To say that the past 18 months have been a whirlwind affair for the members of Alabama Shakes would be a gigantic understatement. Since releasing their four-song self-titled EP in September 2011, they ...

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 ...

Over the past few months, the live music industry has been dominated by the story of two British brothers laying down their arms to bring songs like “Wonderwall” back around the globe. Indeed, I ...

It's all about Brittany Howard's face. The way she stretches her lips, screws up her bespectacled eyes and bends her jaw to make those primal sounds come out of her mouth. When the Alabama Shakes tore ...

From KCRW DJ Anne Litt: I may be home safe and sound from my first Alabama Shakes show, but I’m no longer safe, or possibly sound, for that matter. My ultimate weakness as a music fan is an artist who ...