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Holley opens student art exhibit with concert

Holley opens student art exhibit with concert

Elayne Smith March 17, 2014

The applause brought Lonnie Holley back for an encore, but a young girl took his place as Holley invited her up to his red keyboard. Sitting in his stool, the child gave the audience a shy smile. Holley...

Jason Isbell returns to Tuscaloosa

Jason Isbell returns to Tuscaloosa

CW Staff March 13, 2014

By Francie Johnson and Kinsey Haynes Just a few years ago, Alabama-born musician Jason Isbell lived the stereotypical rock star life. In “Super 8,” a song from his recently released album “Southeastern,”...

Dental technician produces album 44 years after 1st record

Jordan Cissell March 13, 2014

Forty-four years ago, a lady from Los Angeles you’ve probably never heard of released a record called “Parallelograms.” It was at once mellow but vivacious, pastoral but worldly. The album sold incredibly...

Student-led show choir to hold spring concert

Student-led show choir to hold spring concert

Laura Testino March 11, 2014

Audiences have the opportunity to enjoy renditions of a variety of musical numbers in “An Evening with Resonance: A Spring Revue,” the spring concert produced by student-led show choir Resonance. ...

Music festivals rise in popularity

Francie Johnson March 10, 2014

She stood in the middle of nowhere, with the sun beating down on her and the temperature upward of 90 degrees. It had been days since her last encounter with soap or shampoo, and surrounding her were thousands...

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...

Yoko Ono rumors regarding The Beatles completely undeserved

Francie Johnson March 6, 2014

About three weeks ago, I mindlessly shared a photo from Rolling Stone’s Facebook page wishing Yoko Ono a happy birthday. A few hours and more than 50 Facebook comments later, I found myself headfirst...

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...

Charleston couple focuses on authentic sound, performance

Amy Marino February 26, 2014

In honor of it finally being Shovels & Rope week – they play this Friday in Birmingham – it is my absolute joy and obligation as a fan to tell you how incredible and talented they are and how you need...

The doctors are in: Wakarusa music festival to welcome Tuscaloosa student band The Doctors and the Lawyers

The doctors are in: Wakarusa music festival to welcome Tuscaloosa student band The Doctors and the Lawyers

Francie Johnson February 26, 2014

The String Cheese Incident. Bassnectar. The Flaming Lips. The Doctors and The Lawyers. All four of these bands will perform at this year’s Wakarusa Music Festival, an annual four-day event held in Ozark,...

Engineering professor makes name for himself in musical world

Engineering professor makes name for himself in musical world

Elayne Smith February 24, 2014

Alan Lane is not the typical chemical engineering professor: He doubles as Doobie “Doghouse” Wilson, singer and songwriter. With a head of gray hair and a face framed by a matching beard, Lane started...

Opera Theatre finds new home

Opera Theatre finds new home

Laura Testino February 24, 2014

With the ushering in of the Spring semester came the final renovations to a 1969 chapel on The University of Alabama’s Bryce campus that transformed the building into Bryant-Jordan Hall, the new home...