Matt Wake

1 day ago | al.com | Matt Wake

Singer Candi Staton in session with FAME Gang members Clayton Ivey and Bob Wray at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. (Photo by FAME Studios/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Getty ImagesIf you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

3 days ago | al.com | Matt Wake

Orion Amphitheater has added another New Orleans hip-hop icon to its fourth season. On Sept. 24, Lil Wayne hits the Huntsville venue, which already has a “No Limit Soldiers” reunion concert, headlined by Master P, June 27. Lil Wayne is known for tracks like “Love Me,” “She Will,” “Lollipop,” “Forever” and “Mrs.

4 days ago | al.com | Matt Wake

At a Little Richard concert in England a few decades ago, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were visiting with Richard backstage. Little Richard introduced the legendary Led Zeppelin duo to his guitarist and band leader, Travis Wammack. After hearing Wammack’s name, Plant and Page turned to each other and simply said, “’Scratchy’.” They were referring to Wammack’s 1964 single, titled “Scratchy” and known for its adventurous guitar playing.

1 week ago | al.com | Matt Wake

There are enough theories about the Reuben sandwich’s origin to do a Netflix docuseries. Theory one involves a weekly poker game at a 1920s Omaha, Nebraska, hotel and a grocer named Reuben Kulakofsky. Theory two: New York restaurateur Arnold Reuben’s created the “Reuben special” sandwich for his Reuben’s Delicatessen circa 1914. Theory three: The sandwich started at Reuben’s Delicatessen but was made up on the spot from scrounged-up ingredients for an actress dining there.

1 week ago | al.com | Matt Wake

On a recent early afternoon Nancy Wilson, one of rock’s greatest acoustic guitarists, is in the studio space of her Sonoma County, California wine country home when we connect on the phone. There are guitars all around her. “Trying to keep my mojo going,” she kids. Heart, her Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame band with her big sister Ann Wilson, the band’s supersonic singer, resumes their latest tour soon.