AltWeeklies Wire
Bedouins, Reggae, Sounds, and Clashesnew
With relaxed immigration and a stronger currency than the U.S. (ahem), Toronto isn't a bad city in which to be a musician, create a genre or two, or at least home in on the next mashup trends those gringos to the south haven't figured out yet.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bedouin Soundclash, Street Gospels
Jim Wurster's 'Hallelujah' is Darknew
Surveying a broad swath of iconic American musical forms -- folk, country, blues, and gospel -- the album has a bleak perspective that's as dark as its stark black cover.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Lee Zimmerman |
01-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Hallelujah, Jim Wurster
A Dose of Feelgoodnew
How else would the warm-up band kick off the opening-night party for a bar owned by Vince Neil?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Deirdra Funcheon |
01-29-2008 |
Music
Tags: Vince Neil
Hush, Moneynew
Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
01-29-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
For Love of Godnew
On her radio show and in her personal life, Beverly Kennedy spreads her gospel across Florida.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
01-29-2008 |
Media
Tags: radio
Surf-and-Turf Rocknew
Perpetual Groove takes its jams aboard the high seas, then returns for the landlubbers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Perpetual Groove
The Gator People!new
Strange creatures haunt Florida's Everglades. And that's just the humans.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gail Shepherd |
01-15-2008 |
Culture
Tow Jobnew
It's like magic -- in the blink of an eye, your car vanishes.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell and John Linn |
01-08-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
I Hear Florida Singingnew
Some Florida lawmakers think it's finally time to jump into the 21st Century and get a new state song.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
01-08-2008 |
Music
Are Hospitals Helping the Homeless?new
Not enough, say some who are learning to fend for themselves.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
01-08-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Eclectic Latin Rockers Café Tacuba Defy Distinctionnew
In gringo terms, you can think of them as the Mexican U2. But with costumes, polka dancing, and music that makes you act instead of think, their live shows are much more interesting than anything Bono and the boys have come up with in years.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cafe Tacuba, Sino
What the Funk?new
Barbés Records' latest disc, The Roots of Chicha, unearths the master recordings from a group of Amazonian musicians of the late '60s who made a meager living combining indigenous music with Western surf rock, wah-wah pedals, and mind-altering funk overtones.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Kick Stopnew
When Luyen Nguyen was stomped to death 15 years ago, five men were locked up -- but was justice served?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
12-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Jukebox in the Skynew
I've been playing with a few phones lately, chiefly the iPhone and the Motorazr from Sprint, testing their features to try to figure out why people would want to make cell phones their preferred method of listening.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-11-2007 |
Music
Kingston's Rootz Underground Prepares for Reggae Anarchynew
The group makes highly addictive music in the vein of traditional roots rock reggae but with an updated, modern approach.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rootz Underground
