​On its MySpace page Sunday, English punk band Gallows unfortunately announced it would be canceling the rest of its tour with AFI, explaining:
"We're sorry to announce that we have had to cancel our remaining dates
on the AFI tour due to illness. We're sorry to disappoint anyone who
bought tickets to see us but make sure you go to the show as AFI are an
amazing band and we're so lucky to have spent the last few weeks
touring with them."
Dave Hause replaced the band in Myrtle Beach and Atlanta Sunday and Monday. But it looks like Jonny Craig, formerly the vocalist for Dance Gavin Dance, will fill in for the rest of the tour starting Wednesday at Revolution, which is a good thing. Dave Hause's acoustic set may have proved a bit of a downer as an opener for energetic gothsters AFI. Craig can sometimes seem like a cross between Mars Volta and A Perfect Circle, just with the occasional funky synth, just waaay softer/poppier, and way more emo with songs like "IStillFeelHer Part 111" and "Children of Divorce." Expect lots of those "To Write Love on Her Arms" T-shirts. Fun (but potentially offensive) fact: Craig has shirts that read "To Write Jonny On Her Arms."
​Bebel Gilberto is considered by many to be at the forefront of modern Brazilian music. Though she was actually born in New York City, she was born into all-star lineage, her mother being Brazilian singer Miucha and her father Joao Gilberto, considered by many to be the "Father of Bossa Nova." But the influence of The City is very much alive in her music too, as is that of Europe, and basically every other far-flung place Gilberto has ventured throughout her life. Hers is a varied and eclectic blend of traditional bossa with modern sounds like pop, dance and electronica, and all of it melds together over the constant underlying currents of romance and sensuality.
Sounds good, right? Well, it is. Unfortunately, you won't get to see that for yourself live. The singer-songwriter's Miami date set for tonight next Wednesday at the Fillmore Miami Beach has just been cancelled. No official word has yet been released, but a telephone interview set with her for early last week had to be rescheduled a couple of times due to her losing her voice at the tail end of a very successful European tour. The interview finally had to be conducted via email, and one could quite reasonably speculate that further complications along this vein had something to do with the last minute cancellation. Hopefully, the songstress will reschedule her SoFla date soon.
The Miami-based, 26-year-old Rico Love is quietly becoming one of the industry's most sought-after R&B and pop arrangers and songwriters. Starting out in his early 20s as a rapper in Atlanta, he got his real boost when, as a performer, Usher signed him to his J Records imprint. And while working on his debut album, Rico penned a little tune for his mentor as an experiment. That song was Usher's "Throwback," one of the standout tunes on the singer's 2004 album Confessions.
After some time in Atlanta and L.A., Rico Love moved to Miami about a year and a half ago to work with locally born and bred hit-maker Jim Jonsin. And so I met him last night, at the studio he shares with Jonsin, to discuss the various projects he's got in the works. Rico Love is about to blow up -- last night he was awaiting the arrival of Kelly Rowland, so they could work on a number of vocals for her next solo album. Next week he'll be working on Nelly's comeback, he wrote about half of the next Usher album, and to name a random track, you can currently hear him on Fat Joe's "Aloha," which also features Pleasure P.
Check back on Crossfade over the next couple of weeks for a better introduction to Rico Love. But, OMG, what I want to talk about right now is that he's also responsible for the latest Leighton Meester single, "Somebody to Love," which features Robin Thicke, above. It's a sleazy-sexy, Madonna-style electro dance number.
​Is it just me or does it seem like there's a whole lot going on this weekend? This time of year always gets a bit crazy, I suppose. Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) is just a couple weeks away. Holidays and holiday parties right around the corner after that. Art Basel is fast approaching too... the list goes on and on. Competing for your affections this weekend, Sleepless Night, and FLIFF.
That's right, the 24th annual Fort Lauderdale Film Festival is already upon us, the festivities having kicked off yesterday on October 23rd. But tomorrow, there's a special treat you won't want to miss, and it doesn't compete with Sleepless Night at all! It's going down in the Paradiso Patio Courtyard at Cinema Paradiso--the Florida Filmmaker Party and Auteur Explosion, featuring a performance by one of Miami's most buzzed about bands, Radioboxer. If you haven't caught them live for yourself, you're seriously missing out on a hell of a live performance. And what better opportunity than this, in which you can support the arts across the board, and impress your friends and coworkers, saying, "Oh, tonight? Just going to support the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival." It'll make you seem classy. Unless you were already planning on going there, in which case, carry on.
Te event cost is a mere $5, unless you attend the A Taste of Florida Film screening just prior in which case it's free. Score!
The Florida Filmmaker Party and Auteur Explosion takes place at Cinema Paradiso (503 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale) on Friday, November 7 at 10:30p.m.and Radioboxer is expected to play at 11. The event is preceded by A Taste of Florida Film.
​The upcoming national outing headlined by New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional was going to be a showcase of '90s Broward and Palm Beach County heroes made good. But this past Friday, Dashboard had to suddenly drop off the tour, which was scheduled to land locally at Pompano Beach Amphitheater on November 27. And with Dashboard off, the whole tour -- which was also to feature much younger acts like Never Shout Never, Meg & Dia, and Single File -- is also off. Here's a statement from the band:
"Due to a family situation that is beyond our control, we have to cancel our upcoming tour with New Found Glory, Never Shout Never, Meg & Dia and Single File. We don't take this lightly but family has to come first. As this is a last minute development, we are still figuring out what we will do- as soon as we know, you will know. We apologize to everyone who planned on coming to the shows. We will find a way to make it up to you." Chris, John, Scott, Mike / Dashboard Confessional.
The band does plan, right now, to reschedule the tour for some time in 2010. Refunds are available at point of purchase.
​Do you swoon like a schoolgirl at the mere mention of Wisin y Yandel's names (even though you're not one)? Are you anxiously awaiting Aventura's upcoming Miami show with your Romeo T-shirt already ironed? Can you frequently be seen driving around town with your windows down, blasting the latest Don Omar track? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this bit of news is just for you. And if you answered yes to the last one, I beg you: close your damned windows. You're interfering with my enjoyment of NPR. Now, curmudgeoning old man schtick aside, on to the low down...
This week SoFla hosts the 2009 Urban Latin Music Conference, where all kinds of industry types will convene to share ideas and info in the name of music. Unless you are an industry type, or are hoping to meet some industry types with that latest reggaeton demo you recorded in your Tio Chicho's guest bathroom tucked faithfully beneath your arm, this may not interest you much. Yet. But here's where it gets good--the conference is a one-day affair, taking place on Saturday, November 7 at the Hilton Downtown, and includes various panels and such. But the real fun comes via various parties and showcases from Friday through Sunday.
Showcases and festivities include Kukaramakara on Friday, with performances by The Group, GURU and Tony Dez, conference after party on Saturday at Karu & Y featuring Alejo 305 and DJ X, and another party Sunday at La Covacha. The conference on Saturday will also feature a pair of showcases and a cocktail. For more info and registration, hit them up here.
The Alligator Alley Allstars played the bar's send-off party on Friday night.
​ Alligator Alley was one of the most distinctive venues we had in South Florida. Where else could you munch on savory gator ribs, sip on a crisp microbrew, and listen to funky New Orleans zydeco all at once? Sadly, it is no more -- after a weekend-long send-off, Alligator Alley shuttered its doors last Sunday.
And although it looks like there'll be no more po' boys in proprietor and veteran bass player Carl "Kilmo" Pacillo's future, there is a silver lining. The charismatic owner promises a larger, music-only version of Alligator Alley will open next spring. "Food has never been the main part of my business, despite winning many accolades," Kilmo said. "It's two to three percent of the profits and ninety percent of the headaches."
The venue lasted seven-and-a-half years at its Commercial Boulevard location. But a new $2000 tax on alcohol sales after midnight, levied by the City of Oakland Park on October 1, was straw that broke the camel's back. "The city wanted the money right away and was not accommodating," Kilmo says. "I simply couldn't afford it."
​The late Spanish singer and actress Rocio Jurado wasn't known as "La Mas Grande" ("The Greatest") for nothing. From the mid sixties until only a few years ago, Jurado was, and likely still is, considered one of the motherland's most beloved performers of all time. The quintessential diva, her command of the stage, whether in concert or the silver screen, proved incomparable. She appeared in numerous films and put out more than 30 records over 40 years, beginning with her eponymous debut in 1969 and ending with s Sony-released compilation in 2006 titled Rocio Siempre (which, I guess, technically she didn't really release).
To say that she's befitting of a musical commemorating her life and career seems a bit superfluous. So I'll just feed you the skinny. Rocio No Habita En El Olvido is directed by cubiche Tony Acevedo and stars Ada Linares as Jurado. It opens in the Manuel Artime Theater (900 SW First St., Miami) this Wednesday, October 28 and will run nightly at 8pm through Saturday, October 31. Tix go for $35 or $20 for the cheap seats.
​You never appreciate what you have until its gone. Sorry to report that downtown Miami dive bar/lounge PS14 (28 NE 14th Street) will be graduating from its 14th Street locale after October 31. But it's not because of any financial troubles, the owners have simply decided not to renew the lease on the space.
Co-owner Barbara Basti, of Poplife, explains that it was just time and the place has run its course. "PS14 became the step-kid in comparison to our other projects."
Those other projects include the Poplife at Electric Pickle, Dirty Hairy at LIV and Disco-Net at Shore Club parties, as well as Ecco restaurant and lounge in downtown. Basti also admits that they are working on another project which will hopefully happen "sooner rather than later."
"I've had so much fun [at PS14], I feel pretty nostalgic about it," adds Basti.
​Every day, RollingStone.com publishes news on the music industry as part of its Rock and Roll Daily blog. Each day averages about 25 stories. And yesterday, between "Led Zepplin II Turns 40" and "Lenny Kravitz: I Want to Work With Jack White," the site's Hype Monitor recommended West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood and listed song "Swim" as its "Key Track."
The band has kept an extremely busy tour schedule lately. (They're playing two shows today, and three tomorrow in New York City.) But they will be back for Moonfest in West Palm for Halloween, which will be the last time to catch them before they head out on the road again immediately. They won't be back until at least December. Read what RollingStone.com wrote here.
​Bardot isn't even a month old and it already finds itself in some legal trouble. It seems our assumption that Bardot Hollywood and its Miami counterpart were related was wrong. We received an email from the Hollywood establishment's publicist Stephanie Fessler saying, "While imitation is the highest form of flattery, I'd just like to clarify that this is in no way a sister venue or franchise. Our legal team has been set into motion."
Oddly silent on the matter is former model/actress Brigitte Bardot whose name and likeness is being used by both venues.
We'll see what comes of the legal action, but cases like these usually go nowhere for a myriad of reasons. Stay tuned.
Update: Bardot Hollywood wants to make sure we understand that they don't use Brigitte Bardot's name or likeness. If you could only see how far back our eyes rolled. Funny how they don't mind mentioning her by name in an email when talking about their establishment. "Inspired by the Joie de vivre of icon Brigitte Bardot," were the exact words used by Fessler in her earlier email.
​A well-known Miami DJ Juan Carlos Portieles, known professionally as DJ Seasunz, turned himself in yesterday afternoon after driving around with the dead body of his 18-year-old girlfriend, Jaclyn Torrealba. Police are charging the 30 year-old Portieles with second degree murder.The arrest affidavit can be read here.
Police say the couple became involved in a "heated verbal altercation" on the side of the road in southwest Miami-Dade. Portieles began to punch and bite Torrealba, according to the police report. She attempted to fight back, but Portieles choked her until she stopped moving. Police found scratches on her face and torso, and one of her hands was swollen.
Portieles then put the body in the passenger seat of his car and drove to several friends' houses telling them what he had done.
By 7 p.m. Sunday night, Portieles had turned himself in at the Miami-Dade Police station in Doral. There he led officers to a body in a gray Toyota Camry.
He also told police that he has been involved with Torrealbe for two years, meaning they would have begun the relationship when she was 16.
That Portieles had a girlfriend 12 years his junior comes as little surprise, say various acquaintances from the club scene. As DJ Seasunz, he was known for promoting and playing often to a younger crowd. His MySpace page (which lists his full name as "Seasunz Manson") devotes an entire section of flyers to all-ages parties. The most recent flyer in that section promotes a headlining slot at a series of all-ages nights at Flavour in Coconut Grove.
​Finalists in New Times' 2009 Battle of the Bands, Miami group King Bee plays heavy alt-rock that feeds off a bluesy underbelly. The scruffy trio are masters of the subtle build-up, hitting their stride with wail-out sessions that creep up faster than you can say crescendo.
I caught the last song of their show at Propaganda September 25. I was amped because I figured it portended similarly good, or maybe better, music to come. But I was sorely disappointed in second act Noble Rocket as well as in closing band and over-hyped act The Beauvilles, whose performance made me giggle uncontrollably. (Am I the only one who feels like the vocalist/guitarist's theatrics are forced?).
King Bee is releasing an EP later this month and its third album, To The Moon, some time in January. They shot a video for one of the singles coming out titled "Balls." The video, inspired by David Fincher's A Perfect Circle video for "Judith," won the Audience Award at the Florida Music Festival's Independent Film Jam and was highlighted on the $99 videos website, a site for creative DIY videos made with less $100. Watch the video after the jump.
​The Heavy Pets had really seemed to hit their stride earlier this year when they enlisted Felix Pastorius on bass. The son of bass legend Jaco Pastorius, Felix is a respected musician in his own right who has shared the stage with bass greats Victor Wooten and John Patitucci, among others.
At the start of 2009, the Heavy Pets didn't have a bassist, so they secured Mark White from the Spin Doctors. Felix then replaced White, and it seemed like the Heavy Pets had made a great decision, because Felix not only had the chops but also the name recognition.
But now it looks like Felix was only there for the season. When I interviewed them in May, Felix made it clear the festival circuit was not for him. "I prefer playing in my living room," he said. In June, I saw the band perform at Bonnaroo, where between Snoop Dogg and Phish sets they attracted over 100 people into some tent (Bonnaroo gets confusing with That Tent, Those Tents, This Tent, That Stage, whaever). They pleased the crowd with a 60-minute cocktail of funk, reggae, wailing guitars, and Latin rhythms. One of my criticisms was that they didn't spotlight Felix enough. Well forget that. According to the band's PR rep, they've secured Justin Carney, formerly of Los Angeles jazz loungers Marty and Elayne, after buying out his contract. At least we can expect a lot more shows from Felix, who lives in Broward and will probably be playing a lot more around town.
The Heavy Pets will perform with its new lineup Friday 10 p.m. at Tobacco Road. Admission costs $6. They have also lined up some shows opening for Particle in November in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Marilyn Manson performs at Cruzan Amphitheatre August 12
​RollingStone.com reported Friday that South Florida's favorite homegrown freak, Marilyn Manson, contracted swine flu. According to the article, Manson made the announcement via his Facebook page, saying, "So I have officially been diagnosed, by a real doctor, with THE SWINE FLU. I know everyone will suggest that fucking a pig is how this disease was obtained. However, the doctor said my past choices in women have in no way contributed to me acquiring this mysterious sickness. Unfortunately, I am going to survive."
However, that status update was no longer visible Sunday, and the only status pertaining to his health now says "MARILYN MANSON has a clean bill of health and has fully recovered." So, fortunately for his fans, his tour rages on. He'll be in Australia next week, then off to Japan, Sweden, Russia, and on and on through Europe until almost Christmas, when he'll surely have sex with a Christmas tree just to see what it's like to feel pain again. Oh, the holidays.
Manson was part of the Mayhem Fest that made its way through these parts back in August. Read New Times' Music Editor Arielle Castillo's review of the show here.
You can write and record the greatest song ever sung and never make a dime.
But Slip-N-Slide records refuses to go that route. Their distribution relationships with corporate powerhouses have made them a recognized name around the world by giving their product the visibility it needs in the market place in order to make that serious bank. Even in Iowa.
That trend continues with their freshly-inked expanded distribution and marketing partnership with EMI label services. The agreement will see a push from the company in physical and more importantly digital shelfspace for the artists Jagged Edge, Trina, and Duece Poppi. Services including marketing, promotion, licensing, merchandising, sponsorship, and others are also part of the deal.
The information age offers a million and one ways to sell a song and this new deal will allow Slip-N-Slide to tap previously untouched avenues of income.
And for most of you who have never heard of Duece Poppi, he released a SNS single in 2004 called "Lose Your Mind" which caught a Florida/Georgia buzz but never took off nationally. That's according to corporate label rep CF.
We're guessing this deal allows Slip-N-Slide to offload the burden of marketing & promoting a basically unknown, though longtime insider, on EMI.
We've for the most part stayed away from this topic over the course of the past several weeks. Meanwhile, fans of America TV across the city have watched pundits on every show in the lineup debating Juanes' motives for going to perform in Cuba in the controversial concert Paz Sin Fronteras (Peace Without Borders), analyzing what it means across various landscapes, not least of which the musical and political, and just generally waxing punditry. The reason for avoidance, it's a charged issue and opinions are like assholes. Everyone's got one, and they tend to be attached.
So, now that the concert has taken place, let's see if we can't round up a few of those from readers (opinions, not assholes). The whole thing went down yesterday in La Plaza de la Revolucion (The Plaza of Revolution) before hundreds of thousands, with an all-star lineup including La Mujer de Fuego herself (the woman of fire) Olga Tañon, Cuban ex-pats Orishas and Yerba Buena, Miguel Bose, the granddaddy of Cuban descarga bands, Los Van Van, and of course, Miami resident and Latin pop phenom Juanes, among others. Throughout the show, artists expressed positive emotions and spoke of peace and unity. However, the message was at times, if not tainted, at least sullied by the specter of communism looming in the background as a particular recurring shot displayed a building with a mural bearing the face of Che Guevara.
​You know here at Crossfade we like to give you guys plenty of locally relevant music news. Like cool goings on having to do with some of your favorite local acts, MP3s you can download for your own listening pleasure, the skinny on concerts in town and other fun stuff you can get down with, or reviews of some of those same concerts, where one of our talented writers most likely committed a few important notes to their phone or memory before turning their attention to the nearest bar. What I'm trying to say is, we're Miami-centric, and rightly so.
Well, this particular post has got nothing at all to do with our local music scene or any artists coming to town for a live show. Although, a few of these artists are 305 residents.
So, the news in question: the nominees for the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards have been announced. Who's up for the coveted little golden phonograph, you ask?
The genre-bending Puerto Rican group known as Calle 13 leads the pack with five nominations, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year (for "No Hay Nadie Como Tu") and Best Short Form Music Video (for "La Perla" featuring Ruben Blades).
Mecca aka Grimo is an American of Haitian descent who raps in English and Kreyol for Wyclef's Sak Pase Records label. Listen above for his interview with Cheryl Mizell on WEDR 99 Jamz's Community Voices show which airs every Saturday from 6 - 7 a.m.
Did you know that Haitians fought in the Siege of Savannah in 1779 to help America win the Revolutionary War?
Join DJ Griot, Brisco, Billy Blue, Flo Rida, Des Loc from Piccalo, Mecca AKA
Grimo, Grindmode, Ballgreezy, Stitches and poetry from local artists
Michael Martinez, Haiti Bluez, and Wilda Nubia Previl, and others this Friday, September 18 at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park - 4020 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, Florida 33149 (click4map) - (the first Miami Dade beach where blacks were legally allowed to swim) as they fight for Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the USA.
If you thought all Miami hip-hop stood for was balling out, popping pills, selling crack, hitting licks, fucking hoes, and killin fools then you were wrong.
The local rap game has rallied behind the cause of TPS (temporary protected status) for Haitians in the United States. TPS is granted to "aliens in the United States who are temporarily unable to safely return to their home country because of ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions" according to a US government website.
Haiti was struck a series of devastating blows when four hurricanes ravaged the island in 2008.
​A woman was shot Monday night outside of the White Room, near downtown Miami. Allegedly an encounter between passengers of two cars escalated into gun violence, with the suspect fleeing the scene after firing three shots into a vehicle containing two women.
Eyewitnesses dispute the account so far that the shooting had anything to do with a parking space. The passenger in the victim's car, who was uninjured, says she noticed the perpetrators trailing them before the incident. She says they were then boxed in and shot at. The driver, who was shot in the shoulder, is in stable, but serious, condition.
Melissa Dume was working the door at the White Room last night when the incident occurred. She recalls hearing a sound similar to firecrackers from around the corner of North Miami Avenue and NE 14th Street, near neighboring bar PS14. A car containing the two female victims then pulled around in front of White Room, with the passenger bursting out of the car screaming. The driver, who was shot, fell out of the car. White Room owner Luis Fonseca emerged from the club and called emergency services. Dume estimates that the police took five minutes to arrive, and paramedics 10 to 15 minutes.
UPDATE:
New Times spoke Thursday night with an eyewitness who gave this description of
the event. A white SUV pulled up next to the women's car and
aggressively backed into the car. At this point a brown-skinned male
got out of the driver's seat with a ski mask on and walked over to the
car firing three shots into the car. The man then returned to
the car and left the scene, driving down 14th Street, heading west. The victim's car pulled out and drove to the White Room.
​This news comes to us as quite a shock: After only 16 months, Bella Rose is closing it doors at its 16th Street and Washington Avenue space in Miami Beach. Owners Alfred Spellman and Keith Paciello broke the news early this morning via bellarosemiami.com.
But there is good news. They say the decision to close the venue was more for economical reasons. With rent prices dropping, this is a good opportunity for them to look for a new bigger and better space. Now we've heard many club owners before claim they are closing down for renovations and myriad of other reason to only never reopen again. Let's hope Spellman and Paciello keep their word.
The venue was probably most popular for its Sunday night murder mystery party Black Sunday. We also gave it the title of "Best New Bar" for this year's Best of Miami.
​In case you missed the film La Mala when it played in Miami-Dade College's Muestra de Cine Cubano in May, the opportunity presents itself once again to catch this flick. The movie is based on the life of legendary Cuban singer, La Lupe, played by singer-songwriter and pianist, Lena. For those unschooled in el cubaneo, La Yiyiyi is considered by many to be one of Cuba's most iconic exports, indomitable and relentless in her passionate, frenzied performances, in which she frequently beat at her chest with her fist and tossed shoes and jewelry into the crowd.
The film opened in Spain back in May, where it earned various awards, including the Halcon Maltes, People's Choice in the Ibiza Film Festival and Best Female Lead for Lena in the XXIX Mostra de Valencia. Consequently, all the music was performed by Lena and her father, producer Rey Nerio.
The film will be playing in the Tower Theatre on Calle Ocho beginning Friday, September 4.
​The end of the millennium has been pretty rough on the Carver Ranches-birthed R&B group Pretty Ricky. First, last year original Pleasure P quit the group to pursue a solo career. His single "Boyfriend #2" peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 -- a higher position than any Pretty Ricky song has reached since 2006.
So they replaced him with a guy named 4Play, and recorded a new album called 80s Babies, set to be released late last year. Its lead singles, "Cuddle Up" and a remake of H-Town's 1993 slow jam "Knockin' Boots," received decent airplay and YouTube circulation -- especially because of the ridiculously sexed-up video for the latter. That, and they posed nude for Vibe (R.I.P.).
But the album itself got leaked, and never materialized. Eventually, it turned out the band had been dropped from its label, Atlantic, and the album was shelved permanently.
​But
for all of Mr. 305's postive-image-spreadin' "world-traveling," it's a
trip he's accused of not making that's landed him in hot water.
An
Australian promoter slapped Pitbull -- real name: Armando Christian
Perez -- with a lawsuit this month, claiming that he skipped out on
three shows scheduled Down Under in late 2008 and pocketed the advance.
Jaime Fernandez, a Sydney-based promoter who goes by the name DJ Suave,
says he booked Pitbull for three Aussie shows last December, in Perth
on Dec. 5, Melbourne on the 6th and Sydney on the 7th. Pitbull never
showed, he says.
"We did everything we could to make him happy,
sometimes even going that extra mile in order to meet his demands,"
Fernandez tells New Times in an email interview. "But yet he
still refused to get on the plane. Not only that, he also failed to
notify that he wasn't coming and also kept half the money for doing
nothing at all."
​That's right Mr. Egg Whites, a.k.a. Mr. 305 a.k.a. Pitbull, got the keys to this wonderful city yesterday. I just saw this in the Miami Herald and you know it's true if it's in the Herald. They are master fact checkers and all that. All I know is that LMFAO is way better with a Pit verse added in and his remix of "75, Brazil Street" is very, very dope. Here's a little bit of this son of Miami's best work.
​Summer Fest was an all-out megawatt concert scheduled for this Saturday at American Airlines Arena. The line-up was to feature some of the biggest names in pop, hip-hop, and R&B: Akon, Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, and T-Pain, as well as locals like Flo Rida, Brisco, Black Dada, Wynter, and Casely.
The show was officially postponed yesterday due to "weather conditions" -- tropical storms/depressions/whatever Ana and Bill, who already looked, yesterday, on their way to breaking up. It's damn expensive to pull the plug on a big event like that, with all the artist and venue guarantees and deposits, so it seems like a hasty move to have called it off so far in advance. This is South Florida, promoters! We all know these almost-hurricanes don't play out until the last minute.
Poor ticket sales don't seem too likely as the real reason, though, as promoters were very clear in the press release that the show has not been canceled. It is definitely supposed to be rescheduled, and tickets already bought will be honored at the new date. Stay tuned to Crossfade for more details.
​Poor David Coverdale. Here he was, on a triumphant return to the road under the Whitesnake moniker, including a gig this past June at the gigantic O2 Arena in Dublin. With his current band, he was playing a string of well-received gigs with Judas Priest, which was slated to continue through the end of August.
But suddenly, during a Tuesday-night gig at Denver's Red Rocks Amphitheater, Coverdale, suffering severe vocal chord pain, was forced to cut Whitesnake's set short. Here's what his management had to say:
"He was immediately taken to a specialist for examination. The specialist discovered that David was suffering from severe vocal fold edema and a left vocal fold vascular lesion. He was instructed to cancel all performances for the next two weeks & then undergo a further examination. The doctors told us we were fortunate this was caught at a stage where no apparent permanent damage has been caused. We therefore regretfully have to announce that Whitesnake will not be appearing on the remainder of the US tour with Judas Priest."
Bummer, but Priest fans, don't worry: The band will still be performing at the Hard Rock on Monday, and still filming its live DVD at the show. And, oh yeah ... stay tuned with an interview with Rob Halford coming later this afternoon on Crossfade.
​We're all guilty of romanticizing the Sixties. We forget that the era defined by political struggle wasn't always a big, naked party. Civil rights struggles, women's rights, gay rights, and various Chicano movements battled deep-seated ignorance and hate. But the shifting social mores and revolutionary tone laid the foundation for the golden age of rock. Conscientious and loud, the music mirrored what people were feeling. And nowhere was it better captured than at Woodstock.
Cinema Paradiso will team up with Majic 102.7 this Saturday, August 15, to celebrate the festival's 40th. Work by local artists will be displayed, auctions and organic food available, and concert films shown throughout the day. All films shown will pertain to artists who played at Woodstock, though not all include actual Woodstock performances. Admission is free. Get the film lineup after the jump.
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