There used to be an entire genre of television built around making lists. The 100 Greatest Songs. The 50 Greatest Albums. The 40 Greatest Whatever-We-Could-Find-Footage-For. VH1 would gather a rotating cast, work its way through the rankings, and spend an afternoon reminding you of songs you hadn’t thought about in years. Last Thursday, Amp the Alley apparently booked the live version. Only instead of talking about the songs, Heart & Soul played them. And they

There was a time when being called a poser was a serious accusation. Not serious in the adult sense. Nobody was questioning your professional credentials or auditing your taxes. This was arguably worse. Someone was questioning whether you were actually cool. And in the 90s, there were rules about these things. You couldn't just like music. You had to like the right music, preferably for the right reasons and ideally before too many other people discovered it. Your shoes

If you want to know where Aiken’s heartbeat can be felt loudest, you only had to be in The Alley last Thursday night. Chairs lined up before sound check, anticipation building with every passing hour until Heart & Soul returned to the Bud Light Stage. By showtime, the crowd was alive, dotted with bright red Randa’s Roadies shirts—a surprise fan club from Randa Berry’s church that cheered every note she sang.

Dave “Muz” Mercer has always been hard to pin down. Some nights he’s a one-man loop-pedal show. Other nights he’s side-by-side with Josh Pierce in Guns for Hire. He’s backed Chris Ndeti, sat in with Kenny George, and now he’s fronting his own power trio with Jo Bone and JT Smith. And with the Trio, it wasn’t just Mercer on display — it was the chemistry. Think Pantera soaked in turpentine. The layers peeled back, stripped raw, but every now and then a flash of 3 young m

The Locals Flooded The Alley Admittedly the Masters Week blitz had a bit of mixed results. Interestingly enough, the Thursday of Masters was the biggest of the week; some combination This year we tried something new and kicked it off with a full week of music for the coveted Masters Week! Despite being from Florida and growing up around golf, I'm not sure if I've lived where there was a giant PGA tournament, so I don't know if anyone else has A WEEK - but in the

AMP IS BACK!!! This year we tried something new and kicked it off with a full week of music for the coveted Masters Week! Despite being from Florida and growing up around golf, I'm not sure if I've lived where there was a giant PGA tournament, so I don't know if anyone else has A WEEK - but in the CSRA, it's a thing.