music

Miami Musician Karina Iglesias Talks About Life During, After 'The Voice'

Arielle Castillo — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0000

To many serious musicians, reality TV singing competitions — American Idol and all the variants trailing in its wake — don't rank highly.

And Miami's Karina Iglesias considered herself very much a serious artist, gigging around town since 2002 with as many as eight different bands, hustling both the covers and original circuits to support herself as a professional musician.

How A Black, Baptist-Raised Man Became A Popular Yiddish Singer

Arianna Prothero — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:57:04 +0000

This weekend in downtown Miami, Temple Israel is hosting a concert of Yiddish folk music. Nothing unusual there. Except -- the singer is black and grew up going to church.

Hukilau: Where Exotica, Gold Dust And Tiki Culture Meet

Arielle Castillo — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Like those of many ‘70s children, even Russell Mofsky’s earliest memories are colored by a touch of psychedelia.

“I grew up with a healthy overdose of classic TV shows, westerns, spy movies, and monster movies,” he recalls, along with the surreal cartoons and children’s shows that ruled the era. (See, for example, the entire oeuvre of Sid and Marty Krofft.) And even after doing time in the skate-punk scene as a teenager, Mofsky, now a voracious record collector, always turned back to the slightly weird.

Jacuzzi Boys Kick Off Tour At Miami Beach's Fillmore

Rob Goyanes — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

The perennial proclamation, “rock ‘n’ roll is dead,” is itself a near-expired idiom. While electronic music genres may dominate – especially here in South Florida – there is still demand for the raw, body parts-to-sound tactility of a guitar, bass, drums and voice.

The Jacuzzi Boys are emblematic of this desire for a stripped-down, musical physicality, a cultural fixation traceable to Chuck Berry’s rhythmic licks and Elvis’s suggestive hips.

Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio Performs Live

Ed Bell and Paul Leary — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000

Young Singers of the Palm Beaches Hits All the Right Notes

Caroline Breder-Watts — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:03 +0000

Young Singers of the Palm Beaches is a community choir celebrating its tenth anniversary. Here's a few minutes with Executive Director Beth Clark and Artistic Director D. Shawn Berry about the choir and its mission in the community. For more information, visit yspb.org.

'Digging' Miami with Bob Carr, Cypress String Quartet, Chef Norman Van Aken & Broward Arts Calendar

Ed Bell and Paul Leary — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000

The Life and Death Of Cuba's Largest Counterculture Music Festival

Daniel Rivero — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:18:13 +0000

In 1998, the cultural climate in Cuba wasn't exactly conducive to artistic freedom. While a thriving underground music scene did exist, official radio and television channels were notoriously selective, only airing artists who echoed the Communist Party line.

Map: How Far Does The Sound From Ultra Music Festival Travel?

Daniel Rivero — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:00:00 +0000

For more than a hundred thousand electronic dance music fans from across the world, Ultra Music Festival is heaven on earth. But tell that to the people who live and work close by.

Ultra Might Be Damaging Your Ears As It Rattles Your Windows

Daniel Rivero — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Standing outside the gates of Ultra Music Festival, an audiologist and her colleague are staring at their sound level meters. The devices track the decibel level of the atmosphere, giving us some unsettling clues as to how safe the environment is for your ears.

After an extended buildup, the beat finally drops. As the fans go crazy, the bass starts to pump. Even a few hundred feet from the stage, casual conversation is strained.

Miami-Based Limited Fanfare Records Succeeds On Rock And Roll, Not Rocket Science

Arielle Castillo — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Record labels -- the kind that lovingly hand-pick a few bands and release real, tactile product by them -- aren't exactly cash cows in 2013. Yet two years of solvent success shows that Brian Kurtz, the proprietor of Miami-based indie outfit Limited Fanfare, has discovered a niche. In releasing music and promoting concerts by, and even managing, a selected handful of promising underground rock and roll bands, he's managed to move physical units. Imagine!

Fela! An Afro-Beat Musical In Miami

Arianna Prothero — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

The Tony-award winning Broadway musical, Fela! is in Miami this week. The production is based on the complex life-- and music-- of late Nigerian activist, musician and singer Fela Kuti.

Kuti is known worldwide for founding the musical genre afro-beat. But in Nigeria, he’s known for using his music to protest the country’s military government through the 70s and 80s.

Music Interview: Cayos

Anais Alexandre — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:29:25 +0000

Local Band Cayos is an experimental ambient-electronica group. Under the Sun on WLRN had the chance to speak with band members Daniel Laburu and Nick Reyes about what inspires their music.

Both are Miami natives who moved away. Laburu is an architect living in New York. Reyes is a soldier stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas.

Ultra Music Festival For Beginners: A Five-Step Guide

Arielle Castillo — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000

This Friday marks the beginning of a nearly two-week sprawl of events surrounding Winter Music Conference, and what's come to be known unofficially as "Miami Music Week." It's a time when the entire world of electronic music descends on Miami in a frenzy of industry palm-greasing and parties.

I Dreamed A Dream...About WLRN!

James March — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:57:19 +0000

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Fresh off of the success of the 2013 Oscar nominated film, join WLRN and an all-star cast featuring Nick Jonas and Lea Salonga for a tribute to the 25th Anniversary of Les Miserables at the O2 in London, England! With a cast of over 500 musicians and actors, it is the musical event of a lifetime! Tonight at 8pm on WLRN Channel 17!

(Start time is dependent on the conclusion of the Miami-Dade School Board Meeting)

Subtropics Festival Will Explore 'How Sound Speaks About What’s Around You'

Dan Dickinson — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000

For ArtburstMiami.com.

Since its launch in 1989, the Subtropics festival has offered South Florida a multi-day event focused squarely on experimental music and sound art. This year the two-week Miami Beach festival starts with a symposium on sound and architecture, then relaxes into a series of concerts.

Virginia Key Grassroots Fest, pianist Valentine Lisitsa, Oscar Preview and Friends of Chamber Music

Ed Bell and Paul Leary — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Tatsuya Nakatani Brings Gong Music To South Florida

Dan Dickinson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:00:00 +0000

For artburstmiami.com

Puerto Rican Hip-Hop Icon Tego Calderon Mixes Prose And Politics

editor — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:03:00 +0000

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Boricuas In The House: New Music From Puerto Rico

editor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:38:46 +0000

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Go Ahead, Download Those Songs – But Legally, Through Miami-Dade Library

Allison Goodman — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:15:01 +0000

They can’t charge you late fees for this service.

The Miami-Dade Public Library System now allows card holders to download up to three free songs a week, and keep them indefinitely.

The music service, Freegal, features a collection of about 285,000 artists and 3 million songs. It tracks each user’s downloads and resets every Monday.

Miami Guitarist Aaron Lebos: Don't Use The F Word

Alicia Zuckerman — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0000

When Miami native Aaron Lebos was a kid, his parents told him to choose between violin and piano. "I chose piano," he says, "obviously." But his big brother played electric guitar, and he wanted to too. He thought it was "cooler." Eventually, he got his hands on a guitar of his own and made his way through jazz studies programs at Miami Dade College, University of Miami and FIU.

A Swan Song For Spec's Music Stores

Kelley Mitchell — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:49:19 +0000

In 1973, future Miami Herald music critic Howard Cohen burst into the Spec's Music store on South Dixie Highway in Coral Gables with of all the energy of a 10-year-old about to begin a 40-year habit.

That's because he was.

He and his mother had piled into their 1971 yellow Ford Pinto for the express purpose of taking home Helen Reddy.

At least in the form of her hit single, "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)."

Interview: Overtown Music Project’s Amy Rosenberg

Trina Sargalski — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0000

In this occasional column, we chat with people in South Florida who don’t work in the food business about what and where they eat.

How Music Is Coming Back To Overtown

Kelley Mitchell — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:30:00 +0000

The Overtown section of Miami was the heart and soul of music during the early to mid-1960’s.

It developed as Southern and Bahamian blacks relocated to Miami area to work on Henry Flagler’s railroad.

As they prospered, so did the club and performing arts scene.

Other venues included the Rockland, Palace, the Harlem Square Club, the Cotton Club, the Ritz Theater, the Mary Elizabeth Hotel and the Sir John, to name a few.

Jin, Known To His Miami Classmates As 'The Chinese Kid Who Raps,' Grows Up

editor — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:05:22 +0000

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Femi Kuti Followed Dad's Dangerous Road To Afro-beat Stardom In Nigeria

Arianna Prothero — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:30:00 +0000

This Sunday, Nigerian Afro-beat artist Femi Kuti will be performing in Miami. Femi is known for using music to protest against the Nigerian government -- a legacy he inherited from his father, the legendary Afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti.

New World Symphony Hosts Its First Yoga Night

Jessica Meszaros — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:39:01 +0000

In its latest experiment with performances and outdoor spaces, New World Symphony will host an evening of music and meditation this Friday.

The symphony is partnering with lululemon to produce a night of classical music and yoga training on the 11th at 7 p.m.

Young Musicians Band Together Against Anti-Gay Bullying

Christine DiMattei — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:30:00 +0000

The stands in front of the teenagers’ chairs hold the same sheet music – the theme to “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” But each of the young musicians has a different story to tell about anti-gay bullying.

Like the bi-sexual flutist, who says she’s pretty much been bullied all her life.

And the gay saxophonist, who describes how it “really gets to you inside and sometimes you start believing what people are saying.”

Even the heterosexual clarinetist is not immune. She feels too many of her classmates use the word “gay” to describe something bad.

Jingle Jams: Curated Holiday Playlist

Bruce Warren — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:36:23 +0000

LISTEN TO THE STREAMING JINGLE JAMS MIX HERE