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Alabama musicians pick the best of fall

Trey Irby August 31, 2011

In honor of the new semester, I decided to talk to a couple of fine musicians about their recent favorite albums from the state. I will pass the floor on to them to comment. Reed Watson The Secret Sisters...

Acoustic Night set to begin at The Bama

Amy Hicks August 29, 2011

Throughout the year The Bama Theatre will host Acoustic Night in The Greensboro Room. The series is random, although they are usually set for Monday through Wednesday, and happen after a band or booking...

Greekfest brings Dierks Bentley to fraternity row

Greekfest brings Dierks Bentley to fraternity row

Alex Cohen August 25, 2011

The city of Tuscaloosa could host its largest musical concert to date. The tunes won’t reverberate from the community’s new amphitheater that boasts a capacity of 7,500 this Friday. Instead, a potential...

The evolution of hip-hop today

Jefferson Fabian August 24, 2011

Since its birth in the 1970s, hip-hop has grown and evolved in ways nobody could have foreseen. We’ve watched as it transformed from its humble beginnings in the Bronx into its current form as a billion...

Music seminar comes to Alabama

Music seminar comes to Alabama

Hailey Grace Allen August 3, 2011

The University of Alabama’s Department of Music will host the 2011 Alessi Seminar at Moody Music Concert Hall from July 29-Aug. 6. This nine-day event is directed by the New York Philharmonic’s principal...

Turntable, Spotify turn music into a social experience

Turntable, Spotify turn music into a social experience

Trey Irby August 3, 2011

Forms of media (movies, television, music, et al.) tend to go in these strange cycles almost entirely independent of what it is hyping in terms of quality. Great things get embraced somewhat by accident,...

Incoming freshman plans tornado benefit concert

Hannah Muncher August 3, 2011

As the months go by, our community still remembers the April 27 tornado like it happened yesterday. We see constant reminders as we drive down 15th Street, passing clean up crews and debris that has yet...

Rihanna adds tour stop in Alabama

CW Staff June 28, 2011

Rihanna has added Birmingham, Ala. to the list of places she will visit this summer on her LOUD Tour. She announced this week that she will be performing at the BJCC Arena on Monday, July 11. Tickets go...

How to go to a concert on $150 or less

How to go to a concert on $150 or less

Ashley Chaffin June 28, 2011

One thing I’ve noticed that I have in common with most other college students is that most of us do not like spending money, and most of us do not have a lot of money to spend. This, however, has never...

Orchestra in need of new string musicians

CW Staff June 21, 2011

The University of Alabama’s internationally acclaimed Huxford Symphony Orchestra is in need of string musicians. Non-music majors who play violin, viola, cello or double bass may be eligible to earn...

Tornado serves as inspiration for two local musicians

Tornado serves as inspiration for two local musicians

Trey Irby June 21, 2011

"I feel like I could tell the weather was getting bad,” said Tuscaloosa musician Joshua Folmar. Folmar and I are standing right outside of Egan’s as he recounts the story of what happened to him on...

Frank Turner's quest for redemption in the modern world

Frank Turner’s quest for redemption in the modern world

Jonathan Reed June 14, 2011

Thanks to British musician Frank Turner, nobody can ever say cynical atheists don’t have hymns. Turner, a former member of British punk band Million Dead, who now produces music ranging from raucous,...