Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham
The TV series, “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham” is broadcast on Alabama Public Television. Each weekly program features a nationally known singer-songwriter as they perform acoustic pop and folk music at the Red…
Earl “Guitar” Williams – The Blues Man
Earl “Guitar” Williams is a blues man seen here playing at Gip’s Place, a juke joint in Bessemer, Alabama. Williams learned to play guitar as a youngster, hanging out at Gip’s Place and the homes…
“Hill Country Troubadour” Trailer
Imagine you’re looking for a good time on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, the historic nurturing ground of blues music. You hear the pounding drums, booming bass, and searing lead guitar of a band playing…
The “Preserving Justice” Documentary
In 1963, African-Americans in Birmingham, Alabama protested discrimination with daily demonstrations in public facilities and sit-ins at lunch counters. According to historian James Patterson, “More than any event to that time, it forced Americans to…
Close Ups
Catherine Feeny on “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham”
Catherine Feeny is an indie-pop/folk singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She says she is trying to figure things out and takes her…
Milow on “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham”
Jonathan Vandenbroeck, better known by his stage name, Milow, is…
Callaghan on “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham
Georgina Callaghan is a singer-songwriter who specializes in folk, Americana,…
Stephen Kellogg on “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham”
Stephen Kellogg has been performing as a solo artist or…
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Bill Bolen – UA Communication Hall of Fame 2014
William O. “Bill” Bolen spent more than 50 years as an anchor for WBRC Fox 6 in Birmingham. Throughout his career, Bolen was witness to many major events, reporting from the front line of the Selma March in 1965 and interviewing John Glenn before his…
Gilbert Johnston – UA Communication Hall of Fame 2014
Gilbert E. “Gibby” Johnston enjoyed a prominent career in law, becoming one of the best-known First Amendment lawyers in Alabama. In 1974 Johnston joined the Birmingham law firm Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw & Naff, where he worked with colleagues to establish numerous favorable precedents in…