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The Dirt Is Red!

oh… and what's a grit?

In Case You’d Forgotten, Real Music Still Exists: Ryan Spendlove

In today’s world the term “music” covers everything from arriving on stage in an egg wearing a dress made of meat to sprinting around on scaffolding with dancing ninjas while music someone else made plays (neither of which include someone actually playing or singing music at the time). Sometimes it’s nice for me to remind…

The Vegabonds – Dear Revolution

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

Musical Stockholm Syndrome – America’s Captive Musical Tastes

American musical tastes have been taken hostage by a record industry far more concerned with making money than developing art. The result is a captive audience willing to accept anything new as if it were original; and anything over-marketed as if it were musically significant. I contend it has resulted in Musical Stockholm Syndrome. I…

Building Birmingham’s Music Scene One Festival At A Time

Some readers of my blog may remember one of my rants from last June, titled “What’s Wrong With Birmingham’s Music Scene?” The rant was sparked by a conversation I seemed to be having often while playing and attending shows. The conversation asserted that Birmingham’s music scene simply wouldn’t support local music enough to generate any…

A Name You Should Know: Adam Hood

If you’re a fan of music local to Alabama and you haven’t heard of Adam Hood, it’s time you were introduced! Adam Hood is someone you don’t hear a lot of marketing group hype about, but if you’ve spent time around local musicians you’ve probably heard his name mentioned more than once. An Opelika native,…

In Case You’d Forgotten, Real Music Still Exists: Ryan Spendlove

The Vegabonds – Dear Revolution

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

Musical Stockholm Syndrome – America’s Captive Musical Tastes

Building Birmingham’s Music Scene One Festival At A Time

A Name You Should Know: Adam Hood

Dangermuffin – Moonscapes

Counting Crows – Recovering The Satellites

“Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” – M. C. Escher