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Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires rocks Egan's Bar

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires rocks Egan's Bar

Kinsey Haynes • August 24, 2015

On Saturday evening, among all of the Greekfest activities on campus, Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires filled Egan’s on the Strip to its 75 person capacity.While most entertainment bars migrate towards...

Defenders of The Universe to make Tuscaloosa debut

Defenders of The Universe to make Tuscaloosa debut

Kinsey Haynes • January 22, 2015

Birmingham band Defenders of The Universe will make its Tuscaloosa debut Thursday night.“We are very excited,” said Hunter Whitfield, bass player to the band.From being inspired by bands such as The...

Duo set to play at Green Bar

Duo set to play at Green Bar

Kinsey Haynes • January 15, 2015

10 Cent Cigars, a band from Bayfield, Wisconsin, will make its Tuscaloosa debut at Green Bar Saturday.The band formed in 2011 and their name stems from a novel by J. Edgar Rice. The band’s name was originally...

Harpeth Rising takes from classical backgrounds to write folk

Harpeth Rising takes from classical backgrounds to write folk

Kinsey Haynes • January 8, 2015

Few modern bands say they do not have a genre. Nashville band Harpeth Rising fuses folk, bluegrass, rock, progressive and classical music into a sound that is considered to be without a typical 
genre...

Sister Hazel returns to Jupiter for new audience

Sister Hazel returns to Jupiter for new audience

Kinsey Haynes • September 6, 2014

Sister Hazel is returning to Tuscaloosa Thursday for an evening of bluesy 
college nostalgia at The Jupiter. Formed in 1993, Sister Hazel rose to fame with their hit single “All For You.” The song...

Charleston band Atlas Road Crew to play at Green Bar

Kinsey Haynes • September 4, 2014

Few young bands can say they have played big-name music festivals and have opened for nationally known acts in a span of only two years. Formed in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2012, Atlas Road Crew has...

Folk band to play at Bama

Folk band to play at Bama

Kinsey Haynes • August 17, 2014

In south Alabama, numerous genres of music blend, accentuating the area’s diverse culture. The Mulligan Brothers will play Thursday at the Bama Theatre’s annual acoustic night. This will be the band’s...

Cover band The Divines to play Rounders

Cover band The Divines to play Rounders

Kinsey Haynes • April 17, 2014

On any given weekend, whether it be downtown or on the Strip, cover bands of all genres can be heard filling the area with nostalgia, and The Divines are a prime example. Members Kenny Divine, drummer;...

Sundy Best to play at Gallettes

Kinsey Haynes • April 10, 2014

From its new album debuting at No. 11 on the Billboard Country Album chart to playing for a standing ovation crowd at the Grand Ole Opry, Sundy Best is on its way to being Kentucky’s new example of a...

Admiral Snackbar to play at Moe's BBQ

Admiral Snackbar to play at Moe’s BBQ

Kinsey Haynes • March 20, 2014

When Wes Martin went to Gulf Shores in the summer of 2013, he never expected to return home as the new drummer for Tuscaloosa band Admiral Snackbar. Martin’s focus for the trip was to listen to music...

Weekend Band Breakdown: Death of Paris to play at Green Bar Thursday

Weekend Band Breakdown: Death of Paris to play at Green Bar Thursday

Kinsey Haynes • March 6, 2014

Every time singer Jayna Doyle’s heart has been broken, she has written about it. She channels her failed relationships into catchy pop songs that represent how her life could have been. Her songwriting...

Local songwriter to perform at Rounders

Kinsey Haynes • February 27, 2014

The Tuscaloosa bar scene thrives on local musicians, and one contributor to this is singer-songwriter Sean Rivers. As with many musicians, Sean Rivers got his start in church choir. He would secretly write...

Wade Bowen brings Texas sound to town

Kinsey Haynes • February 20, 2014

The country music sub-genre Red Dirt is an important element of the Texas music scene. Early pioneers include Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Bob Childers. Recently, bands like Cross Canadian Ragweed,...

Clear Plastic Masks heads south

Kinsey Haynes • February 13, 2014

After forming in upstate New York in 2011, Clear Plastic Masks have started to push their limits and expand to Nashville. The band began when singer Andrew Katz, bassist Eddie Duquesne and drummer Charles...

Jupiter Bar hosts country singer Granger Smith

Kinsey Haynes • February 6, 2014

Texas country music singer Granger Smith will make his first appearance in Tuscaloosa on Friday at The Jupiter Bar. This will be Smith’s first time visiting Tuscaloosa. “I love college football so...

Local experimental band to perform at Green Bar

Kinsey Haynes • January 16, 2014

Green Bar is known to residents as one of Tuscaloosa’s best venues for unique, original and imaginative music — something Katie Manos, lead singer for Junkyard Kings, values. The band’s style of...