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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
