Here’s a dude who falls into the “weird for weird’s sake” category at the hands of most people but who also is clearly revered by the other fifty percent who know who he is. Personally, I hold him in partial blame for Snoop Dogg’s 2004 “Drop It Like It’s Hot”…
It’s no secret that we love MAYDAY!, the area act making live hip-hop that somehow manages to be intelligent, funky, danceable, and mass appeal-worthy all at once. It’s also no secret that we’re big fans of hard work over hype, and it’s the former from which the local group is…
To an outsider, the name of the upcoming tour by locals Holly Hunt and Scraping Teeth, which kicks off Tuesday, April 10, at Churchill’s, doesn’t bode well. Billed as the “Worst Band in America Tour,” it’s a reference to a dubious nod the latter group earned from Spin magazine in…
Retirement. In a weakened economy, the thought of calling it quits at 55 is a pipe dream. The grim reality for many is that they’ll work till the day they die, much like the 80-year-old who settles for a part-time gig at Publix to supplement a $300 Social Security check…
Phenomenologically speaking, the ladies’ night — a North American binge-drinking ritual centered around women getting hammered — is an extension of the standard Girl’s Night Out. What distinguishes the Night o’ Ladies, however, is the large-scale cultural-institutional support (usually by way of free hooch) that launches the depravity far past…
One of the most polarizing outfits in music (regardless of genre) has been the Misfits. From their glorious stage-blood-soaked heyday in the late ’70s, the campy hairdos, Caiafa family meddling, splits, and the yearslong lassoing of merchandising rights to the Samhain versus Kryst the Conqueror following, I for one will…
Top Five Records in downtown Lake Worth is one of the most equally amazing and frustrating record stores ever. Don’t bother trying to look it up online or call — the store’s only web presence comes via Facebook, and the page hasn’t been updated since 2011. Phone numbers in old…
There may be no more celebrated or influential artist working in the Americana musical realms today than Emmylou Harris. That’s a bold statement perhaps, but given her track record over the span of a 40-year career, the artists she’s worked with, and those that she’s influenced, it’s a claim that…
Born March 30, 1945, Eric Clapton is considered by many critics and pundits to be the greatest living rock guitarist of all time. Living may be the key word here, given that Clapton held Jimi Hendrix in awe. Clapton recorded Hendrix’s song “Little Wing” a mere week before his friend…
On Tuesday, April 10, local instrumental sludgy duo Holly Hunt embarks on its first tour with a kickoff show at Churchill’s in Miami. The ensuing dates will see the group crossing the South, Midwest, and Northeast in just over two weeks. The musical pair, with its raw, surprisingly melodic take…
Human error is a sad reality. We spill coffee on our resume before an interview. We break bones in uneventful ways. We put our lives on computers, and then incessantly press the power button or impulsively toss them out the window. Such is the case with Pax of experimental trip-hop…
SoFla Flow pays tribute to South Florida’s wonderful jam-band, reggae, and related activity: heady, homegrown, local stuff.Deerfield Beach band the Resolvers’ new album, Big Band Reggae, debuted at number five on the Billboard Reggae Charts, and that was before it was released online, which happened last week. As readers may…
Few artists have managed to achieve so much and still overcome as many personal setbacks as Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler. Born March 26, 1948, he’s gained the distinction of being one of the most successful singers of all time, a colorful character whose band has become exceedingly popular not only with…
At age 70, Aretha Franklin remains one of America’s most iconic singers, a distinction that earned her the nickname “The Queen of Soul.” Dubbed one of the greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone, she’s garnered a total of 20 Grammy Awards and 45 hits on the Billboard Hot 100,…
Thirteen years ago, artist and musician Ruben Millares started the band Smiling Gums. More than a decade later, the act is going strong and making it on the radio airwaves. The group will be playing live at the 88.9 FM WDNA Jazz Gallery this weekend. Performing with a six-piece ensemble,…
The past few years have been rough for Buju Banton, but the incarcerated reggae star received a bit of good news earlier this week. Buju, who’s serving a decadelong sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution Miami on questionable drug charges, has been nominated for two International Reggae and World Music Awards. …
Like Lerner and Lowe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, England’s foremost theater composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber (born March 22, 1948), has left an indelible impact on the modern musical stage. In fact, no individual currently working in those realms has created as emphatic an impact on today’s theater,…
An interview with Ralf Hütter, the man behind legendary German crew Kraftwerk, seemed like a long shot. But a few days later, the band’s publicist emailed me back in disbelief — “Holy smokes, Batman!” were her exact words — letting us know that Hütter, for whatever reason, had agreed to…
On Sunday morning, the local South Florida Blues Society sent out alerts through email and Facebook to notify the community that a friend of theirs, 45-year old Claudia Murphy, had been missing since Friday. She was last seen on Friday around 2p.m., wearing a white shirt in the vicinity of…
Few R&B artists have made such an indelible impact as the great Wilson Pickett. Born March 18, 1941, he remains one of America’s greatest soul singers, even after his passing at age 64 on January 19, 2006. Such was his stellar reputation that he placed more than 50 songs on…
Since Mayday signed to Strange Music last year, the relationship between the local act and label head Tech N9ne has been positively symbiotic. Besides touring the most obscure reaches of the country (Casper, Wyoming, anyone?) with the underground legend, Mayday has guested on his tracks and, now, completely produced his…
Born March 15, 1940, bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, is now at an age where he can be considered one of rock’s elder icons. For a genre that was once spurred on by youthful innocence and ideals, rock now finds its original innovators firmly entrenched…
