Alabama

Music
Catching Up with St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Frontman Paul Janeway talks Birmingham, “that Southern thing,” and the band’s new album, Young Sick Camellia

Travel
A Taste of Alabama
The Ultimate Culinary Tour of the Magic City
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College Football Traditions
Touchdowns and Toilet Paper
Why the long-running… er, -rolling… Auburn University tradition is taking a break again this year

Sporting
Inside the Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
Come summer, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo brings thousands of entrants, decades of tradition, and varying degrees of piscatory prowess to Dauphin Island. Amid the million-dollar yachts and ten-dollar lawn chairs at the world’s largest fishing tournament, a writer and amateur angler wades into the frenzy of a Southern institution

Traditions
More Than A Birdhouse
In rural Alabama, a haven for purple martins generations in the making

Travel
Discover Alabama’s Lake Martin
The South’s social lake

Arts & Culture
Why You Should Pull for Alabama
Dynasties don’t last forever, so let’s roll with the Tide while we can

First Listen
First Listen: The Blind Boys of Alabama
The storied Grammy-winning gospel outfit returns with a new album

What's in Season
The King of Shrimp
Ultrasweet Gulf Coast Royal Reds are worth shelling out for

Arts & Culture
The Road to S-Town
Meet Brian Reed, the radio reporter behind the Alabama-set podcast everyone’s talking about

Arts & Culture
A Different Kind of Easter Bunny
How a university town rallied around an unusual piece of outdoor sculpture

Travel
Fannie Flagg’s Fairhope
Why the author loves Alabama’s utopia by the bay—and thinks you should too

Books
Storm Warning: An Alabama Author’s Gulf Course
Clouds gather just beyond the horizon in these short stories set in the Yellowhammer State

Travel
Mum’s the Word
Fall’s favorite bloom flourishes throughout the South, particularly at one historic Alabama home

Music
The Second Coming of St. Paul
Inspired by a legacy of soul artists who weren’t afraid to speak up, ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES pursue a higher calling

First Listen
First Listen: New Music from St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Hear “Is It Me” off the band’s upcoming second album Sea of Noise

Music
First Listen: Banditos’ “I Put A Spell On You”
The Birmingham band releases a must-hear take on Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ 1956 classic

Travel
Celebrating Bellingrath: A Storied Southern Home
As the Alabama home turns 80, its museum director shares three tales from its history

Food & Drink
Gulf Coast Road Trip: Tallahassee to Mobile
A back-roads ramble in search of soul and seafood on the Gulf

Travel
Southern Road Trip: Memphis to Muscle Shoals
Southern music history comes alive on the path between Memphis and Muscle Shoals