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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,”...

Musician flies solo, creates music by looping voice

Alexandra Ellsworth November 17, 2011

Anyone who frequents The Strip has probably heard Andy Hall’s music drifting down from The Bear Trap’s rooftop bar. A native from Hartselle, Ala., Hall has been playing music in Tuscaloosa for the...

The Scene goes behind-the-scenes at the Amp

The Scene goes behind-the-scenes at the Amp

Jared Downing November 17, 2011

In its first season, the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater hosted 17 concerts, with acts ranging from  ZZ Top to “A Prairie Home Companion,” but all shows had one thing in common: each was run by three women....

Music to think about

Trey Irby November 16, 2011

Sometimes it is extremely difficult to honestly critique music. It may be because you’ve developed a friendship with the people involved, compromising any attempt at a more distant critical view. You...

Gangsta Gibbs keeping gangster rap alive

Jefferson Fabian November 10, 2011

When Gangsta Gibbs dropped the “Str8 Killa No Filla” mix tape last year, I was pleasantly surprised. It was the ?rst I had heard of Gibbs, and I de?nitely liked what I heard. Here is a rapper from...

Oz Music remains Tuscaloosa fixture

Jordan Cissell November 9, 2011

It’s less than a mile away from the Quad, but the trip to Oz Music might be more accurately described as a journey through time rather than a movement across physical space. The musical note sign hanging...

Acoustic night attracts local, out-of-state musicians

Acoustic night attracts local, out-of-state musicians

Lauren Ferguson November 2, 2011

The Bama Theatre will host Acoustic Night tonight for Tuscaloosa residents to enjoy live music by Tom Evanchuck and Lena Dice. Tom Evanchuck, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, will perform a series of original...

Callooh! Callay! offers different sound at Bama

Callooh! Callay! offers different sound at Bama

Rebecca Howard October 25, 2011

Taking the intensity down, Tuscaloosa’s local band takes the sound back to pure basics. Callooh! Callay!, with their folk-funk-rock sound, will perform an acoustic show at the Bama Theatre beginning...

Tuscaloosa band meshes different sounds together

Jonathan Reed October 25, 2011

Ryan Benton says his band is ambitious. After all, their first piece of work isn’t just a set – it’s a musically diverse array of five different songs that all flow seamlessly into each other. It...

Umphrey's McGee comes to Bama Theatre

Umphrey’s McGee comes to Bama Theatre

Will Edwards October 25, 2011

It’s not easy to describe Umphrey’s McGee. They’re certainly a jam band, but they don’t really sound like any other jam band out there. Their mixture of guitar harmonies, heavy metal-inspired riffs...

Alabama Symphonic Band to play Wednesday

Gabriel Dickson October 19, 2011

  The Alabama Symphonic Band will be playing their first of four concerts of the year this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody concert hall; the concert is free and open to the public. The Symphonic...

Black Metal: the evilest genre of all

Jefferson Fabian October 19, 2011

  Take a nice, long look at those two clowns pictured with this article. What questions immediately come to mind? I’ll go ahead and answer the big three: 1. Yes, they are in fact wearing bullet belts,...