Several college towns nationwide have reputations for their bustling original music scenes. Although Tuscaloosa’s music scene may lack the national recognition of these towns, it’s thriving more than...

Thursday evening marks the season opening of one of The University of Alabama’s top performance groups, the Huxford Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra opens the 2014-2015 season with the first of six...

Gram Parsons died 41 years ago Friday. As Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards once said, although we have no idea of what Parsons would be doing were he still alive, he made enough beautiful music...

The University of Alabama Resonance, much like the TV show “Glee,”
is a show choir filled with students 
who are passionate about music. Founded in 2008 by UA alumnus Michael Zauchin, Resonance...

Upon hearing the breathy, crawling voice of Monica Martin of Wisconsin band PHOX, splattered over the whimsical likes of whistles, banjo, clarinet, horn, keys, electric guitar, mandolin and clapping, one...

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...

By Francie Johnson New York Magazine’s Jody Rosen coined the term “bro country” to describe the corner of country music devoted to tailgates, trucks and dirt roads. Bro country has been the genre...

Can a song really change your life?In the movie “Garden State,” the character Sam, played by Natalie Portman, asks Andrew, played by Zach Braff, in the doctor’s office if he’ll listen to her music....

Jenny Lewis and Tom Petty, both fixtures of the super-hyphenated alt-country, alt-rock, country-rock scene that constitutes contemporary Americana, both release new albums today and both sets of new music...

Walter Parks, songwriter and guitar player, will combine guitar playing and a sense of southern humor on Friday night when he headlines the Bama Theatre’s next acoustic night. “It’s a historical...

From taking the stage to working on a second album, Mother Funk, a band made up of University of Alabama students, is keeping busy. “We will be releasing a single by the end of the year,” said...