When film icon Melvin Van Peebles was looking to publicize his soon-to-be-hit Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song in 1971, he turned to radio stations when film houses had no time for the movie.

With 'Polaroids,' Gardner proves she’s a dynamic artist who can shift between moods, genres and personas with ease.

Nine tribute bands, the Phantom Regiment, Rockford Concert Band and more to hit the Sinnissippi Park stage this summer for ...

Pro-Confederacy songs like “Sweet Home Alabama” and “The South’s Gonna Do It Again”? Songs using the n-word written by white artists who few people would consider racist, like Patti Smith and Elvis ...

Heart, her Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame band with her big sister Ann Wilson, the band’s supersonic singer, resumes their latest ...

Theatre Conspiracy kicks off its final season in Southwest Florida with this off-off-Broadway comedy set in Alabama.

Diners are a cornerstone of America's food culture, but did you know that their roots go right back to the 19th century? Here ...

Here are our top things to do this weekend and beyond in SW FL. See the concerts, festivals and other events that made our ...

Despite his spot at the helm of Alabama baseball, Rob Vaughn listed an LSU gameday classic, "Callin' Baton Rouge" in his top ...

Reese Witherspoon is the best thing in Sweet Home Alabama. But she's too good for a sappy sitcom set mainly in a hillbilly community that looks as if it is still in an unreconstructed comic-strip ...

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams starred in the 2004 movie 'The Notebook.' Here are the 17 other actors who almost played ...

With summer break just days away and classrooms about to empty across Alabama, parents are weighing a big decision: whether their kids are ready, and legally, allowed to stay home alone while they ...