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Talking with Mandolin Orange

Talking with Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors

Talking with Blind Pilot.

Talking with St. Paul & the Broken Bones.

Rebirth’s music on its own has the ability to make you feel and move and, yes, shake your groove thing, but brass music adds an even deeper layer.

Musician Andrew Bird has built a solid career just like that—step by step, or as Lamott would say, bird by bird—over the past two decades.

H A R D L O V E retains much of the gusto from previous albums but is a bit more polished. The band plays at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater on Sept. 22.

The Hard Working Americans’ sound is rock and roll through and through—you should catch them when they come to Iron City Aug. 19.

The Joy Formidable is playing Sloss Fest on July 16–17.

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.