ALABAMA SHAKES // SOUND & COLOR Alan Sculley August 18, 2015 Features, Music 13 Comments ALABAMA SHAKES // SOUND & COLOR Alabama Shakes’ new album, “Sound & Color.” is one of the boldest second albums in recent years, taking the fairly straightforward (but stirring) blues and soul...
311 // STEREOLITHIC Alan Sculley July 23, 2015 Features, Music 12 Comments 311 // STEREOLITHIC If 311 had one plan of action going into the making of its current album, “Stereolithic,” it was not to have a game plan. “Our manager was trying to get us to sit down and talk...
WHO TALKS MUSIC, FAME, LOVING HERSELF Alan Sculley July 13, 2015 Entertainment, Music 12 Comments WHO TALKS MUSIC, FAME, LOVING HERSELF In 2013, Spencer Spout had a plan. He would send his boyfriend Dustin to their local Home Depot in Salt Lake City, Utah to pick up some lights for a party. Once inside,...
DIERKS BENTLEY // RISER Alan Sculley July 13, 2015 Features, Music 10 Comments DIERKS BENTLEY // RISER “Riser,” the latest album from Dierks Bentley, is being lauded for its collection of mid-tempo tunes and ballads that find Bentley digging deeper than ever emotionally – a...
AWOLNATION // DIRTIER Alan Sculley June 5, 2015 Features, Music 11 Comments AWOLNATION // DIRTIER Aaron Bruno may have had major success with “Megalithic Symphony,” his first album under the band name Awolnation. That 2011 release spent 111 weeks on the “Billboard” magazine...
Caught a Big Wave // Florida Georgia Line on Country Success Alan Sculley June 2, 2015 Features, Music 5 Comments Caught a Big Wave // Florida Georgia Line on Country Success By L. Kent Wolgamott There is no fiddle or steel to be heard when Florida Georgia Line hits the stage. There is, however, lots of electric...
FOUR PEOPLE I MET IN SELMA // A WALK ACROSS THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE Alan Sculley March 31, 2015 News & Sports 4 Comments FOUR PEOPLE I MET IN SELMA // A WALK ACROSS THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE March marked the 50-year Anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march across the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge. The bridge-crossing jubilee takes...
HEADBANGERS HAIR SHOW // CULTURE AND LIFE Alan Sculley September 4, 2014 News & Sports, Reviews 34 Comments HEADBANGERS HAIR SHOW // CULTURE AND LIFE For eight years, Erica Grant has owned and operated Charming Kreations, a small manifestation of her fifteen years in the hair business. But for the past 6 years,...