Critic's Notebook

“Young Thug as Paintings” is a viral Instagram account pairing existing photos of the Atlanta rapper with fine art depicting subjects in similar poses.

Renowned hip-hop photographer Jonathan Mannion rolls out a stunning collection of 665 Polaroid photos of hip-hop artists such as Jay-Z, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Outkast, and Ludacris.

If you live in Miami, you couldn’t miss the Marlins’ rebranding campaign. Earlier this month, everything from street murals to Twitter teases hinted a new look was coming to Florida’s Major League Baseball team. The promotion was titled #OurColores, and after much anticipation and guessing by fans and the media, those colors were revealed: Caliente Red, Miami Blue, Midnight Black, and Slate Gray.

For those eagerly anticipating the 2019 edition of Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, there’s some bad news: It’s not happening. Thursday afternoon, the festival announced on its Facebook and Instagram pages what many had suspected because of the delay in announcing a lineup: There will be no…

Miami’s music scene is a melting pot of talented people. These musicians empower one another, elevate their craft, and promote the 305’s most promising sounds. They live, breathe, and embody creativity. In the spirit of Art Basel, New Times chatted with three musicians who are also visual artists. Without these inspiring creatives’ contributions, the Magic City’s burgeoning cultural community wouldn’t be what it is today.

WOmXn Fest is coming to the Magic City during a busy Miami Art Week. The one-day event, hosted by Crass Lips Records, will present a diverse lineup of all-womxn performers, bands, musicians, and vendors, creating a safe space in the experimental, queer-friendly Little Haiti venue 229. Behind the festival is Period…

In April 1985, Prince played the finale of his iconic Purple Rain tour at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The glamorous Sheila E. was by his side. After the show, Prince suggested they start their next musical phase with a new look: short hair.

The creak of a door opening in a new venue in Miami is like a drop of blood in a shark-infested ocean: All of the city’s night crawlers can hear the sound a mile away. But the noise is even louder when the new spot occupies the former space of one of Miami’s most beloved venues. In July 2017, the owners of Bardot…

Free Dystopia fuses rock, hip-hop, and soul to create an alluring new genre South Florida needs.

Robert Glasper has come a long way. Sometimes talent isn’t enough to launch an artist into the mainstream, so the jazz pianist fused his melodic compositions with hip-hop collaborations and made a name for himself.

Growing up in Ramat Gan, Israel, was pretty safe, musician Tamar Dart explains. Even so, she remembers as a child being evacuated from her home when scud missiles fell during the Gulf War. “Growing up [there] is tense; people are severely affected by the politics,” she says. But listening to Western music…

If you could see any musical act — from any time — perform live, who would it be? What was once a fantasy scenario saved for hazy late-night banter and dreadfully long concert queues is now becoming a profitable digital reality.

Two weeks ago, local promoter Blnk Cnvs announced its foray into Miami Art Week madness with a series of concerts. The lineup includes South African duo Die Antwoord Wednesday, December 5; lovable rapper Action Bronson Thursday, December 6; and Chicago SoundCloud rapper Juice Wrld Friday, December 7. However, Blnk Cnvs promised another…

Denzel Curry left Miami to find himself in L.A. Now he’s coming back to give his all for his Red Bull Music Presents: Zeltron v. Zombies show.

“My dad would always yell, ‘Tebby’s home!’ because I was always singing everywhere,” Bahamian-bred singer-songwriter Tebby recalls from when she was young. The now-20-something Tebby adds that even now she “can’t go very long without singing throughout the day.”

Many of us like to read while listening to music. The organizers of the Miami Book Fair have run with that concept via the Porch, a stage presenting live music throughout fair week, November 11 through 18. “It’s an outdoor pop-up venue, a community gathering space, and a town center smack-dab right in the middle of the book fair,” the Porch programmer Melissa Messulam explains.

Femme fest plans to propel women to the forefront of the male-dominated music industry.

In the past few years, New Times has been critical of the direction the once-revered Winter Music Conference was headed. The issues went beyond the squabble organizers had with Ultra Music Festival in 2010. The problems with WMC stemmed from its failure to evolve and stay ahead of dance-music trends…

Miamians somehow tend to find one another wherever they are in the world. Singers and guitarists Josh Starkman and George Elizondo were born in South Florida and found different paths toward studying music at the University of New Orleans. Elizondo’s parents met in an English-language class in Miami…

Ah, tequila, burning like a raging inferno of poor decisions as it glides down the gullet. But the blue agave beverage isn’t used only by college kids for nights of debauchery. Fifteen pushups and a shot of 1942 Don Julio are the winning ingredients to GTA’s success onstage.

Last night saw the airing of a controversial BET Hip Hop Awards. Lil Wayne, Cardi B, DJ Khaled, and A$AP Rocky were among the influential artists at the 13th-annual show, prerecorded October 7 at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Remarkable moments included Cardi’s and YG’s extravagant performances and Lil Wayne’s moving acceptance speech for the I Am Hip Hop award, in which he spoke of a near-death experience.