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EDDIE VEDDER, BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, FORT LAUDERDALE, NOV. 30-DEC. 1 We all knew the Pearl Jam frontman could sing, but in this pair of concerts in Fort Lauderdale, in which a euphoric Vedder was joined onstage by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard and Miami's own Cat Power, he proved that he's a remarkable musician as well. He delivered a 30-song romp through his solo and Pearl Jam catalogs while creating a gigantic sound using only electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolins and a well-traveled drum box, all of which he played himself. -- Jake Cline (Danny Clinch/Courtesy /December 11, 2012)
Multitalented Alicia Keys will perform at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on March 23, a stop on the 24-city North American leg of her “Set The World On Fire Tour.” Tickets are $58-$100 and are available at this link.
The 14-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer is touring in support of her latest RCA Records album, “Girl on Fire,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard’s Top 200 chart, as well as the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Digital albums charts. It also hit No. 1 on the iTunes album charts in 19 countires.
Keys recently followed the hit single “Girl on Fire” with another release, the simmering girl-power anthem “Brand New Me” (below).
The singer believes 2013 will be a personally “powerful” year, which she’ll start in grand style performing Monday at one of the official Washington, D.C., parties for the presidential inauguration. Brad Paisley, Katy Perry, Marc Anthony, John Legend and fun are also on the list.
“'Girl On Fire' has been such an empowering and freeing experience for me as an artist. I can’t wait to discover how the new and familiar faces I see on tour embrace the music and the journey we're taking,” Keys said in a press statement.
Her opening act on the tour is R&B star Miguel, recently nominated for five Grammys of his own, including song of the year for the sexy “Adorn” and best urban contemporary album for “Kaleidoscope Dream.”
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Ben Crandell: My dad missed the birth of his first son, family legend has it, while transfixed a few blocks up Fifth Avenue by another new creation, Frank Lloyd Wright's audacious Guggenheim and its spherical whirl of Kandinsky, de Kooning and Pollack. I never held it against him. 
