

Dweezil Zappa spends most of his time either learning or performing the music of his late father, Frank Zappa. The writer of “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” made more than 65 albums during his career before his death in 1993. So the Choice Cuts! Tour, which will be hitting Fort…

What were the odds that one of the most distinctive voices in rock history had a twin who was her musical equal? When Kim Deal, the bassist of the Pixies and lead singer of one of the band’s most beloved songs, “Gigantic,” came out with her own project, the Breeders,…

Lauryn Hill, the Struts, Claude VonStroke and more of the best concerts in Miami October 15 through 21.

Nude Party frontman Patton Magee believes his band would sell a lot more records if it existed in the ’60s. How can a 2018 group grasp the cosmic retro vibe of the Doors, Velvet Underground, and early Rolling Stones? The Nude Party originated in the debauchery and bonding of six freshmen dudes from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The name says it all: The band would perform psychedelia fully nude at house parties.

The Seattle-based band will play South Florida for the first time in two years.

Many of Ferry Corsten’s nights are spent in full-tilt nightclubs with vodka-soaked dance floors. Ravers kiss trees, and reality is laughable. Sometimes, though, Corsten and his wife shop for furniture, which is what he’s doing while he speaks by phone to New Times. Officially Mr. and Mrs. Corsten since 2002…

Let’s play a game of word association. When you hear “boy band,” what’s a natural link? Many would instantly jump to “adolescence.” The ’90s? ‘NSync. Jessica Simpson? Nick Lachey. Mix them together and what do you get? 98 Degrees.

Time never stops moving forward, and neither does Electric Six. The venerable, everything-to-everyone party-rock band has been around a long time, maybe longer than you might think, and has continuously provided a hell of a lot of fun for audiences and fans worldwide. The bandmates also have a grandly silly time themselves.

Although his name may not be entirely familiar, his music surely is. Max Richter is an award-winning composer whose work includes scores for the films Arrival and Jiro Dreams of Sushi and shows such as Black Mirror, The Leftovers, and Taboo. In addition to his Hollywood gigs, Richter collaborated with…

Alice Coltrane was a mother, a wife, and a jazz musician whose passion evolved with her spirituality. After the pain of losing her husband, the immortal sax player John Coltrane, to cancer in 1967, she adopted the name Turiyasangitananda and became the leader — swamini — of the Sai Anantam Ashram, which she founded…

Lola Marsh, Ween, Nora En Pure, and more of the best concerts in Miami October 8 through 14.

Iration is a reggae, dub, and rock band formed in Central California that has been playing the stages of festivals like Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and Hangouts for the past 14 years. Just last week, the six bandmates embarked on a national spotlight adventure, the Press Play Fall 2018 Tour, where they perform songs off their self-titled sixth album, Iration.

Can you believe it’s the 20th anniversary of the release of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ms. Lauryn Hill’s seminal Grammy-winning solo album? Two decades after Hill sang to a generation of young women about ruling their own destiny, the lessons and messages contained in her masterpiece land just as hard, inspiring thousands of fans to buy tickets to her anniversary tour, which is set to stop in Miami Monday, October 15. And if you’ve been paying attention to the news, it’s not hard to see why.

Prince’s music is back on the road, but don’t call it a revival. “We’re not trying to replicate or impersonate him,” TCG Entertainment CEO and president Stephen Cook says. “We’re trying to celebrate his music and create something that honors him.” Cook has been traveling the country to promote his…

Frontman Spiller and his bandmates aren’t trying to cash in on Top 40 trends; rather, they’re making strikingly untrendy music that’s rooted almost entirely in stuff that happened 40-plus years ago.

It’s almost impossible not to fall in love with Lola Marsh. With lush sounds and captivating vocals, the Israeli pop-rock duo creates an enchanting and fantasy-like ambiance that has catapulted the band into the indie-music scene. Lead singer Yael Cohen and multi-instrumentalist Gil Landau are…

The Black Madonna, Kali Uchis, Hinds, and more of the best concerts in Miami October 1 through 7.