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Chicken Salad Chick // Fresh Southern Delicious There are a variety of things that come to mind when one thinks of Southern food staples. For any basic Southern get together whether it’s a picnic or baby...

Q & A with K. Flay   Described by one British critic as “the mistress of maverick,” the whip-smart rapper is kind of a big deal right now. Last summer, she made headlines as the first...

CYNDI LAUPER // TAKES DETOUR TO COUNTRY  When Cyndi Lauper burst onto the music scene with her 1983 debut album “She’s So Unusual,” everything about her image found Lauper living up to the album title,...

Metro Diner // A Little Bit of Everything It’s rare to have a new restaurant in Tuscaloosa that is among the ranks of being featured on Food Network. I first noticed the impending arrival of Metro Diner...

Interview with James McMurtry James McMurtry spends hundreds of hours in the van each year, traveling American’s highways on the way to the 100 plus shows he and his band annually...

Train // Play That Song Tour Pat Monahan knows pop music remains a young person’s game. As the frontman of Train for 20 years-plus, he faces that reality with every new album as he lobbies pop radio to...

The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama welcomes Audrey S. Vaughn as the Rural Outreach Coordinator for West Alabama Works.   Audrey S. Vaughn is owner of Porter Daniel, LLC, a niche consultative...

New career training center opens in Brookwood Primary focus to fill 2,500 expected automotive positions.   The Brookwood Career Center opened its doors to the public May 1, offering a number of...

Seether//Poison the Parish Shaun Morgan, frontman of Seether, sounds more content, enthused – and maybe even self-assured -- than at any time since the early years of his group’s 15-year recording...

NEEDTOBREATHE// Success and the challenges that come with it Success, obviously, has its perks. But it also brings a few challenges. Needtobreathe discovered that firsthand in touring its 2014 album,...