April 2014 on “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham”
“Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham” presents two rising local duos and two top folk artists in April. The Clay States and the Heavy Hearts are Birmingham, Alabama duos with loyal followers. Dar Williams…
Jim Oakley – UA Communication Hall of Fame
Jim Oakley has had two distinct and distinguished careers. Raised in Bibb County, Alabama, Oakley worked in the family business, the Centreville Press, a weekly, from the time he was a boy, at first sweeping…
Joe Fiore – Model Railroad Collector
Joe Fiore’s Southern Keystone Railroad is one of the largest model railroad collections in the world. Other collections this large have been built by groups of collectors but all of the work here was done…
Kerry Kennedy of Fire Horse Pottery
Kerry Kennedy is an artist in residence at the Kentuck Art Center in Northport, Alabama. Her studio operates under the name Fire Horse Pottery. Kerry and her husband participate in the Society for Creative Anachronism,…
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“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…
Joe Rumore – UA Communication Hall of Fame
Joe Rumore was probably the biggest radio personality Alabama has…
How the BBQ Documentaries Came to Be
For the past twenty years, I’ve traveled over Alabama collecting…
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“Afterhours” Season Two Begins in March
The TV series featuring intimate performances by nationally known singer-songwriters recorded at the Red Cat Coffee House in Birmingham, Alabama will feature new programs beginning in March. “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham” began airing on the University of Alabama’s TV station, WVUA, in…
February 2014 on “Afterhours: Live from the Red Cat Birmingham”
Charlie Mars – Mississippi born singer-songwriter Charlie Mars has a floating, mellow croon combined with sensual soul-rock arrangements. He has been featured in a New York Times interview and in Esquire magazine’s Songwriting Challenge. In fact, he says the Songwriting Challenge was his brainchild. He…