Robert Glasper has come a long way. Sometimes talent isn’t enough to launch an artist into the mainstream, so the jazz pianist fused his melodic compositions with hip-hop collaborations and made a name for himself.
You spent the weekend jogging the Rickenbacker Causeway in preparation for the caloric destruction that’s about to go down. But now it’s time to switch gears and concentrate on the real task at hand: figuring out how to cope with the upcoming stress of the holiday. Thanksgiving weekend in Miami has been historically one of the best for parties, so now you need to decide where to spend it. From South Miami to Mid-Beach, here are the top ten Thanksgiving weekend parties in Miami-Dade. Choose wisely.
Amara La Negra comes across as a relentlessly, unapologetically positive figure. She constantly Instagrams herself dancing. She posts photos of the Halloween costumes that fans made to honor her. She stands on stages with her fist clutched defiantly in the air. But the Miami-raised singer, actress, and reality TV star…
Gami dreams of one day spinning at Space. The 23-year-old Miami native wants to hoist her city out of its tech-house and EDM rut and explore new ideas bubbling up in dance music. “There’s not a huge interest in the music that I’m bringing into the city yet,” Gami laments…
The word kunst means to “art” in German and comes dangerously close to reading like a vulgar term for genitalia in English. Odds are the eccentric Miami drag performer who adopted the word as a stage name is thrilled and tickled by this seemingly contradictory duality. Kunst has taken an…
Elton John, Playboi Carti, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, November 19 through 25.
Growing up in Ramat Gan, Israel, was pretty safe, musician Tamar Dart explains. Even so, she remembers as a child being evacuated from her home when scud missiles fell during the Gulf War. “Growing up [there] is tense; people are severely affected by the politics,” she says. But listening to Western music…
It wasn’t always guaranteed that the guitar would be the instrument associated with rock ‘n’ roll. At the birth of the rock era, piano men such as Little Richard and Ray Charles made hips shake and hearts ache by hollering while tickling ivories instead of plucking strings. Elvis even had a piano-playing rival…
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
It all came down to money. Commissioners Joe Carollo and Keon Hardemon basically wanted Ultra Music Festival to pay a much higher fee to use Miami Marine Stadium and Virginia Key Beach Park for its 2019 edition. The festival agreed to pay $2 million, and Hardemon insisted a large part of that money go to the struggling Virginia Key Beach Park Trust.
Almost four years to the day, one of Miami’s most influential parties was born in an attempt to “fill a void in Miami’s queer scene.” Noticing the lack of such scene in the Magic City, the organizers of Counter Corner decided to carve out a space for themselves at the Corner, a bar in downtown Miami, with the goal of creating and fostering community and safe spaces.
This Saturday, the Wynwood Yard, Debris Free Oceans, and the Underline Collective will host Pub Crawl Pick Up, beginning at Wynwood Brewing Company and ending at the Yard. The event aims to beautify Wynwood while also making an impact on Biscayne Bay and Miami’s beaches.
Over the weekend, the Village of Key Biscayne released a video concerning Ultra Music Festival’s possible move to Virginia Key. In it, Mayor-elect Mike Davey resorted to scaremongering to warn that Ultra was “evicted” from Bayfront Park because of “environmental destruction, noise, and increase in alcohol- and drug-related violence.”
Drake brought out DJ Khaled, Bad Bunny, Lil Wayne, and Gucci Mane for the first night of his Aubrey and the Three Migos tour.
They are teaming up with other musicians to perform as a supergroup, the Unknown Legends, to play each musician’s songs and covers of Lucinda Williams, Harry Nilsson, and others. The show is called the First Waltz, a title inspired by the Band’s live collaborative Thanksgiving performance, the Last Waltz.
If you could see any musical act — from any time — perform live, who would it be? What was once a fantasy scenario saved for hazy late-night banter and dreadfully long concert queues is now becoming a profitable digital reality.
The members of Butterfly Snapple gather around a kitchen counter in the South Miami home of Diego Melgar and John Small, the band’s guitarist and electronic-synth player. Melgar pours everyone a glass of Trader Joe’s Merlot. The quartet makes jokes and trades stories while sipping the wine…
Two weeks ago, local promoter Blnk Cnvs announced its foray into Miami Art Week madness with a series of concerts. The lineup includes South African duo Die Antwoord Wednesday, December 5; lovable rapper Action Bronson Thursday, December 6; and Chicago SoundCloud rapper Juice Wrld Friday, December 7. However, Blnk Cnvs promised another…
The Virginia Key-based music festival has carved a comfortable niche for itself in Miami’s musical landscape, and with support from the likes of Chromeo, M.I.A., and other acts, the 2018 edition stood out from other Magic City festivals.
The impending closure of the Wynwood Yard added a bittersweet feeling to the third-annual Miami Folk & Indie Festival. The venue was never meant to be a permanent space, yet those in the folk scene mourn its imminent end and face the looming question of what lies ahead. Folk music hasn’t always had the easiest time…
Drake, Marc Anthony, Tech N9ne, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, November 12 through 18.
Miami’s King of Diamonds has reportedly closed, and strippers and bottle girls now must find a new place to shake their moneymakers. The booty club was best known as a celebrity afterhours hangout; for its coveted Monday nights, where reality-TV star Blac Chyna got her start; and as arguably one of the best places for dinner and a show….
