Years ago, during my high school philosophy class, a classmate and soon-to-be good friend asked me a question that would change my life: "Do you like Carl Cox?" Ultra 2013 was only a month away, and as long as this Carl person didn't conflict with Avicii or Swedish House Mafia's then-final show, I figured I could devote a minute or two and see what the fuss was about ..read more

"Unsin Music Conference & Festival represents the new Miami — a multicultural melting pot where diversity converges, offering a space to network, collaborate, learn, discover music, and connect in an authentic way," says Julian Duque, founder of Unsion Music Conference & Festival and Miami-based music distributor and label Immigration Records. Unsin returns Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, with an expanded festival and a new location at Future of Cities Climate & Innovation Hub in Little Haiti ..read more

The pairing of MJ Nebreda and Danny Daze may seem arbitrary. After all, Daze (AKA Daniel Gomez) is well-regarded for his blend of scabrous electro and robotic IDM noise ..read more

From McDonald's to Starbucks and Tesla, there are a million instantly recognizable brands in today's consumer-driven society. But there's another well-known brand that has continued to take the world by storm: Taylor Swift ..read more

On Sunday, Don Omar performed to a sold-out crowd at the Kaseya Center as he wrapped up the first leg of his Back to Reggaeton Tour. The tour is not only in support of the four-track EP of the same name but also a homage to Omar's 25-year career ..read more

One of the greatest misconceptions about Taylor Swift is that she only knows how to write diaristic heartbreak songs. It's an easy — and lazy — claim her detractors often make to disempower the most successful female singer-songwriter working in music today ..read more

Singers from 19 South Florida churches under the direction of four Miami choirmasters will raise their voices as a single community choir for GospelFest 2024. On Sunday, April 21, GospelFest at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex is the final production of this year's Gospel Sundays series by the Adrienne Arsht Center ..read more

This ain't Texas — It's Miami, and we've got country singers, too. Growing up in South Florida, Orlando Mendez was raised in a Cuban-American home and recalls further appreciating genres such as rock and country while in college ..read more

Argentine rapper-singer Nicki Nicole will embark on her first-ever headlining tour of the U.S., stopping at the Fillmore Miami Beach on September 28. The artist announced the Alma Tour alongside her newest single, "Ojos Verdes," the first offering for her upcoming project ..read more

Ben Hozie admits that his songwriting process is a bit outside the norm. "I write the words first, which I hear is rare for songwriters," he tells New Times ..read more