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• Tom Evanchuck and The Old Money

  

  Tom Evanchuck and The Old Money hails from "the rock 'n' roll capital of the world," Cleveland, Ohio. Since they've become a full-time touring band, however, they've fallen in love with the South, particularly Tuscaloosa. They've played 4 shows here...

• Reg's Coffee House celebrates 15 years

  

  Scott Register is one of Alabama's most vocal champions of independent music.
  He has helped propel the careers of many little-known artists, such as
  John Mayer and The Civil Wars, into the national mainstream.

• Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, Jack White to headline Hangout

  

  The Dave Matthews Band and Jack White are headlining the 2012 Hangout Music Fest on the beach at Gulf Shores in May. The lineup also features dozens of other acts like String Cheese Incident, Dispatch, Wilco, the Flaming Lips and the Alabama Shakes,...

• Dead Fingers' debut is impressive

  

• Electric Moon album release party Saturday

  

• Railroad Earth to play Bama Theatre

  

  Railroad Earth has been called many things — newgrass, jam band, Americana, folk — but “one-dimensional” is not one of them. The roots band has been playing for more than 10 years, and the longevity is beginning to pay off.

• Local blues musicians to release new album

  

  Kenny Walker writes lyrics, inspirational verses that sound to him like gospel. But when he began to feel ready to share his words with the world, he bumped into a couple of problems: He doesn't sing or play an instrument.

• Bryan Adams reschedules postponed October concert at Bama

  

  When I interviewed Bryan Adams via email last year, in advance of his October booking at the Bama Theatre, one of the things we discussed was his distinctively raspy voice. Rock ‘n' rollers crave that sound, somewhere between a husky whisper...

• Beatles tribute band The Fab Four returns to Bama Theatre

  

  Last year about this time, a group billing itself as the “ultimate Beatles tribute” played the Bama Theatre, and The Fab Four is back tonight, by popular acclaim and the sponsorship of Walter Energy.

• GETLOCAL: The year the music dies?

  

  How will it all go down?

• Alabama Shakes and Dexateens scheduled to play benefit

  

  March 23rd at Bama Theatre

• 23th annual ‘Realizing the Dream’ concert Saturday

  

  Although the mind might not leap immediately from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to comedy, it’s an easier segue from the civil rights leader to jazz, the form that allows space for improvisation and interpretation. King’s powerful rhetoric,...

• MEET THE BAND: 2G

  

  Two DJs unite to fill the dance void

Tuscaloosa Amphitheater

• Hank Williams Jr. coming to Tuscaloosa Amphitheater

  

  In what is so far the earliest concert of the 2012 season, Hank Williams Jr. and .38 Special will play the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater on April 7, booking agent Red Mountain Entertainment announced.

• Ringo Starr coming to Tuscaloosa Amphitheater

  

  With all the big names that have hit the young Tuscaloosa Amphitheater thus far, this one is possibly the biggest or at least most widely known: Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr and 13th All Starr Band, which this year includes Todd Rundgren, Steve Lukather...

• Merle Haggard to play Tuscaloosa Amphitheater

  

  Country legend Merle Haggard will play the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater Aug. 11, according to Pollstar and his own site, www.merlehaggard.com. Booking agent Red Mountain Entertainment has yet to issue any official names or dates for the 2012 Tuscaloosa...

• Amphitheater generates $172K profit in first year

  

  The Tuscaloosa Amphitheater made $300,411 in net concert profits for its 2011 inaugural season. Adding other sources of income — including box seats and sponsorships — the amphitheater generated $773,529 of revenue, minus $601,149 in...