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Fledglings: Music from a New Estefan 

Emily Estefan, 22, bears an iconic last name recognized across her home state of Florida and around the world. Acutely aware of the comparisons audiences will make to her famous parents, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, the young songstress embraces her musical heritage while decidedly forging her own “fusion” sound—equal parts funk, soul, jazz, Latin and […]

Fledglings: We’re Jones’n

Laney Jones, a fresh-faced singer-songwriter from Orlando, discovered music as a creative outlet while studying business at Rollins College in 2009. Soon after, a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and an apprenticeship with record producer Kara DioGuardi catapulted her talent to the next level. Since then, the banjo-player shared the stage with Alison Krauss […]

‘The Easy Kind,’ Based on Singer Elizabeth Cook’s Life, Releases After Eight Years

Cult-favorite country singer Elizabeth Cook is well aware that she’s lived a very unique, slightly surreal but ultimately special life.  So it makes sense then that not only is there a semi-autogiographical movie based on her life, entitled “The Easy Kind” and co-starring Susie Essman, Karen Allen and even David Letterman, but that it’s a […]

10 Black Floridians Shaping the State

In honor of Black History Month, we’re looking back on our favorite stories celebrating Black change agents making their mark in music, art, sports and culinary culture.