Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard performs at Coachella in 2015. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) She decided she wanted to do the solo record she’d been thinking of since she was 11 ...

Only VIP-ugraded tickets remain for Alabama Shakes' July 22 show at the Momentary. After an eight-year absence, the group led by vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard with guitarist Heath Fogg and ...

The Grammy-nominated band from Athens plays two sold-out shows in Birmingham this weekend. We caught up with Howard, the Shakes' frontwoman, during a tour break at home.

Alabama Shakes’ future is uncertain, as the Athens-founded band’s dynamic frontwoman, Brittany Howard, is releasing her first solo album and touring in support of it. On June 25, Howard ...

With her debut solo album, “Jaime,” out Friday, Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard pays titular tribute to her sister, who died from retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer.

Last year, Brittany Howard called a meeting with her bandmates and told them some news they probably didn’t want to hear. Alabama Shakes — who met in high school, broke through with 2012’s ...

Last year Howard told Alabama Shakes that she needed a hiatus. Grounded in 1960s Southern soul but never confined by it, Alabama Shakes had backed Howard’s whisper-to-shout vocals in songs about ...

Brittany Howard on grief, heartbreak, and life in Alabama: ‘I didn’t believe in any higher power anymore’ The former Alabama Shakes vocalist is two albums deep into a monumental solo career.

Powered by frontwoman Brittany Howard’s deep-soul wail, Alabama Shakes broke out of Athens, Alabama, with their 2012 debut, “Boys & Girls.” They followed that success with 2015's more ...

Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard On Small-Town Life, Big-Time Music Fresh Air. January 28, 2016 • Howard was raised on her father's junkyard in the small town of Athens, Ala.

Alabama Shakes consisted of Howard, Heath Fogg, Zac Cockrell, and Steve Johnson. The Alabama-bred band was founded in 2009 and released two albums, Boys & Girls in 2012 and Sound & Color in 2015.

Alabama Shakes staged a surprise reunion Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa as a planned Brittany Howard solo show instead turned into the band’s first concert together since 2017.