- Fort Atlantic and War Jacket, WorkPlay, Jan. 17
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Rite of Spring and Carmina Burana, Alys Stephens Center, Jan. 18
- The Magic Math, Dirty Lungs and Soul Desert, The Nick, Jan. 25
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Der Freischutz Overture, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (with Joyce Yang), Alys Stephens Center, Feb. 2
- Me and My Knife and The Burning Peppermints, The Nick, Feb. 9
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde prelude and
liebestod , Martin Kennedy Piano Concerto and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite, Alys Stephens Center, Feb. 15 - Terry Ohms, Taylor Hollingsworth
and Results of Adults, Mom’s Basement, Feb. 16 - Great Lake Swimmers and Native Harrow, Avondale Brewing, Feb. 19
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: William Grant Still’s Darker America, Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Anton Dvorak’s Symphony No. 6, Alys Stephens Center, March 23
- Patty Griffin with Scott Miller, Iron City, March 27
- The Magic Math and Matthew Carroll, The Nick, April 1
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: William Grant Still’s Serenade, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and No. 5, Alys Stephens Center, April 5
- Derek Webb, Seeds Coffee, April 12
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Overture from Le nozze de Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Antonin Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22 and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, Pastoral, Alys Stephens Center, April 19
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Alys Stephens Center, May 10
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Johannes Brahms’ Tragic Overture, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Rhenish, Alys Stephens Center, May 17
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Great Fugue, Johannes Brahms’ Haydn Variations and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Alys Stephens Center, June 1
- Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Seasick Records, June 15
- Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Birmingham Museum of Art, Aug. 9
- Beck and Cage the Elephant, Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Aug. 27
- The Brummies and Funk You, Avondale Brewing, Sept. 13
- Riley Moore and Bea Troxel, Laura and Graham’s backyard, Sept. 19
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Alys Stephens Center, Oct. 5
- The Wandering Hearts and Justin Townes Earle, WorkPlay, Oct. 9
- Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Loam Lands and Dree Leer, The Nick, Oct. 19
- Com Truise and altopalo, Saturn, Nov. 9
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I’m reading Muscle Shoals Sound Studio for the first time and I am really enjoying the experience. Thank you! Additionally, I wanted to comment on your practice of tracking your book reading. I began doing this about 4 years ago, initially, I hoped to motivate myself to read more. Raising small children, I found myself relying on the internet for articles of interest consumable in short sittings and my practice had become starting books and rarely finishing them. My goal was to only count books that I read completely. I was shocked at my lack of discipline, and was discouraged and even ashamed of my lack of progress. Now I’m the middle of my 4th year, and have finally found some momentum, and have rediscovered the joys and rewards of reading that I was afraid were lost to me forever. As a bonus, I have an honest record of my interests and directions in my life that I was unaware I was missing. I wholeheartedly recommend this practice to any lapsed reader as a barometer on the road to improved mental health. Thanks for asking for thoughts on the subject- these are mine!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Michael! This was a delightful comment to receive. I’m fascinated by the things our lists teach us about ourselves and our habits.