Courtesy of Clambake 2000 (www.oyemamacita.com) An “avid local music fan/enthusiast/participant” wrote us saying Jeremy Glazer’s fictional piece on Miami dating inspired her to recommend a very different take on the Miami dating scene: the song “Oye Mamacita” by South Florida musician Sean “Birdman” Gould. Here’s what she wrote: ” ‘Oye Mamacita’ is an ode to the [...]
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Under The Sun co-host Alicia Zuckerman interviews contributors and the artistic director David Kingery about Wish You Were Here, Miami Beach the Musical--billed as "the stories of dreamers, scoundrels, rum-runners, bigots, saints, criminals, politicians, millionaires and ordinary people."
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Listen to demo recordings of two of the songs from Wish You Were Here-- "Scandal" and "I Had To Go There." The musical, created over a year with interviews and stories from Miami Beach residents, opens Oct. 1.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Listen here to the unedited version of the Creole hymn "Mwen Pap Sa Bliye," sung by the Notre Dame du Perpetuel Secours choir in Little Haiti. This hymn accompanies an earlier piece featuring Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary as he discusses the role of faith and song after Haiti's quake.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
In this excerpt, Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary of the Notre Dame church in Little Haiti responds to a recording of quake survivors singing at 3 a.m. in a tent camp outside Haiti's presidential palace. "Lift your feet," the song says. "Don't stay on the floor crying." Listen here. (Photo by Patrick Farrell, courtesy of The Miami Herald)
Friday, April 16, 2010
Listen to Erik the Flute Maker's haunting "Memory" here. We used this song in "The Tale of Lot 180." Also, learn about how he helps children in Nicaragua who used to reside in a garbage dump.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Under the Sun and WLRN Miami Herald News reporter Kenny Malone checks out the documentary "Fuacata," about a very Miami band, that's very close to our ears.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
This song played in the story "Souvenir" by Jeremy Glazer. You can listen to the full song here. Photo courtesy of Radioboxer and Stage EightyFour.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Under The Sun's Sammy Mack compiles her Top Five playlist from the first-ever Miami Music Festival. Check out some of the local sounds, from brassy Latin funk to indie rock.
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