Boy, this
page hasn't been updated in a while! There have been significant changes
in the local scene since the last edit, mainly additions to the
music and arts scenes here in Birmingham...an update will be applied soon!
LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Alabama
Symphony Orchestra
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra is led by musical director Richard
Westerfield and performs the majority of its Classical Masterworks concerts
in the Jemison Concert Hall of the Alys Stephens Center.
The Alys Robinson Stephens Performing
Arts Center
The Alys Stephens Center is located on the campus of the University
of Alabama at Birmingham. The ASC is home to a multitude of cultural programs,
including artists as fascinating and diverse as Renee Fleming, David Sedaris
and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars. The 2003-2004 Laser's
Edge Strings Attached Series brings three masters of jazz (Russell
Malone - with pianist Benny Green), classical (Carlos Bendfeldt) and fingerstyle
guitar (Pete Huttlinger) to the Center's intimate Reynolds-Kirschbaum
Recital Hall.
The Sidewalk Moving Picture
Festival
The 5th Annual Sidewalk Festival is coming this Fall - September 19th
through 21st, to be exact! Check out the Sidewalk site for details, developments
and breaking news.
WBHM-Birmingham
Birmingham's public radio station is located at 90.3 FM on your radio,
and on the campus of UAB on your map.
WUAL-Tuscaloosa
WUAL 91.5 FM broadcasts from the campus of the University of Alabama in
Tuscaloosa. The station is a music-lover's paradise (we especially like
the weeknight jazz programming!).
RECORD
LABELS
Lost
Highway Records
Home
to Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams, Tift Merritt, Robert Earl Keen, and the
old-time music from O Brother, Where Art Thou?
INDUSTRY
LINKS
Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA)
You can believe what some schmoe on the street with baggy pants and a
lopsided baseball cap tells you about the RIAA, or you can go to their
site and research an opinion for yourself. We suggest you do the latter.
LINKS
TO OUR IN-STORE MUSICAL GUESTS:
The Blind Boys of Alabama
(June 24, 2002)
Blue Merle
(May 17, 2003)
Marc Broussard
(February 27, 2003 & July 23, 2003))
Kate Campbell
Laura Cantrell
Caitlin Cary
(2002)
Slaid Cleaves
The
Continental Drifters (November 12, )
Brian Conway
Anthony Crawford
The Damnwells (February
24, 2003)
Steven Delopoulos (August
14, 2003)
The Demolition String
Band
Ensemble Galilei
Eric Essix
Gingersol (August 7, 2003)
Patty Griffin
Neil Halstead
(July 11, 2002)
Hem
(November, 2002)
Dolores Hydock
The Kennedys
Barbara Kessler
Diana Krall (October 10,
1996)
The Legendary Shack Shakers
(2003)
James McMurtry (2003)
Russell Malone (October 10, 1996)
Keb' Mo'
Eliot Morris (February
14, 2003 and May 24, 2003)
Trish Murphy (1999)
Nadine (August 7, 2003)
PJ Olsson
The Mike Plume Band
Mark Selby (June 19, 2003)
Ron Sexsmith (January
24, 2003)
Gil Shaham
Shame Idols
Garrison Starr (October
23, 2002)
Joy Lynn White
Pieter Wispelwey
LINKS TO ARTISTS FROM OUR HOME TURF
Dolores Hydock
A master storyteller, actress & writer from Birmingham.
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