“These boys behind me, there’s the Alabama Shakes right there,” singer and guitarist Brittany Howard noted as she gestured toward her bandmates at the end of the first of two sold-out performances at ...

Alabama Shakes opens the title track of its second album, “Sound & Color” (April 21, 2015), with a melodic chime sequence. A kick drum slinks its way into the track and then powerhouse lead singer ...

Soul livewires Alabama Shakes have rolled out the official vide for their latest single "Sound & Color"--and it's the last thing you'd expect. Far from the earthy, rock 'n' roll revival aesthetic that ...

Is there a more powerful marketing tool than nostalgia? It's an essential element of many a reunion tour, where audiences clamor to see acts from pop music's past romp through the hits of their ...

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Brittany Howard and her band develop a vision of rock, blues and Southern soul that reaches high but remains practical in its reclamation of what... In the six years I've lived in the region, I've ...

Brittany Howard is one of the most powerful singers of her generation, a vocalist whose command of blues, soul and gospel tropes is staggering, and is matched only by her ability to force those tropes ...