Alabama shakes

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Alabama Shakes. Brittany is the best mix of Janis Joplin and Etta James with her own twist of mod-rock..... Their new album is everything.

Alabama Shakes’ dynamic lead singer-guitarist, Brittany Howard, gives Lisa Robinson the lowdown on the band’s Southern roots.

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The Shoals and north Alabama will be in the spotlight in Los Angeles on Monday when the annual Grammy awards are presented.

Alabama Shakes Winter Tour 2013 Poster

The blues rock band, Alabama Shakes, has announced additional dates for their North American tour, for this summer. They will be touring in support of their new album, Sound & Color. You can check out the dates and details, after…

Alabama Shakes live at The National May 9! Tix on sale March 1---> www.nattickets.com

With its highly anticipated second album, this band of small-town misfits finally has a ticket out — not that they would ever leave.

A mom's and dad's eye view of the rise of one of the world's biggest young bands.

----- Raised in Athens, Alabama, singer Brittany Howard started getting serious about music in high school. Howard took up the guitar in her youth, and she began writing songs around the age of 13. "I always felt out of place," Howard later told Paste magazine. "I wasn't a cool kid but I wasn't a nerd either. I had trouble finding my place. But when I found the music, I had a place of my own." Around this same time, she became friends with Zac Cockrell, a fellow student at East Limestone…

Alabama Shakes has effectively created a record in Sound and Color, in which they are in charge of from beginning to end, giving in only when they see fit.

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