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Talking with the Old Crow Medicine Show, playing at Iron City on June 24.

By Lindsey Lowe Osborne

Talking with the Old 97’s, who will be playing Saturn on May 6.

Talking with Run River North who will be playing at the The Syndicate Lounge on April 17.

Talking with Penny and Sparrow, who is playing at WorkPlay on March 23.

Talking with southern rock band the Drive-By Truckers before they perform at the iconic Lyric Theatre this April.

Blues musical duo Johnnyswim talks with B-Metro before stopping by Iron City on January 23.

Matthew Mayfield is coming back home to play Saturn Dec. 10. “Birmingham is my safe haven. It’s a beautiful, growing town that has always been good to me and the fans here are so loyal,” he says.

Talking to Ben Folds, who is coming to the Alabama Theatre on November 11.

“Shut Up and Dance” might be the (awesome) song that got everybody and their mamas into WALK THE MOON, but the band has been making moves forward for quite a while.

Dawes is coming through Birmingham (not for the first time—they were a part of 2011’s Secret Stages) on Sept. 29 at Iron City, and you should go.

One thing I ask every musician (or band) I interview is this: Why music? I asked the members of Good Old War, who are playing a show for us Birminghamians at Saturn on Aug. 8, the question, too.