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Change of Venue: Closure of venues shrinks Tuscaloosa's music scene

Change of Venue: Closure of venues shrinks Tuscaloosa's music scene

Mary Catherine Hodges February 9, 2015

It’s 1992 in Tuscaloosa, and the Strip is a-buzz. The Beach Club is having another sellout 70s night with a live disco band, and there’s a chance students can see Dave Matthews, Widespread Panic, Drivin’...

UA student competes to open for singer-songwriter

UA student competes to open for singer-songwriter

Francie Johnson February 5, 2015

Last week, Logan Bowden, a senior majoring in interdisciplinary studies, received the news of a lifetime: he had been selected as a finalist in a competition to open for his songwriting idol, Gregory Alan...

Mulligan brothers visit Tuscaloosa for third time

Mulligan brothers visit Tuscaloosa for third time

Francie Johnson January 27, 2015

The Mulligan Brothers, a band based in Mobile, have played in Tuscaloosa twice before, but with their sophomore album hot off the presses, vocalist and fiddle, mandolin and harmonica player Gram Rea said...

Summer music festivals release lineups, offer variety

Summer music festivals release lineups, offer variety

Francie Johnson January 26, 2015

In the past few weeks, music festival lineup announcements have been dropping left and right. For those who plan on being in Tuscaloosa this summer, there are a variety of music festivals in the Southeast...

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...

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...

Sleater-Kinney keeps breaking rules with album 'No Cities to Love'

Sleater-Kinney keeps breaking rules with album 'No Cities to Love'

Jordan Cissell January 20, 2015

“We win, we lose. Only 
together do we break the rules.”From the moment they groped and clawed their way to the top of the Pacific Northwest’s riot grrrl scene in the mid-1990s, those words –...

Band aims to revive classic music with Zeppelin

Band aims to revive classic music with Zeppelin

Drew Pendleton January 19, 2015

Led Zeppelin’s 1971 album “Led Zeppelin IV” will come to life in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, as the Black Jacket Symphony prepares to take the stage at the Bama Theatre.Founded by Birmingham musician...

Bridges shows '60s style

Amy Marino January 19, 2015

From Fort Worth, Texas, Leon Bridges may as well be a living, singing time capsule from the ‘60s. Initially interested in choreography, this modern-day Sam Cooke only picked up the guitar four years...

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...

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release album of spacey folk jams

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release album of spacey folk jams

Jordan Cissell January 11, 2015

Yeah, yeah. Their name may sound like the title of a long-lost Dr. Seuss book, but don’t write off King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard just yet. On “I’m in Your Mind Fuzz,” this seven-piece Australian...

Pianist to perform in Moody Music Building

Pianist to perform in Moody Music Building

Laura Testino January 11, 2015

The School of Music will host guest pianist Margery McDuffie Whatley for a concert this Tuesday.Whatley, a Georgia native, completed her master’s degree in music and doctorate in musical arts for piano...