Music

Musicians looking to succeed in the music industry are invited to a free conference March 9-10 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The former head of the city of Dothan’s tourism bureau is facing federal jail time for bank fraud. The case was connected to a music festival in 2018 in Iowa.

COVID-19 hit the live music industry hard in Alabama. Full-time musicians were left with few places to play. Mobile musician and folk artist Abe Partridge had time on this hands and followed a different pursuit. He attended serpent-handling churches across Appalachia* with the goal of painting pictures of some of the pastors. That plan took an unexpected turn when he heard the music at these religious events. It was powerful and possibly not heard by outsiders. . APR Gulf coast correspondent Lynn Oldshue takes it from there…

In this StoryCorps interview, Mark Ryan asks his friend Jeremy Wolff about his decision to leave his corporate job to pursue his passion for music…

Alabama's unemployment rate remains unchanged from a month before.The Alabama Department of Labor announced the jobless rate for June on Friday.The number…

Ride sharing companies Uber and Lyft are getting the green light to operate in the City of Huntsville.The Huntsville City Council approved two ordinances…

The two Alabama Senate budget chairmen are swapping committees for the upcoming session.Sen. Trip Pittman of Montrose will head the general fund budget…

A historic marker has been placed at the Alabama house where singer Nat "King" Cole was born.Local media report the marker was unveiled Friday at the…

Last weekend, a little known but prolific songwriter brought his summer tour through our listening area with three shows (details below), starting in…

Hear five tunes that have become staples on the left-hand side of the radio dial. Download music from David Byrne and St. Vincent, Aimee Mann and more.