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Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White
Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White
Earle's 'Terraplane' places emphasis on Texas-inspired blues music

Earle's 'Terraplane' places emphasis on Texas-inspired blues music

Jordan Cissell • March 3, 2015

Texas blues has always run a little contrary in tone to its counterparts in the southeast. The line is by no means a hard and fast one, but generally speaking, the old Mississippi howlers have cultivated...

Professor doubles as musician

Professor doubles as musician

Andrew Laningham • January 20, 2015

At open mics all around Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alan Lane becomes Doobie “Doghouse” Wilson, playing blues and folk music at clubs in the area.Lane, a chemical engineering professor, started playing...

Kentuck offers introduction to blues

Alex Cohen • March 25, 2012

Students, and perhaps most adults, would be hard pressed to name a blues artist who is alive today. That’s a shame for Alabamians, who are surrounded by the genre’s history. Luckily, a few local art...

Cohen gets better with age in ‘Old Ideas’

Jefferson Fabian • February 8, 2012

I shudder to think about what I could possibly be doing when I’m 78-years-old or even if I’ll live to be that old at all. Call me cynical, but rarely do my thoughts bring up the image of a rich, wise...

Alabama Blues Project focuses on celebrating rich musical culture

Alabama Blues Project focuses on celebrating rich musical culture

Ashley Chaffin • November 22, 2011

Many Alabama residents may not realize that the state is known for the blues, but a local nonprofit is hoping to change that. “The purpose was, and is to this day, that Alabama blues is overlooked,”...

Sponsors provide free tickets for Tinsley Ellis concert

Sponsors provide free tickets for Tinsley Ellis concert

Stephanie Brumfield • February 15, 2011

Singer-songwriter and hard-rocking blues guitarist Tinsley Ellis will return to the Bama Theatre Thursday night, only this time the show is free. Having toured consistently since the 80s, Ellis has played...