Sound & Color is the second album from Southern soul-R&B-rock-hybrid outfit Alabama Shakes, which earned the group their first Grammy nomination — for album of the year, no less. Singer and guitarist ...

Alabama Shakes knew right away that their second album was going to take them down a strange new path. The first track the band laid down for Sound & Color (out April 21st) was “Gemini,” a six-minute ...

Brittany Howard sure can raise the roof. The singer possesses a furious streak, with startling rawness in her delivery. When I first caught Alabama Shakes live, the focus was all on her. The thing was ...