My Taste in Music

Songs of the day, albums of the month, and why I like them

Brittany Howard

  • Follow up to today’s post

    In a previous post, I talked about Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and how much I enjoy his projects. He has cited Alabama Shakes as an influence before and even covered one of Brittany’s solo songs, “Stay High“. I say all this to point out the similarities (or in this case, influence) between the Shakes’ song Read more

  • Song of the Day October 29th, 2024

    Miss You – Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are/were one of the best groups to come out of the South, ever, regardless of their current lack of catalog. Southern rock n soul will forever have my heart. I remember the first time hearing Brittany Howard‘s voice; I believe it was a performance of their song “Hold Read more