Music

HOT AUGUST BLUES // GOOD THINGS COME // THE JOHNNY SHINES BLUES FESTIVAL Say “the blues” or “blues music” to the average fan, and you will stir up images of smoke-filled juke joints, bathtub gin,...

THE IMAGINE FESTIVAL // TOP ELECTRONIC ACTS TO ATLANTA Alabama fans will descend on Atlanta for the season opener against the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Georgia Dome, a venue quite familiar to the...

RISING STAR SARAH MCQUAID // ACOUSTIC NIGHT AT THE BAMA Musician Sarah McQuaid will be featured in a performance on Acoustic Night on September 8, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre. Presented by The...

AUTUMN AT THE JUPITER // AN EXCITING LINEUP   Fall at the Jupiter: It’s still the middle of summer, but if you’re confused we can’t blame you. The mornings have been incredibly fall-like this...

THE CLASH // CHANGED ROCK by Keith Lennox It was 38 years ago that a band arrived on the scene and changed the trajectory of rock music forever. They were not the most talented musicians, nor were they a...

SIMPSON'S "REPTILE ALIENS MADE OF LIGHT" // PROOF THAT COUNTRY'S MORE THAN BEER, BREAKUPS AND BIG-ASS TRUCKS by Jordan Cissell This is a quality album. Sturgill Simpson stuffed his first record, last...

LOCAL MUSIC – AUG 7 - AUG 22 THURSDAY AUGUST 7 Cooter Brown, Rhythm & Brews FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 Uri, Copper Top Another Hero, Rhythm & Brews Who Shot Lizzy?, Mike's...

FKA TWIGS // A GLIMPSE OF THE R'n'B ENIGMA Everyone's first reaction to the art of FKA Twigs is the same: what-is- she? Guesses range from alien lifeform to shapeshifting nymph when it comes to the London...

T-TOWN & iTUNES // AFTER THE LIVE PERFORMANCE Every night in the bars and theaters of Tuscaloosa patrons can hear the sounds that define the musical landscape. Rock, folk, country, electronic and...

One very early morning seven or eight years ago, while desperately searching for something, anything to watch on TV on a particularly sleepless night, I stumbled across a movie on The Documentary Channel...