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HCA offers students chance to ‘espresso’ themselves

Alex Cohen September 15, 2010

Honors College students have a lot on their plates. They struggle with a rigorous schedule of tests, homework and extracurricular activities. They often also struggle with a certain kind of social isolation...

Blues artists to play Bama

Blues artists to play Bama

Cameron Kiszla September 15, 2010

Grammy-nominated blues artist Ruthie Foster will perform at the Bama Theatre tonight to benefit the Alabama Blues Project. The renowned singer and guitarist, known for her mix of blues, gospel, folk,...

VMAs an affront to all music fans

Trey Irby September 14, 2010

“Remember when MTV played music videos?” This is the dumbest question that is most constantly asked by anyone in their 20s, because, no, I have no memories of an all-music channel. No students at...

Citizen Cope to play Bama Theatre

Citizen Cope to play Bama Theatre

Cameron Kiszla September 12, 2010

Singer-songwriter Citizen Cope will bring his mix of folk, hip-hop and blues to the Bama Theatre tonight for a 10 p.m. show. “A concert by an artist of his professionalism and talent and popularity...

Hip-hop concert connects music with politics

Alex Cohen September 9, 2010

When hip-hop is brought into conversation in Alabama, people typically cite familiar names, like The Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Wayne, NAS, Mos Def and Snoop Dogg. But Alabamians are unfamiliar with the...

Luke Bryan's Farm Tour brings country music to the Bama Theatre

Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour brings country music to the Bama Theatre

Stephanie Brumfield September 9, 2010

Luke Bryan, one of country music’s hottest new stars, is performing at the Bama Theatre tonight at 9 p.m. Bryan, who has been nominated for the Best New Artist category at the CMA Awards this November,...

Needtobreathe to play Bama Theatre

Lauren Cuervo September 8, 2010

Alternative rock band Needtobreathe will be coming to Tuscaloosa for the second stop on its 2010 “Young and Far from Home” tour. The band will perform at the Bama Theatre tonight at 8 p.m., with doors...

Local label showcases talent

Local label showcases talent

Cameron Kiszla September 1, 2010

Six local artists are set to perform at the downtown Mellow Mushroom for the second-annual Hackberry Records fall showcase Friday at 10 p.m. Tuscaloosa-based label Hackberry Records consists of second-time...

Local music is not dead

Trey Irby August 31, 2010

I hope you’ve read a letter to the editor by Reed Watson, co-owner of Hackberry Records (although, he would argue it is more a creative agreement than a traditional label). In it, Watson writes out a...

Greekfest sees large turnout

Greekfest sees large turnout

Karissa Bursch August 29, 2010

Even when the sky began to darken and the rain started to fall, students and other concert-goers simply put Costa del Mar shirts on their heads and huddled around the stage to wait for the concert to begin....

The Dixie opens after name change

The Dixie opens after name change

Cameron Kiszla August 29, 2010

After renovations and a name change, the Dixie, formerly known as the Jupiter Bar & Grill, hosted its first shows this weekend Hightide Blues, Michael Warren and Meghan Elliot performed Friday night,...

Greekfest returns to raise money for Gulf

Greekfest returns to raise money for Gulf

Cameron Kiszla August 26, 2010

The 2010 Costa del Mar U. of Blue Greekfest returns to Tuscaloosa tonight at 7 p.m. with nationally renowned performers Pretty Lights, Slightly Stoopid and Grammy Award-winning Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to...