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CBDB brings its own "joyfunk" to Tuscaloosa

CBDB brings its own “joyfunk” to Tuscaloosa

Rebecca Howard January 18, 2012

Drive down The Strip of Tuscaloosa and most nights you will hear the sound of CBDB, a local Tuscaloosa band that has played their improvisational jam sound at local bars each week since the summer of 2011....

Moody to host concert in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

CW Staff January 12, 2012

Instead of the usual student musicians and visiting artists performing in the Moody Concert Hall, this weekend the venue will come alive with the 23rd Annual Realizing the Dream Concert. Each year, the...

The best of 2011: "Strange Mercy" tops list that includes Gaga, G-Side

The best of 2011: “Strange Mercy” tops list that includes Gaga, G-Side

Trey Irby December 7, 2011

I know that list making does that annoying thing where I try to quantify art by saying one thing is somehow more valuable than the others. I also know that this framing device is pretentious, and that...

Girl Talk performs ‘All Day,’ all night

Sophia Jones December 1, 2011

He floats over crowds in inflatable life rafts. He wears old-school sweatbands around his head. He recombines, reconstitutes, recreates and rebels. He is the king of the underground music scene. He is...

Paranoid about Sabbath reunion

Jefferson Fabian November 30, 2011

On Nov. 11, the legendary, widely-accepted originators of heavy metal Black Sabbath announced that they would be reunited with all four members from their classic original lineup, featuring Ozzy Osbourne...

Bad Boys of Blues help low income children

Bad Boys of Blues help low income children

Alex Cohen November 30, 2011

  As December’s season of giving draws closer and closer, parents in the Tuscaloosa community want to ensure their children’s happiness. Typically, this calls for toys, chocolates and Christmas trees....

Resonance to perform hit songs with live band

Resonance to perform hit songs with live band

Hannah Muncher November 30, 2011

Click HERE to watch clips and interviews of UA's Fall 2011 Resonance Show Choir that will be performing November 30, 2011 at the Bama Theatre. Lady Gaga, Aerosmith, Tina Turner and Michael Buble are...

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...