Pick from ‘Paste’ magazine’s top ’10 Artists to Catch at Hangout Music Fest 2013′
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‘Paste’ magazine makes Hangout Fest picks.
Birmingham’s Emmylou Harris among top nominees for Americana Music Association Awards (video)
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She’s competing in three categories, including artist of the year. Two other nominations are tied to Harris’ duets album with Rodney Crowell.
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Alabama Music Hall of Fame looks to keep Muscle Shoals mojo going with new concert series
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Series opens with Amazing Rhythm Aces and The Local Saints bill May 15 in Florence.
Categories: Music Tags: Alabama, concert, Fame, going, hall, KEEP, looks, MOJO, Muscle, Music, Series, Shoals
Vibrancy, intimacy and a final farewell at Alabama Symphony concert (music review)
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Guest conductor Edwin Outwater, pianist Anton Nel deliver riveting program at Alys Stephens Center.
Categories: Music Tags: Alabama, concert, Farewell, final, Intimacy, Music, review, Symphony, Vibrancy
Birmingham’s Banditos win performance spot at 2013 Hangout Music Fest
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Fan voting has selected the Birmingham-based band Banditos to play for festival VIPS on Saturday, May 18, at the 2013 Hangout Music Fest.
Categories: Music Tags: 2013, Banditos, Birmingham's, Fest, Hangout, Music, Performance, Spot
Gulf Shores releases road, beach closing schedule for Hangout Music Festival
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With the Hangout Music Festival expected to swell Gulf Shores’ population fourfold late next week, organizers and city officials have revised traffic patterns to ease vehicle and pedestrian congestion as much as possible.
Categories: Music Tags: beach, closing, festival, Gulf, Hangout, Music, releases, Road, schedule, Shores
The Boston Effect: Hangout Music Fest, other events tightening rules on backpacks (video)
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Call it the Boston Effect: Your trusty backpack is no longer welcome at some music fests, and it’ll face closer scrutiny at others, including the upcoming Hangout Music Fest.
Categories: Music Tags: backpacks, Boston, Effect, events, Fest, Hangout, Music, Rules', tightening, Video
Hangout Music Fest 2013: Schedule for May 16 Kick-Off Party unveiled
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It’s St. Paul & the Broken Bones at 2:15 p.m., Lotus at 6:45 p.m. and Umphrey’s McGee and Benny Benassi at 9:45 p.m., just to single out a few points on the newly unveiled schedule for the Hangout Music Fest’s Kick-Off Party.
From the Banditos to Gary Allan to Train and Flo-Rida: Music at the Crawfish Boil
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AL.com entertainment writer Mary Colurso is hanging out at the Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil, tweeting about the music and anything else that strikes her fancy.Follow her at @MaryColurso. Here are some highlights, and we’ll update as the night goes…
Pick and choose: Hangout Music Fest 2013 to offer single-day passes
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For the 2013 Hangout Music Fest, coming up on May 17-19 in Gulf Shores, patrons get an option they haven’t had since 2010: They can pick and choose. Single-day tickets are back.

