MATTHEW ASHRAF // Former HBCU student talks about performing with Beyoncé, Reggie Allen May 8, 2018 Features, Music 11 Comments MATTHEW ASHRAF // Former HBCU student talks about performing with Beyoncé, School and making music. Matthew Ashraf had no idea that he would participate in 2018’s most talked about concert. He was just...
Steve Earle & The Dukes // So You Wanna Be An Outlaw Alan Sculley May 8, 2018 Features, Music 11 Comments Steve Earle & The Dukes // So You Wanna Be An Outlaw Steve Earle is a maverick. Anyone who has passing awareness of this Texas native, his music and career trajectory path is well aware of this fact. So...
Celtic Woman talks with Planet Weekly! Alan Sculley April 20, 2018 Features, Music 10 Comments Celtic Woman talks with Planet Weekly! The Irish have always had a strong cultural base rooted in song and storytelling. And while the tradition is often steeped in images of cable-knit sweaters and caps,...
Styx // “The Mission” Linda Johnson March 29, 2018 Features, Music 6 Comments Styx // "The Mission" When the new Styx album, “The Mission,” arrived last June, it ended a 14-year run without an album of new original material from the veteran band. For years, the band members...
Matchbox Twenty // A Brief History of Everything Alan Sculley August 9, 2017 Features, Music 10 Comments Matchbox Twenty // A Brief History of Everything Matchbox Twenty is doing its first U.S. tour in four years this summer, but fans shouldn’t expect this outing to immediately be followed by a new studio...
Train // Play That Song Tour Alan Sculley June 5, 2017 Features, Music 12 Comments 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...
AMY MCCARLEY RETURNS TO BAMA THEATRE FOR ACOUSTIC NIGHT Susan Ryder January 21, 2016 Arts, Features, Music 13 Comments AMY MCCARLEY RETURNS TO BAMA THEATRE FOR ACOUSTIC NIGHT Singer-songwriter Amy McCarley will be the featured artist in a performance on Acoustic Night on Feb. 14, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre....
Interview with YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Alan Sculley January 21, 2016 Features, Music 9 Comments YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Adam Aijala says Yonder Mountain String Band has never been a group to plot out its career – or just about anything the group does. To hear him tell it, there was no strategy...