Music

FIRST-EVER SLOSS FEST COMES TO MAGIC CITY It was once the industrial center of Birmingham. Since its closing, it has been the subject of reported hauntings and has been featured on several television shows...

DRY HUMOR & EVERYDAY OBSERVATION //COURTNEY BARNETT Courtney Barnett’s trademark stream-of-consciousness delivery is less the smiling UPS representative ringing the doorbell and conveying a package...

Southeastern Concerts & Events TUESDAY, MARCH 31 BIRMINGHAM Sarah McLachlan, BJCC The Nth Power, Zydeco Sylvan Esso, WorkPlay Theater ATLANTA Damien Rice, Tabernacle NASHVILLE Vince Gill,...

PHISH COMES TO THE TUSCALOOSA AMP // BIG SEASON AHEAD What is shaping up to be quite a season in 2015 for the Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre got a big boost with the announcement that touring legends Phish will...

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...

TERRAPLANE // STEVE EARLE'S FUN TRIBUTE TO TEXAS BLUES Texas blues has always run a little contrary in tone to its counterparts in the Southeast. The line is by no means a hard and fast one, but generally...

LOCAL MUSIC: MARCH 17 – MARCH 26   TUESDAY, MARCH 17 Baak Gwai & Couches St. Patrick's Day show, Green Bar Plato Jones, Innisfree WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 Unplugged Acoustic Acts, Rhythm...

JOHN FOGERTY COMES TO TUSCALOOSA 5/10 “Left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day. And I never lost one minute of sleeping worrying about the way things might have been.” To...

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...

TUSCALOOSA'S SHIFTING NIGHTLIFE //CHANGING SCENES Maybe it’s because I’m getting older. At 26, I don’t look for the same things in a bar I did when I just turned 21 (or before, but we won’t get into...