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A singer for all ages

KELLER WILLIAMS ADDS CHILDREN'S MUSIC TO HIS LARGE, DIVERSE CATALOG

By Brent Thompson
Keller Williams is at home right now and he is there surprisingly often these days. The singer/ guitarist still tours regularly, but he has found a way to domesticate himself despite living the very transient existence of a performing musician.
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Burlesque-themed Lyric Theatre benefit in Tuscaloosa

Pink Box Burlesque celebrates the roaring '20s

By Jesse Chambers
Pink Box Burlesque will present "Pink Box Burlesque Celebrates the 1920s" at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa, Friday, March 25, at 8:30 p.m. According to a news release from the Tuscaloosa-based troupe, the 1920s are "the decade that gave us women's suffrage, prohibition, tassels and the heyday of traditional vaudeville."
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Catching up with Ryan Bingham

By Brent Thompson
Ryan Bingham was a singer/songwriter steadily advancing his career and building his fan base until a movie titled Crazy Heart came into his life. In addition to landing a role in the film starring Jeff Bridges, Bingham contributed two songs to its soundtrack— “I Don’t Know” and “The Weary Kind.”
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Catching with up Max Harman of The On Fires

By Brent Thompson
As far as band names go, The On Fires could be taken as tongue-in-cheek, arrogant or nonsensical. In this case, however, the bands moniker happens to befit both its sound and the buzz its creating in
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Have funds, will travel

GAS MONEY SERIES HOSTS ITS FINAL SHOW BEFORE LOCAL BANDS VENTURE TO SXSW

By Brent Thompson
Gas Money series hosts its Final show Before loCal Bands ventUre to sxsw
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Man at play

COLIN HAY RETURNS TO WORKPLAY

By Brent Thompson
Cliché as it may sound, Colin Hay is an artist that is comfortable in his own skin. The singer/songwriter and former Men At Work frontman isn’t running from his past as an ‘80’s icon, nor is he relying on it.
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Secret’s Out

THE SKINNY ON BIRMINGHAM'S NEWEST MUSIC FESTIVAL

By Sam George
If you haven’t heard, the state tourism board has dubbed 2011 the “Year of Alabama Music”, and it certainly seems as if their timing was right. The pall that fell around the music scene in Birmingham after the messy demise of City Stages has apparently lifted. There is a flood of music-related events happening or being planned in Alabama right now, many of which are in their first or second years.
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2011 Hangout Music Festival lineup announced

By Brent Thompson
We know that snow is on the ground and ice is on your windshield, but it won’t be long until music is in the air and sand is in your toes. The 2nd annual Hangout Music Festival is set for May 20
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Catching up with Joshua Radin

By Brent Thompson
If you’ve been in a movie theatre or near a television screen in the past few years, then chances are you’ve heard Joshua Radin’s music. The singer/songwriter and L.A. resident, by way of Cleveland, OH, has garnered more than 75 film and television song placements in his five-year recording career.
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The State of Music

THE OXFORD AMERICAN HONORS ALABAMA’S MUSICAL HERITAGE IN PRINT AND ON STAGE

By Brent Thompson
The Oxford American, the literary magazine that focuses on Southern writers and artists, has published 12 versions of its “Southern Music Issue.”