Johnson explained its origins in a 1985 Times-Picayune interview. He said his friend Frank Miller helped inspire him. “He gave me the lines about the Green Room and the Plaza. They were bars near the ...

Bob Dylan, "Lay Lady Lay" (7.1 percent) REM, "At My Most Beautiful" (4.8 percent) Etta James, "Don't Blame Me" (4.8 percent) The Cure, "Lovecats" (4.8 percent) Jeff Buckley, "Lover, You Should've Come ...

Fast forward to the present day and my musical dreams have become reality. There are now several apps that use AI to separate and remove “stems” — like bass, drums or vocals — from any song. One of ...

Nat King Cole, the velvet-voiced singer of such hits as “Unforgettable," was born in Montgomery, Ala. How much do you know ...

It's hard to imagine a more potent combination of blues and gospel talent than The Blind Boys of Alabama and Shemekia ...

Monday's "Dances and Dreams" concert by the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra features a wide range of sounds, from Mozart to a work inspired by Mao.

Real Betis had a frustrating defeat last weekend to Celta Vigo,  giving up a lead and conceding in the final ten minutes to ...

The Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center will present Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue on Sunday, May 4, at the ...

Prior to her sudden fame, Welch, a 22-year-old Tennessee native, briefly attended the University of North Alabama. That facet ...

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the ...

Searching for the brother I lost in Assad’s prisons in a free Syria The Assad regime disappeared my brother in 2018. Now that my country is free, I have renewed hope that I may find him.

When Prince died in 2016, Al said, “I hadn’t approached him in about 20 years because he always said no, but I had this fantasy that he’d come out with a new song, I’d have a great idea ...