Last year, Tracy Curvin-Flynn and Dana Curvin-Williams asked a well-known bluegrass musician, Edgar Loudermilk, to help them honor their father, Paul Curvin. He was a longtime bluegrass musician from Wellington who died in 2021 after a short illness.
It is live but doesn’t follow a paint by numbers approach. The interpretations are similar enough but with enough twist to serve as a primer for curious listeners.
It seems emo pop has become nostalgic for its fans, much like the revival of nu metal. These are fond days for me as they represent the last vestiges of guitar based rock that we cherished so much.
At my house, “If You Were Here” is a popular fixture as it’s anchored to the movie Sixteen Candles. My wife is an acolyte of John Hughes’ films, and the song serves a willing vehicle to those impressionable, albeit wonderful, memories.
It’s not common for an artist this bruised to recreate the malaise that accompanies the five stages of grief and dig out to the sunlight of forgiveness.
I use Thievery Corporation as an identifier because they’ve been at this music thing for a long time, they get better with age and they’re the perfect mash and tics of old, new, familiar and experimental.
HEFLIN — Because she’s from the rural South, teenage singer-songwriter Reese Burke says people think her music will be country music.
They were Southerners toiling in the music business, an occupation characterized by ruthless tactics and cumbersome business tactics.
My personified sweater had been in storage for nearly a decade. With no new music to look forward to I slipped into a new reality without Grey and his cohorts.
Wilcox has been crafting well written songs for decades while also bringing them to life on stage.
I'm going because I want to enjoy a night listening to an artist that elevates, inspires change and most importantly, holds a place in the pantheon of great American songwriters.
Kimbrough first gained notoriety in the ’80's with the Will and the Bushmen project that made some headway on MTV.
Ruston Kelly has held many titles. Artist, husband, son, fan favorite, and song writer are a few that come to mind.
Most of us were exposed to Dan Tyminski as a member of Union Station, Alison Krauss' splendid backing band.
Her mastery of her instrument and her blues soaked vocals soon put her on the musical map.
While the unit has always been a vehicle to showcase drummer Deen Castronovo and his unexpectedly brilliant vocals, this current incarnation also boasts guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra and bassist extraordinaire Jeff Pilson.
It’s not every day a resident of Calhoun County attends the Grammy Awards. But this year, at the 66th celebration of the annual award show, local attorney Michael LaPlante of the firm LaPlante, Merritt, Faulkner, Wilson and Clay in downtown Anniston was among the many attendees at the star-s…
The past, present, and future in the arts are before us next month with events that give a new spin on a subject we know about or do we? For example, we know about the Anniston Fire Department’s vital presence in our town but its history, in a book to be presented on March 12, also tells abo…
Bones Owens has written songs for and performed with several luminaries such as Bon Jovi, Yelawolf, Mikky Ekko and Jelly Roll. That would be a full bucket list for most.
Already known as a serious group with serious chops, SNACKTIME has performed at various festivals and is poised to make 2024 their year. The band offers a raucous celebration with their potent mix of funk, pop, R&B and hip hop.
John Waite has been a fixture on rock radio since the 1970s and more auspiciously, MTV in the 1980s and 1990s.
In the course of the conversation she even revealed her safe word to me. I now firmly identify as a Potterhead of the Grace variety. I've never seen any of Harry's movies or read the books.
‘Little Neon Limelight’ is down-to-earth, colorful
I first heard about Dan Sartain from some of the kids that frequented my store.
The Allman Betts Family Revival tour, featuring Devin Allman and the band's other namesake, Duane Betts. Berry Duane Oakley is also the son of another Allman Brother Band member, Berry Oakley.
