5 PEOPLE YOU DIDN’T KNOW SPENT TIME IN TUSCALOOSA William Barshop June 23, 2015 News & Sports 5 PEOPLE YOU DIDN’T KNOW SPENT TIME IN TUSCALOOSA CONDOLEEZZA RICE Condoleezza Rice served as the secretary of state for the US from 2005-2009 under George W. Bush. She was born in Birmingham, but resided...
SMOOTH AND PRISMATIC // ALABAMA SHAKES AMAZES ON “SOUND & COLOR” William Barshop April 28, 2015 Features, Music, Reviews SMOOTH AND PRISMATIC // ALABAMA SHAKES AMAZES ON "SOUND & COLOR" Jesus preached against wasting your five talents, and Alabama Shakes has ten or twenty to spare. The first and foremost is the big,...
SMOOTH AND PRISMATIC // ALABAMA SHAKES AMAZES ON “SOUND & COLOR” William Barshop April 24, 2015 Features, Music, Reviews SMOOTH AND PRISMATIC // ALABAMA SHAKES AMAZES ON "SOUND & COLOR" Jesus preached against wasting your five talents, and Alabama Shakes has ten or twenty to spare. The first and foremost is the big,...
YELLOWHAMMER FESTIVAL // GOOD VIBES AT THE ARBORETUM // William Barshop April 13, 2015 Arts, Features YELLOWHAMMER FESTIVAL // GOOD VIBES AT THE ARBORETUM // Isn’t it about time Tuscaloosa had its own music festival? For a town so full of youth, talent and a healthy love for the arts, a unifying...
CARRIE & LOWELL // A TENDER EULOGY FROM SUFJAN STEVENS William Barshop March 31, 2015 Music, Reviews CARRIE & LOWELL // A TENDER EULOGY FROM SUFJAN STEVENS A Sufjan Stevens fan posted a screenshot of the comment box of Stevens’ website a few months back. Their message to Sufjan: “you hurt me so...
ALABAMA WORKS TOWARDS CLEANER WATER // ACTIVISTS TAKE ACTION William Barshop March 30, 2015 Features, News & Sports ALABAMA WORKS TOWARDS CLEANER WATER // ACTIVISTS TAKE ACTION By Preston Thompson and William Barshop When a catastrophic spill of coal ash plagued Kingston, Tenn. and Swan Pond, the toxic grey sludge...
BLACK NOTES // MARY WEEMS CHANNELS VOLUMES OF HISTORY William Barshop March 17, 2015 Arts, Reviews BLACK NOTES // MARY WEEMS CHANNELS VOLUMES OF HISTORY Mary Weems begins her journey through black history with a Negro spiritual, sung low and mournful as she appears before a crowd in Gorgas Library at the...
BAAK GWAII // TEN YEARS OF HONEST ROCK WITH JHON SNOWDEN William Barshop March 17, 2015 Features, Music, Reviews BAAK GWAII // TEN YEARS OF HONEST ROCK WITH JHON SNOWDEN This is an attempt at a mullet,” said Jhon Snowden, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Tuscaloosa band, Baak Gwai. “I think I’ll go for a...
JOE DEVITA IS LIVING HIS DREAMS // AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT William Barshop February 13, 2015 Music, Reviews JOE DEVITA IS LIVING HIS DREAMS // AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT Joe DeVita was 1,800 miles from home when a five-car collision almost left him paralyzed in Durango, Col. In hindsight, he called it “one of the...
EURYDICE // UA THEATRE BRINGS THE UNDERWORLD TO LIFE // REHEARSALS William Barshop February 13, 2015 Arts, Entertainment, Features EURYDICE // UA THEATRE BRINGS THE UNDERWORLD TO LIFE // REHEARSALS Braving the underworld to save a lost damsel may be the stuff of myths, but did you ever wonder what the damsel was doing that whole time?...
