LEON BRIDGES GIVES BIRMINGHAM A GOOD THING// BJCC Reggie Allen May 8, 2019 Music, Reviews 10 Comments Almost three years after his sold-out show at the Alabama Theatre, Grammy-nominated artist Leon Bridges made his triumphant return to the Magic City, bringing his " Good Thing" tour to the BJCC Concert...
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ROCKS BIRMINGHAM// REVIEW Reggie Allen May 1, 2019 Music 14 Comments By J Mattew Cobb Last time the Seattle, WA-based indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie played Birmingham was on a warm May 5 in 2017 underneath the steam shed of Sloss Furnaces. Slowly approaching the two-year...
Fantastic Negrito Talks About His Life and Music Alan Sculley April 18, 2019 Features, Music 5 Comments Fantastic Negrito Talks About His Life and Music Fantastic Negrito is Xavier Dphrepaulez, the son of a Somali-Carribean immigrant who has a story he wants to tell, in conversation and in music. It’s a tale...
Zac Brown Band Talks About There New Tour Alan Sculley April 10, 2019 Features, Music 17 Comments Zac Brown Band Talks About There New Tour Zac Brown Band may just be the world’s greatest cover band or at least that’s been the case on its current “Down the Rabbit Hole” tour. The tour, which...
Pink Pours Out ‘Beautiful Trauma’ on Birmingham’s Legacy Arena Stage Reggie Allen April 1, 2019 Features, Music, Reviews 19 Comments Pink Pours Out ‘Beautiful Trauma’ on Birmingham’s Legacy Arena Stage By J. Matthew Cobb Pink is almost impossible to lock down. She doesn’t like boundaries. And as a solo artist, she’s proven...
TobyMac Talks About His New CD and Life Alan Sculley March 25, 2019 Features, Music 40 Comments TobyMac Talks About His New CD and Life TobyMac’s current album, “Elements,” has given him his biggest hit single in a half-dozen years with the song “I Just Need U,” which spent a dozen weeks atop...
Moon Taxi Talks About There New Album. Alan Sculley March 15, 2019 Features, Music 7 Comments Moon Taxi Talks About There New Album. To Trevor Terndrup, creativity is a use-it-or-lose-it sort of gift, which helps explain why less than 11 months after the release of “Let the Record Play,” the...
Class Act: Nine Inch Nails’ Chris Vrenna on Becoming a Teacher in Alabama Susan Ryder March 8, 2019 Features, Music 9 Comments Class Act: Nine Inch Nails' Chris Vrenna on Becoming a Teacher in Alabama Millions of fans know him as the legendary drummer of iconic rock band Nine Inch Nails. But to a classroom of 20 students, he’s...
St. Paul and the Broken Bones Talks About There Southern Values Alan Sculley February 28, 2019 Features, Music 38 Comments St. Paul and the Broken Bones About About There Southern Values When you talk about Southern values, family certainly ranks as a significant cornerstone. For Paul Janeway, lead singer of St. Paul...
Kurt Vile Talks About His Music and Tour! Alan Sculley February 21, 2019 Features, Music 36 Comments Kurt Vile Talks About His Music and Tour! Kurt Vile was relaxing at his Philadelphia-area home in early February, playing with his daughters and thinking about hitting the road in 2019 with his band The...