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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,...

Embracing differences will help Tuscaloosa heal

Trey Irby June 1, 2011

The toughest thing to learn in the midst of tragedy is how to really care about the more pedantic things in life, like opinions on the arts. Of course, I personally wasn’t thinking about new records...

Hackberry Records disconnected from Tuscaloosa

Trey Irby April 27, 2011

As the school year closes, it always feels like a series of departures. For better or for worse, Tuscaloosa is shaped (or destroyed) by the people who stay here for four years of their life. And unfortunately,...

Austrian composer Lukas Ligeti to perform free concert at Art Kitchen

Austrian composer Lukas Ligeti to perform free concert at Art Kitchen

Jordan Staggs April 27, 2011

Lukas Ligeti, an Austrian composer and percussionist specializing in unconventional and often improvisational methods of music-making, will perform a free concert at Alabama Art Kitchen May 3 at 7 p.m....

Isbell returns to roots in “Here We Rest”

Isbell returns to roots in “Here We Rest”

Jonathan Reed April 24, 2011

If you want to see an argument heat up quickly, ask any Drive-By Truckers fan who the band’s best songwriter is. Many will choose the band’s de facto frontman, Patterson Hood, whose sheer volume of...

Three ensembles to perform at Moody

Three ensembles to perform at Moody

Ashley Chaffin April 21, 2011

The Moody Concert Hall will come to life for the last time this semester with a concert that showcases the talents of three music ensembles from the University. The Huxford Symphony Orchestra, University...

Callooh! Callay! discuss creating new music

Trey Irby April 19, 2011

"We're going to play some songs." Adam Morrow, lead vocalist of Callooh! Callay!, opened our little chat with that line, and while he meant it as a joke response parodying bad interview questions, it...