This weekend's Pahokee Heritage Music Festival will feature a diverse lineup of performers that ranges from jazz, R&B, rock and blues to soca, Latin, country and pop. There’s also a gospel music competition, an array of seafood, barbecue and Caribbean food vendors, plus some of the area's prominent visual artists and authors -- all along the Lake Okeechobee waterfront at the … [Read more...]
Art fairs bring aesthetics, learning to Palm Beach
Art fair season is upon us. And, for art lovers in Palm Beach, it’s the most wonderful time of the year because, beginning this week, the Palm Beach County Convention Center will be the home of two fairs that showcase galleries and works of fine art from around the world. They’ll also provide an unparalleled opportunity to attend lectures by leading artists, experts and … [Read more...]
Boca’s Young Circles moving fast in new direction
Jordan Asher, of experimental electronic Boca Raton trio Young Circles (www.youngcircles.com), refers to the group as "three really impulsive guys." Considering that they were playing garage-band rock under the name Blond Fuzz only a month before -- and as Stonefox a few months before that -- it qualifies as an understatement. Vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Asher (age 23), … [Read more...]
Guitarist Kreisberg sets first SoFla gigs in five years
New York City-born guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg first showed an interest in music at age 10 after he’d moved to Miami with his family. He would go on to study at the New World School of the Arts, appear in Guitar Player and Down Beat magazines while in his teens, and earn a scholarship to the University of Miami, graduating from its esteemed music program. He then played in … [Read more...]
Delray Quartet closes 6th season in exemplary style
The Delray String Quartet that finished its sixth season this past weekend at the Colony Hotel in its namesake’s historic downtown is a foursome that has been playing together more frequently than its earlier iterations, thanks to its expanded three-county performance schedule. And the extra time together showed Sunday, with excellent performances of quartets by Arriaga and … [Read more...]
Mustafa jazz fest still going strong
South Florida has not lacked for jazz festivals over the years, but the road to musical fulfillment for local fans of this great art form has been rocky. Consider the once-promising Riviera Beach Jazz and Blues Festival, which from 2002 to 2008 drew people from around the Southeast before getting away from its simple musical formula and falling victim to financial … [Read more...]
Mustafa Jazz Festival readies for 14th annual event
By C.B. Hanif Not equal are those who know and those who do not know about the annual Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival. Those in the know aren’t better than anyone else, of course, but they’re likely to share some more artful vibrations Friday and Saturday. That’s when the 14th annual festival swings forth at the Lou Rawls Performing Arts Theater on the campus of Florida … [Read more...]
Cleveland Orchestra settles strike; Miami residency starts Friday
The Cleveland Orchestra strike was settled early this morning after a one-day walkout when the two sides agreed to a new three year-contract that freezes wages for two years. The agreement means the Miami residency for the orchestra, set to start Friday, will go forward as scheduled. “We are very happy that management has heard our message and agreed not to further erode … [Read more...]
Delray Quartet makes another advance with fine Ravel
In presenting a fine performance of one of the supreme masterworks of the 20th-century literature, the Delray String Quartet on Saturday night showed that it is an ensemble continues to grow and deepen, and that its current multi-venue concert series has been more than beneficial for it. The quartet's second program of the season, which opened at All Saints Episcopal Church … [Read more...]
Delray Quartet brings power, passion to Beethoven, Franck
There were two moments Sunday afternoon in a concert by the Delray String Quartet that gave encouraging hints about the kind of ensemble this foursome is becoming. The first moment came in the first movement of the Beethoven Fourth Quartet (in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4), around about the recapitulation, when it suddenly became clear that the musicians were working at a unified … [Read more...]