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...

You’re studying: It’s only our first full week back, but, of course, most of us already have some studying to do. Next time you hit the books, try listening to the “The House We Grew Up In” by...

The cover of Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming Jan. 14 release, “High Hopes,” prominently features two not-quite-mirror-image The Bosses, each clad completely in denim and wielding a blurry Stratocaster,...

While others are grabbing their licenses and keys to get ready to go out to the bars on the Strip, Brett Hodinka is reaching for his mixer and his computer. When others have been thinking all Friday about...

If you pull up Adron’s music on your computer and hit “shuffle,” there’s a good chance you’ll hear birds chirping. What you might not realize, though, is that those aren’t real birds. “[Making...

The other day, as I was driving home, something pretty rare happened: A catchy acoustic song, one worthy of looking up later, played on the Top 40 radio station I was listening to. Throughout this mystery...

When many of us look at a balloon, we see a simple party decoration, a bubble of air encased by a thin layer of latex. When experimental music composer and performer Judy Dunaway looks at a balloon, she...

The University of Alabama School of Music will host an evening of choral singing featuring the University Chorus, the Choral Music Chamber Ensemble and the Hueytown High School Chamber Choir. The concert...

When Tyler Barron left college halfway through his first semester, his only goal was to take his music career as far as it would go. He played bars from Birmingham to Gordo, Ala., covering popular country...