Birmingham musician Duquette Johnston to be featured on WXPN’s World Café
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Duquette Johnston (Photo courtesy of Cary Norton) Duquette Johnston is having quite a week.The Birmingham-based singer/songwriter has squeezed a few minutes in for coffee and an interview, but even now he’s multitasking, gobbling down a muffin between questions. His…
Young Huntsville singer featured on HBO special with opera star Renee Fleming
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Crystal Vanrell will be featured in a YoungArts MasterClass program to air Tuesday at 5 p.m. on HBO.
Secret Sisters featured in Saturday’s debut of public television series ‘Front Row Center’
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Originally recorded at a Los Angeles theater in 2010, “Front Row Center” provides a snapshot in time, taken just as sisters Laura and Lydia Rogers’ careers were taking off.
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Huntsville native Susanna Phillips featured in March issue of Vogue magazine
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Phillips is featured along with fellow Metropolitan Opera singers Isabel Leonard and Kate Lindsey.
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Alabama Shakes featured on L.A. radio station, NPR (video)
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The Alabama Shakes continue to build solid buzz across the country as they ride the wave of critical and audience support after a monumental debut in 2011. During their current West Coast tour, the power foursome from Athens, Ala., played the legendary Troubadour on Jan. 25.
Hip-hop artist LeCrae one of featured headliners at Rock and Worship Roadshow Friday (video)
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If you haven’t heard of the budding musician, it’s only a matter of time before you will. The 30-year-old Texas native continues to break boundaries in the industry by creating current hip-hop music with Christian principles, hence the birth of the eight-year-old label he co-founded with Ben Washer called Reach Records.
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Birmingham hip-hop act’s song to be featured during local Iron Bowl coverage
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Courtesy of Communicating VesselsThe Green SeedThe Green Seed may be the “greatest Southern hip-hop act you’ve never heard of,” according to the group’s bio, but football fans will hear a lot from them come Saturday. Today local label Communicating Vessels…
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Athens band Alabama Shakes featured in NPR World Cafe Next 20
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The Athens-based Alabama Shakes, who continue to attract national buzz, are featured in this month’s NPR World Cafe’s Next 20.
