Spice Radio Huntsville

With the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment fast approaching, Madison County Archivist Shalis Worthy joins Huntsvillain to discuss the fight for suffrage in North Alabama and nationwide. We also grieve some words lost to history like "Enfangle", name some strange biological artifacts from the Madison County Archive and of course deep dive into the lives of those who fought for the rights of women in Alabama. A link to Suffrage era political cartoons: http://suffrageandthemedia.org/source/catherine-h-palczewski-suffrage-postcard-archive/ Credit: Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive. University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA.

Spice up your Sunday with some Bonafide Gospel Trash, that's right it's The Go-Go Killers live recorded at Spice Rack Studios.   We even get to sit down with Alabama Sharp and the gang during the break to talk Theramin, Tattoos and the normal rites and rituals that go along with a go-go killers show. Today's episode is dedicated to Sophia the guitar, disemboweled live on Spice Radio but someone finished out the show! We hear the tracks "Filthy as Sin", "Until You're Dead", "When Destruction Comes to Town", "I-565" and "Planet Fuck". Mixing by Mike Prosper Mastering by Spice Radio Huntsville

The AK in Tyler AK stands for Alaska, originally out of anchorage the warm hearts and minds of the valley have kept the original rock and blues musician grounded neatly in the south. Tyler had plenty to talk about his journey from the far north all the way to the valley including his time playing in Seattle, his favorites spots to gig down south, names for his many guitars and some ways to cook Alaska's favorite fish Halibut. We hear three live tunes including "That Girl", "Thinking About You" and "The Coffee Shop".

Last year we had the good fortune of interviewing a passel of local jazz legends about their jazz-funk project titled Groove Yard. Chip Gulbro, Keith Taylor, Chris Ferguson and Bryan Williams all make up the masterful squad that brought four live tracks to Spice Rack Studios. You can hear the entire album online on their Spotify. Our interview covers bass face, Latin music's influence on other genres and how jazz influences pop culture today. We hear four tracks live recorded at the Spice Rack including "49 Days", "Monte Sano Rain", "Lazio Rising" and "Soul Men".

On This month's Red Magic Imports we've got everything from face melting noise rock to funk from Japan and everything in between. Salina Brilla brings us music from Go Go Killers and Obed Edom who're playing the benefit show for Chris Fanning Feb 22 at Shagnasty's. We also hear music from Genki Genki Panic playing Sagnasty's March 7th, Possessed by Paul James and a special treat from Otonana Trio making their return to Huntsville on March 1st at Mario's in 5 points.

At the Bell Tavern on the evening of August 7th 1820 Reuben Turner and Thomas Logwood were drinking heavily. A horseback battle later that evening ends with one man mortally wounded and another barricading himself in the courthouse, but don't worry EVERYONE get's to wave a knife. The story became one of the first big news stories of the day with a special running in the Alabama Republican Newspaper focusing only on this case. We also get a peak into Tennessee Valley resident's menu of the time which consisted of a pile of bacon, salted pork and you can polish that off with whiskey soaked bread and a tall glass of milk.

Salina Brilla has a whole host of new shows to talk about, poetry and of course awesome music to play on this month's Red Magic Imports. Don't miss a free show at Mario's in five points January 26th all ages! Also January 31st at Sidetracks check out Hillbilly Casino and Taco Mouth, and finally February 22nd Shagnasty's will be hosting a benefit show for Chris Fanning featuring Bleaker, Obed Edom, Bluesy and Slewfoot, and the Go-Go Killers. Tune in and go see some shows Huntsville!

Defying all genre X.Y. Spaces are the high energy heavy band ready to defy your expectations. Dan nestled up close to Brady, Jonathan, Alex and Heath to talk about their single "Thanks", stories from the road and their podcast "This Podcast Could Take Forever". Tracks included in today's Podcast include "Mutoid Boy", "Thanks", "Day 14", and "Tool Time".  This show mixed and mastered by Solo Monk and edited by Ben Jobe.  February 29th we'll be live streaming their show with Joe Canada and Camping in Alaska at Straight to Ale! As always X.Y Spaces  Check out their awesome Music Video featuring Cut Throat Freakshow here: https://www.facebook.com/XYspaces/videos/2465760333679598/

On October 29th 2019 local activists Courtney Brown and Emily Canfield sat down and produced an hour long podcast on the state of reproductive rights and locally accessible resources in the state of Alabama. This was the result.

Alabama is 200 years old today! John O'Brien is back to talk about Governance of the Alabama Territory, the first constitution (which we copied from Mississippi), and our current constitution which is the longest of any state.

In the studio out of Birmingham Alabama it's three piece heavy band Low Frequency Buzz. Matt, Anthony and Cole sometimes name their songs before their written, personally I'm looking forward to "Kidney Farm" and "Shrimp Smoothie". Our interview gets into all the nooks and crannies including how to win a "Big Time Douche" trophy at their shows, and their favorite spice - Trans-fats! Grab the podcast now and you'll get four tunes from Low Frequency Buzz including "Wallor in Squalor", "Suspicious Package", "You're a Chump" and "Mattress Liquidation". Mixes by Chris Ghea Mastering by Spice Radio Huntsville

At our first ever on location Spicecast in front of a live audience it's Lamont Landers Band! When they're not playing the Apollo Theater or Lamont's not jamming out on America's Got Talent they're serving up soul and funk music all over the south-east. We got treated to a huge variety of original tunes and a titillating interview including but not limited to; Lamont's wardrobe malfunctions, backstage with Steve Harvey and a strange addiction to cinnamon sugar. Be sure to grab the interview and tracks now! We hear "Easy", "Love and Lust" and an Untitled Jam.

Put the Turkey knife down and go wake up grandma, It's a new episode of Red Magic with Salina Brilla of DIY Live. This month we hear music from Free Range, Gasoline Tank, Flood Reactor, Saint Chris, and the Piss Poor Players. Salina also gives us the lowdown on her next DIY event coming up Dec 13th at Shagnasty's featuring Saint Chris, The Franken Fucks, and Broken Mask.

Electric blues and Honky-Tonk extraordinaires Black Tupelo joined us at Spice Rack Studios in North Alabama. They play music built to travel you through time to an earlier period of Rock'n'Roll History. Check out the full interview and tracks from Black Tupelo on today's Spicecast! Tracks include: "Time Travel Love", "What More Can I Do", "Don't Be Evil" and "Up to the River".   Tracks mixed by Chris Ghea and Mastered by Spice Rack Studios.

October is domestic violence awareness month and this episode of Red Magic Imports features music from 3 bands participating in a fundraiser on Oct 25th at Shagnasty's for Crisis Services of North Alabama which helps victims by providing shelter and legal aid. We hear music from The Dirty Scavengers, Brewster and Bone Zone as well as an original spoken word poetry from Salina on her personal experience with domestic Violence.

Dan Bullard of Spice Radio sat down with Charles "Toot" Snoddy to discuss his 50 year plus career in music and to get his take on acoustics. Toot takes us through building his first console from scratch to the cheapest and easiest ways to build bass traps and treat rooms acoustically.  Sound Science is a new mini-series distributed by Spice Radio where we interview veterans, visionaries and professionals about the science and functionality of sound design.

We sat down with Hunter Copeland's Band after an amazing live set in Spice Rack Studios. Our interview took place right before their big CD release party and Straight to Ale. Hunter, John, Bobby, Shelly and Scot get into the nitty gritty of producing their album, the way they prefer to form their compositions and of course all their adventures along the way. We also hear the tracks: "The Boom Boom Room", "Adam and the Bull", "Early Morning Git Down" and "Bob's Jam".

Queen of the hardcore scene Salina Brilla is back with another installment of Red Magic Imports! This month we hear music from Stuck Lucky, Bridge City Sinners, Lightnin Luke, King Strang, and The Golden Flakes. Salina and Matt Green are also starting a new Youtube show called DIY Live where they record and interview bands right from the comfort of their own shows! Check it out the first one will be Sept 20th at Shagnasty's Feat. Big Gaping Holes, Jonny and The Black Frames, Stuck Lucky and The Golden Flakes!

Have you ever wanted to see a disgraced dead president shred? Well Friendly Finger Men is here to deliver that and more! Fighting the power one song at a time, these guys will melt your face while delivering a warning about all the corrupting forces in our society. Wearing masks and kicking ass, this band delivers a whirlwind live performance you don't want to miss! They were kind enough to sit with us for a in studio performance and interview. You can watch the live streamed version of it here

Enigmatic, atmospheric and catchy. Three words to describe Silver Fern, the new shoe-gaze outfit out of Huntsville Alabama. Shannon, Steven, Jacob and Stone came by Spice Rack studios to play a live set featuring four tracks off their self title EP.

Drop Diver is a cosmic mash up of styles and sounds combining to form energetic and powerful rock'n'roll. We sat down with four of the divers before their show at Salty Nut Brewery, our conversation ranged from Nardwar's TED Talk to how to party on a House Boat. We also hear four tracks from their live performance including "Key to Your Heart", "Serious as I Can Be", "Under the Influence" and "Drive-In Movie Blues".

Your favorite red headed queen of the hardcore scene is back with a new episode of Red Magic Imports! This month Salina showcases music from The Deadly Dares, Send More Cops, Aatxe, The Dirty Swagger, and Drop Diver. She also talks about some upcoming shows around the valley. You can keep up with all things red magic on their facebook page.

The Yellow Dandies are an infectious and spontaneous take on a very old style of music. We sat down with the Dandies to divine their secret recipe to happiness or as they call it, "Dandiology" we also hear some great tunes along the way! The Dandies include swingin' guitar from Ben Hood, Mandolin and Vocals from Keystone Hill, fiery fiddle from Aerin DeRussy and finally hollers and bass thumpin from the esteemed Ryan Brown. Tune in now for the interview and live tracks including "The Ballad of El Rodego", "We Drink Whiskey", "Friends" and "Alabama Little Dog".

Salina is back with the lowdown on all things hardcore in Huntsville in June! On this episode we hear music from Drop Diver, Bone Zone, Big Gaping Holes and Lua Sol!

On today's cast a look back at our January session with local rockers The Golden Flakes. Topics range from Spice Radio's crust punk spiders, music friendly jobs and warm dad money. This is an extra spicy podcast you have been warned! We hear four tracks from the Golden Flakes, "My 99", "Inauguration Day", "Can't Afford It" and "Year of the Cock".

After the brand new performance space at Coppertop has been christened by a Daikaiju show Salina Brilla is back for another Red Magic Cast. Salina has got all the news on upcoming shows, sample tracks and a little info about the book "Raising the Dead" which inspired a new Tarot spread! Tracks include "Punk Rock Fanzine" by Tiger Hellicide, "Choices" by Heel Turn, "Supermodel" by As A Friend, and finally "Tongues of Fire" by Joseph Huber. Today's Featured shows: Friday Night May 10th Heel Turn at Coppertop in the new room Saturday May 11th Free Candy and Strangers You Talk To

With a great history of singing original music in Huntsville Alabama it's a surprise we haven't had Hew on the program before. If you missed the live stream grab the interview and tracks now or see him 8PM TONIGHT at Campus 805: Wish You Were Beer! In high school Hew was big into writing poetry and pros but eventually picked up the guitar at 15. Dan Bullard talks to Hew about getting over his writer's block to reintroduce his music to the world and some of the stories that ended up as his tracks. Today we also get to hear "Down in the Dirt", "Grey-Blue Skies", "It All Turns Around", and "100 Miles to Memphis" live recorded at Spice Rack Studios.

Salina is back with the new-news about upcoming hardcore music hitting Copper-Top Dive N' Dine. Be sure to check out tracks starting with the anti-animal cruelty track "Animal Abuse" by Alann Versipellis, followed by "Skate Until You Die" from Forsaken Profit, an Industrial track "Last Kiss" from Esper Machine and finally the God Damn Gallows with "Seven Devils".

James G. Birney is one of the few self-professed abolitionists from the Deep South and specifically Alabama. His life and work provides an insight into the evolving American attitudes towards slavery and its moral failings from the 1790’s to his death immediately prior to the Civil War. Birney was a deeply imperfect man and his path from slaveholder to first Presidential candidate for the anti-slavery Liberty Party traces a strange path across American politics in the Antebellum.

Red Magic rides again! Salina will tell you all the neatest shows not to miss at Copper-top this March and even has samples from some of the upcoming acts.   Check out tracks from Dave Cunningham "Before I Go" R.I.P., Aether Realm "The Tower", The Outside Voices "Bourbon in Bed", and finally Dead Selves "Alive at Last".

If Walter Cagle were alive today he might have had something to say about this week's "Snowpocalypse". The headline "500 Pound Weather Prophet of Boaz Dies" was the first clue that pulled John into the fascinating story of Walter Cagle. After suffering a mysterious illness that left him in a temporary coma Walter began observing local wildlife and predicting the weather, priceless information for farmers of the Tennessee Valley. Walter's fame grew readily with the help of newspaper stories. He eventually shared front page with the Spanish Civil War and the succession crisis of the English Empire. Check out John's blog on the topic for more information on Walter on the blog https://huntsvillain.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/walter-is-coming/

Subjects on today's podcast include how to heat your tour van with friction, the best stretches to tackle before a gig and a few of their secret recipes! We also hear four total tracks from The World Forgot "Ghost to Ghost", "Night Shift", "Train Dodger" and "Carl Sagan Spoke of the Yawning Black Infinite". BONUS how to cook a Zomlette - - Cook two "Crappy" frozen pizzas from your favorite grocery and cook halfway - Fry up an omelette with ingredients to taste but DO NOT fold - Place omelette on top of first pizza and flip the second pizza and place on top - Enjoy with Miller High Life

On today's Episode of the Livin' Easy Podcast Shelby and Co-Host Owlses (of Dead Rothschilds) talk to Deondre from Trash Cats, Solo Monk and Josh of Hunnivega. Check out the show this Saturday 9pm at Sidetracks, the show features Dead Rothschilds, Trashcats and Solo Monk!

Salina's got music from near and far on this episode of Red Magic Imports! Check out tracks from locals Solo Monk and Savant Harde as well as travelers You Shot Dead, Radical Operations and Doc Rotten. And be sure to submit your own tunes to Coppertop's facebook if you're interested in grabbing a show or know an awesome band that needs gigs!

We start up today's episode by defining "Wook Culture" so you can guess how deep today's Spicecast goes! We talk to the Silver Silo's about practice time rituals, how their tracks get conceived and for some reason the guys start throwing their wedding rings on the ground... We also get to hear four originals from the guys including "The Letter", "Last Night's Dream", "You Can't Be What You Ain't If That Ain't What You Is" and "Whiskey and Water".

Another day to live easy with Shelby and Friends! Shelby gives us the low-down on the upcoming Solo Artists Get-Down next Friday the 18th at Coppertop, Charles "Chuck" Taylor is on hand to play a new track "Told Ya So", David roots out some interesting busker stories from charles and talks about Foot Pound Force's upcoming plans. Don't miss a spin of Foot Pound Force's Self Driven at the end of the podcast!

Spice Radio and Livin Easy Artist Collective have teamed up to bring you a brand new bi-weekly podcast! The Livin Easy Podcast is hosted by Shelby Butler of Livin Easy Productions and features interviews with artists and influencers from all over. On this first episode we feature up and coming hip-hop duo Dead Rothchilds and Jam tour de force Cosmic Shift from Nashville. You can catch Cosmic Shift on Dec. 28 at Voodoo Lounge. Dead Rothchilds will be at Copper Top on January 4th with Charles Taylor, Dylan Sloan, and Solo Monk!

On August 13th, 1828 11 enslaved people sued two white men for their freedom in the court of Huntsville Alabama. This was one of only two court cases John O'Brien has ever found that included enslaved people as litigants and not as property. Today's case covered a vast expanse of 1800's civil rights including a women's right to property and "Manumission" -where a slave owner willingly frees their slaves usually upon their death. We also discuss the documentation required of free black people during the era. Find the blog at https://huntsvillain.wordpress.com/ for more tales of Alabama or catch us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/huntsvillain

By All Means performed a rare feat for us at the Spice Rack stripping down their big arena sound to a powerful acoustic performance. Hearing these guys in a different light than their normal electric stage show was one of our most interesting recordings of the year! By All Means did not disappoint on the interview front either we covered eating at "Golden Coral" seafood restaurant and Justhrine's simultaneous trucking and vocal writing system. We also hear three tracks "You and I", "Tightrope", and "Seasons".

After two years the biggest Huntsville focused history podcast in the universe is BACK. Some big life events including losing his mother and getting married sent our historian John O'Brien trotting the globe for the last two years. Despite all his adventures John never doubted he'd eventually return to the strange and dark history of the Tennessee Valley. On today's preview episode of the new season of Huntsvillain History we talk about the surprising abundance of southern staples around the world including mayo, chow-chow and of course boatloads of minion T-shirts.

Salina Brilla is here for your scoop on her next upcoming shows and she's got a bushel of tracks to get your appetite roaring! On this month's Red Magic Imports: Tracks include "Jump In" from Pinky Poodle-Doodle, "No Fake Love" by B-Still, "It Draws Me In" by Tony Perdue, "You Can't Shake My Love" from Zachary Mayhall, and "Generations Dead" by Some Kind of Nightmare December 21st Hip Hop Live at Coppertop December 22nd Coppertop hosts Krotchmas with ThunderKrotch and Sam Mcleroy - Collecting donations for Crisis Services of Alabama Decebmer 30th Pinky Poodle-Doodle, Trash Cats, Some Kind of Nightmare, and Dirty Scavengers Please check out Coppertop's facebook page for the most up to date listing of their shows! Donations are accepted for Crisis Services of Alabama but they're also on the hunt for the following! -Walmart Gift Cards -Pajamas -Bath robes (Children and Adult) -Slippers  -Tablets -Gift Bags -Planners and calendars -Umbrellas and Ponchos

Hip-Hop producer and video mastermind extraordinaire Bstill was in the Spice Rack to tell us all about how he got his start creating his videos and lyric based tracks. Be sure to watch the full music videos on our facebook interview or Bstill's youtube to see the entire episodic project. You can also hear a portion of our interview tomorrow night on WLRH 89.3's local music show, Valley Sounds. We hear three tracks from Bstill "Drained", "Chasing a Bag" and "No Fake Love".

Coffee Black out of Florence AL squished the entire band into the spice-rack for today's Spicecast, including two horns, keys, percussion (triangle YES), vocals, guitar, drums and of course da bass. We sat down with the guys to talk about their adventures on the road and the roots of their music. Check out the whole podcast right now and hear their tracks "Hope", "Stay", "Please Me" and "Get Away". You can also hear their track "Stay" on tonight's Valley Sounds local music show 9pm on 89.3 FM WLRH.

Today's cast includes a look back to when dynamic duo "The Shack" Michael Shackelford and Ashley Shackelford of G.E.M.S. were kind enough to grace the rack with their jamz just before their show at Maggie Meyers. Check out Ashley's R2D2 impersonation, tips and tricks for DIY recording, and of course four awesome tracks recorded live in the studio. We hear four tracks from G.E.M.S. or the Galactic Engineers of Magnetic Sound "Bound to Happen", "Bay View Rendezvous", "Think About It", and "Desert Eagle".

Although some of Alex's recent music has been composed in the format of a southern rock band his new solo act is letting him explore a brand new facet of his music. We talk Alex about his creative process and his experience working different sides of genre and vocality. He also performs four tracks, many of them debuts, including "All I Wear is Blue", "Already Shattered", "Stone Broken" and "Feels Good". Be sure to tune in to 89.3 WLRH tomorrow night at 9pm to hear one of his tracks "All I Wear is Blue" on Valley Sounds, WLRH's original and all local music show!

It's Spooptober already and Salina is back to tell you the best spots to get your fix of punk rock this month! We hear tracks from Salina Solomon, The Reserves, The Abusements and Tiger Hellicide and give you the low down on the best upcoming shows.    Be sure not to miss GADfest 3 taking place October 27th at SideTracks after the punk rock flea market and including the Rocket City Vampire Pagent.

The dynamic duo behind MASQ, Jason and Trevor toured all the way from Oregon to land in our Spicy little studio today. Although these two have brought their music to Huntsville before they're definitely kicked it up a notch with their latest jams. Look out for some stunning guitar effects, epic feats of coordination and interesting facts about Oregon. Big thanks to our newest intern Trent Whitlow, who mixed and mastered all four of MASQ's tracks. We hear "Take a Bite", "Fluid Notion", "Haircut" and "From the Grave".

After a literal brainstorm, the bravest and most clandestine of salesmen are back at the Spice Rack to promote the release of their album "Brainstorm". Yellowhammer is hosting Them Damn Dogs and the Black Market Salesmen this Friday night for their huge album release show tha you do not want to miss!    We got a sneak peak at some of the upcoming tracks from the album and talked to the guys about their recording experience, mandatory Klayton colors, and Welch's brand cigarettes. We hear four tracks recorded live, "Flower Child", "Tiger Lilly Dreams", "Abode of Mist"(Not A-Boat of Mist) and "Lucifer's Ploy".

On today's mini-cast Joshua Dodd is back at the rack to talk about his upcoming show featuring historic punk band X performing September 7th with Huntsville's Go-Go Killers and Property at Lowe Mill. Despite the angry gods of metal and the internet we talk about some of Huntsville's punk history and the resurgence of old and new music in the patch.

It's been a busy August here in the valley! Salina and Dan are back to give you the scoop on some of the coolest underground punk, rockabilly, and hiphop coming throuh Huntsville this August. We hear musc from The Dirty Swagger, Qball Quick, Call Me Bronco and The Goddamn Rights, all on this episode of Red Magic Imports.

On today’s cast we have the ever talented Victoria Jones. Victoria is performing tonight at 6pm alongside Judy Allison at Church Street Wine Shoppe, her show this evening is part of the huge Downtown Huntsville Women in Music Weekend. Victoria shares the story behind her track “Live for Now” as well as speaking to us about the importance of having women in the music scene. Victoria will also be performing with Alex Hendrix, Lana White and more this Saturday at Straight to Ale. Grab more info on all the shows going on tonight through Sunday on Downtown Huntsville's facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/666597453677514/

Alex Hendrix is back in the Spicerack this time to talk about the HUGE number of amazing female musicians lining downtown this coming weekend for Downtown Huntsville's Women in Music Weekend. The shows start Thursday at tons of downtown localtions and runs until next Sunday. There was way too many awesome female musicians to choose from but we play two tracks for you during the interview including "Fool's Gold" by Ally Free recorded at Spice Rack Studios and "Sell me on California" by Bonnor Black. Grab more info on the shows on their facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/666597453677514/

Gary Sanders is in the studio today with debut tracks from his new band Mother's Keeper. We talked to Gary about building his new group from the ground up and how composing with a band and with different vocalists changes his writing. We also hear three awesome tracks off of Mother's Keeper debut album of the same name, we hear"Last on Earth", "Old Horizons" and " Three Wishes".

Guest producer Gary Taylor is in the Spice Rack today with his new Podcast Street Beats, pounding the pavement to find what's happening in Huntsville in music and everything else. Today Gary is sitting down with Lance and Rebecca of The 718 Project. Lance and Rebecca talk about their excperience creating religious music, musicians that inspire them and they also play plenty of tunes live just for us!   Check out the whole podcast right now on our iTunes,or grab it on the podcast app of your choice under Spice Radio Huntsville!

Soul Karnival is back at the Spice Rack for their softmore spice rack appearance. Despite car wrecks, monster studio time and more Dobby, Cash, Ryan and Braxton of Soul Karnival pull off some amazing live tunes for us and get into all the nitty gritty behind their new album, "The Border Inbetween". We get to hear four great tracks recorded live in the studio on this episode including "High Cotton", "Interllude", "Family Reunion", and "Kart Wheels"

Half band, half time machine rock revival, The Go-Go Killers got style in spades and attitude to boot! The podcast drops just in time for their big show tonight and tomorrow, Huntsville Loud 2 at Sidetracks music hall! On today's spicecast we talk to Hella-bama Sharp and Cud Youngblood about the philosophy of their music, the smells of hell and even fireball initiation rituals. Be sure to grab the interview and the tracks, "How Do You Voodoo", "Pillow Talk", "Filthy as Sin", and "Dance Like You Need to Screw" all off their album Hallucinogentalia.

On this month's episode, music from The Abusements of Montgomery, and a new song from The Dirty Scavangers off their upcoming New Weapon EP. We also play music from The Sawdoffs and Noogie who'll be playing with The Casket Kids at Copper Top July 27th. Finally music from Hillbilly Casino who are coming to Sidetracks on July 28th.

Safeword's Ceelyn Patterson was in the studio to give us the scoop on the newest alt rock sensation coming out of the valley. Ceelyn along with Casey Wolf make up Safeword and have already produced some stellar sounding demos and tracks. Even though the guys are just beginning their journey as a project they're both veterans of the national scene and Ceelyn drops by to give us the low down on what's to come from the guys as well as sample some of their awesome tracks! On today's show we hear "The Keeper", "Release", "Sorry Girl" and "Punch Out".

Coming up in June is a show so big we dedicated an entire episode to it! June 29th at Sidetracks Music Hall, Days and Daze, Gallows Bound, and Goddamn Gallows will share the stage with your friendly neighborhood ferral musicians, Trashcats who are kicking off their summer tour. Ticket info can be found here or on Facebook.

Spicefest is back for it's fourth year in a row! Spicefest 2018 has two days of great music for you and some of the best variety and original bands in the Tennessee Valley. One ticket gets you into the pre-party May 18th at Lowe MIll and May 19th at Salty Nut Brewery's biergarten! On today's podcast we hear tracks from some of the great huntsville acts playing this year you'll hear Wanda Wesolowski's "Tiny Watch", Q-Ball Quick's "Good Fight", Joe Cagle Band's "Apollo Jam", Them Damn Dogs' "Destruction", and The Quantaphonics with "Good Time". You can get tickets now at tinyurl.com/spicefest2018 This year's Line-up features May 18th: Pink Pyramids, Little Girl, Cahaba and Seeds? May 19th: Wanda Wesolowski, Alex Hendrix,  Joe Cagle Band, The Quantaphonics, Remy Neal Band, Josh Couts Band, Them Damn Dogs, The Hypnotyzer, Q-Ball Quick and A-Twist Beats.

We can't believe it's been more than 3 years since Wanda Wesolowski was at Spice Rack Studios to record! Wanda returns with tons of tales any musician can relate to and of course awesome new tracks. We talk to her about her upcoming tour "Bama Witch Trials" featuring Wanda, Alex Hendrix and SarahJayne Balash. We hear four tracks from Wanda including "Tiny Watch", "It Wasn't You", "Clear the Air" and "The Wolves of Huntsville" And remember you can see Wanda opening up at this year's Spicefest May 19th at salty nut brewery, tickets are available at tinyurl.com/spicefest2018

Another spicy interview was underway this Thursday night when we sat down with Jurian and David Isabelle, brothers and filmmakers of the new documentary, Buffalo Soldiers. Buffalo Soldiers:A Quest for Freedom explores the history of african american soldiers spanning 200 years. We go all over the map talking about family dynamics, their early projects and the interviews that inspired their movie. Check it out on tonight's Spicecast! Be sure to grab tickets to the 8pm showing of tomorrow's premiere of Buffalo Soldiers before they're sold out at  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buffalo-soldiers-movie-premiere-8pm-showing-tickets-43452256870

It's a Run on Radio RESURECTION! Run On Radio's Owen Ni and Des Turner are here with your new monthly source for regional events, multi-genre track releases and interviews with local music heroes. This podcast is the audio version of the full video format which you can find at https://youtu.be/RmQxIIxKlkA In this month's episode Owen interviews Adam Harmless of GAD Zine and plays you some choice picks from local bands, artists and labels. Events in this episode include:  April 19th - hip hop live at Sidetracks April 20th - Ty Segall at Saturn Bham April 21st - RSD at Vertical House, Seasick, etc. Tracks included in this month's episode are: "Growin' wings" by Vawter, "So in Love..." by The Mostly Harmless?, "Lunar Vines" by The Crimson Rod, "Hoaxer" by Nowhere Squares, "Out on the Weekend" by Party Gator, "Her Interlude" by Jetson Coolage, "Wiz Woz" by Dj Viola, "Super Sad Sappy Drone" by Levi J Miller, "End Tyme 4x4" by JNN, and "8th note sky" by Otternotbe.

Salina and Dan are back with another episode of Red Magic Imports previewing awesome punk music happening in the valley over the next month. We talk about upcoming shows on April 20th at The Tetanus Ramp, featuring The Devil's Got A Hold On Me, Higher Than Hell, Goddamn Rights and Skatanic. April 26th at Sidetracks featuring Dirty Scavangers, The Friendly Fingermen, and American Dischord, and April 28th at Sidetracks featuring Skeptc. We also play music from Pirate Nights. Go see some shows Huntsville!

You may have seen them on our live stream, but if you're near Guntersville check them out tonight at The Brick Guntersville! They're also today's podcast guests, it's Joe Cagle Music!   We sit down with Joe, Kevin, Judd and Jason to talk about their time on the road, in the studio, and how their music reflects American life. They were also cool enough to play us four tracks! We hear "New Home", "Live 85", "Apollo Jam" and an acoustic track "Steeples".

Natural Onyx and Wyte T Breezy first met after being booked on the same show in Atlanta. Since then they've travelled all over the US bringing fashion, music and poetry together to support the black community. We caught up with Breezy and Onyx on the phone after they landed in Atlanta and talked about their stories from the road and hear some of their tracks! We hear "Peaceful Swag" by Wyte T Breezy, "FADED" by Natural Onyx and their collaboration track "On the Come Up"

You can see tonights Spicecast guests right on over at SideTracks Music Hall for HIP HOP LIVE.   We have the dynamic duo that comprises Kuntry Locos, Kilo and Kuntry themselves in the Spice Rack tonight. We talk to the guys about unity through hip hop, the formation of Kuntry Locos and hear some of their latest tracks. Check out the podcast right now and see them live tonight! On Today's cast we hear three tracks, "Don't See", "Hu$tle" and "Kuntry Roads".   [This Podcast includes explicit Language]

Q Ball is in the studio with his new upcoming album - Errant MC. We talk with Q and A-twist about making the tracks, Hip-Hop live (Which is every third Thursday at Sidetracks!), and about Q's recent music videos and next moves! Don't miss some great Hip Hop right out of Huntsvegas on today's spicecast! We hear three tracks from the new CD including "Good Fight" feat. Raymond Williams and KGZ, "Talk2Me", "Higher" and the live recorded "Pioneers".

On Tonight's Spicecast - Shawn Buis of Amateur Astronaut. It happens, all your bandmates get out of town jobs or start going to "schools" to get "educated", but Shawn of Amateur Astronaut carries on! And today he brought some awesome solo songs to the studio for the Spicecast. We talk with Shawn about writing with and without a band, life changes that put a new perspective on old lyrics and more! Don't miss tonight's interview with Shawn Buis and his tracks recorded right here at the Spice Rack, "Welcome Pt 2", "Hold Me" and "The Sun."

On today's spiecast we have two very cool people, Evan Grey fashion designer and musician as well as Jenny from The Blossomwood Foundation. Hosting next month's Funck Fashion event these two have joined forces to show off unique fashion and design you won't see in New York all in the awesome and unique setting that is Happspace in Huntsville. We talk to Evan about his perspective on fashion today and Jenny about how art can make a big difference everywhere you take it. Opening tune David Bowie's "Fashion"

Promoter Josh Dodd is back in the studio talking about some of his upcoming shows featuring misfits veterans and some awesome local acts, but it goes oh so much deeper than that! Josh and Ben speak about the enduring punk rock legacy of Huntsville, his more recent releases with The Moose and an upcoming super gruop recording for the Boneyard Mafia!

Salina and Dan are back with another installment of Red Magic Imports! This month we play music from When Particle's Collide and Black Market Salesmen who will be sharing the stage at Sidetracks Music Hall on March the 8th. We also play a song Huntsville punk institution Property who'll be playing at Mad Malts on Feb 24th. We've also got the details about a meeting of the folk minds on February 22nd, Folk Allstars at The Skate Park, featuring Trashcats, Owls and Other Animals, Something and the Somethings and The Steel City Jug Slammers. Finally we round out the show with music from The Ditchrunners from Wisconsin. Thanks for listening and go see some shows!

It's what they always say, fourth Spicecast's charm! Cahaba is back again with two fresh new tracks and some new tales imported up from Birmingham way. We even get to grill the band's newest member, Colton! Cahaba recorded 3 tracks in the Spice Rack including "One Loose", "Buster" and "Pusher".

Owen Ni, founder of Run on Recordings is back with the release of his label's newest compilation, Incoming Frequencies #3. We talk about the state of electronic music, how his label has changed over the years and the future for his music including an upcoming concept album. Ni was also kind enough to bring in a few new tracks and a more known tune, we hear "Dreams of Fish", "Running by the Beat" and "Familiar Stranger". Grab the interview and tunes right now!

Salina Dan and Ben are back with the first Red Magic Podcast of 2018 previewing 2 amazing shows coming to SideTracks Music Hall! On January 31st local favorites The Wolves of Chernobyl take the stage with Vagittarius and The Silhouette of Nude from Japan. Each band has their own distinct flavor and fans of all things fun and ecclectic won't be dissappointed!  On February 3rd comedian and musician Mishka Shubaly take the stage with Heels from Memphis. Mishka is known all over and has fans of the likes of Jeff Bezos. Heels is a rough and tumble full frontal assault of sound like a Godzilla vs Mothra battle rap! You won't want to miss either of these shows. To find out more info visit https://hsvsidetracks.com/

On Today's Spicecast: Jerome from Them Damn Dogs and Ben Stark of Wonder Mill Films On Today's Spicecast we'll be debuting a brand new track from one of our favorite Huntsville ROck Bands and Talking about their New Music video that's releasing next Friday! We sit down with film maker Ben Stark to talk about the behind the scenes work that makes a music video and Jerome Villareal about the origin of the track and how the music video came to be.

Starting as the class clown Kevin threw his first comedy show together in just two weeks! Since then he's been expanding his skills to include music and vision consulting - helping people find their own superpowers. On today's Spicecast Dan Bullard sits down with Kevin to talk about the hard work and planning it takes to be successful, bringing family and church humor to the masses and his process behind comedy. Kevin is about to set off on tour this coming year be sure to follow catch up with his latest dates by following his facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Successvictory09 or on instagram at Iamwill.johnson

On this week's Mini-cast the founder of Re-Evolution Radio and Hip Hop producer El Fuser. Fuser heads into Spice Rack Studios to talk to us about his experiences with the music industry, early inspirations for his music ranging from theater to Jimmy Hendrix and the future of Hip Hop music. Grab the entire interview right now and hear two tracks from El Fuser "The Fallen" and "Alone in the Watchtown" And be sure to head out to Sidetracks tomorrow night at 9pm and see El Fuser live along with Jason Birmingham, Maximo, Pangea, Brandon Cain and Kuntry Locos.

Allen Watkin's Band is back in Spice Rack Studios again with their complete full length self title album in hand! The album will be officially released January 13th at Huntsville String Studio. All of the bandmates perform a variety of roles on the new album, it has songs written by all three members, Banjo and Guitar perfomed by Allen, vocal harmonies and pure instrumental tracks. Check out a sneak peak of the new album on today's podcast, we hear "Season's", "The Journey from Donegal", "Finding My Way" and "As the Sun Goes Down".

Izzy Miller and The Black Market Salesmen are in the studio to talk about their newest release "American Times" and how the chaos and debauchery of American life translates perfectly into country rock music! We also hear 3 full tracks off the new album including "One Night Stand", "It Just Happens" featuring vocals from Tawny Hillis and Joey Huffman on Organ, and the title track "American Times". You can grab the album at https://www.amazon.com/American-Times-Miller-Market-Salesmen/dp/B07786PFHF/

On tonight's Spicecast: Hop N Shop Urban Bazaar   Teneshia and Nicole "overlords" and coordinators of this year's Hop N Shop are in the studio to talk about their inspiration to start the event and all the goodies that await shoppers this Friday and Saturday!   The Hop N Shop is a FREE event featuring a big variety of artists, merchants as well as a great musical line up with local and regional acts. Be sure to show up and shop local this Friday and Saturday at the old STA Location at Leeman Ferry, and check out the podcast right now!   On today's podcast we hear some of the featured acts at this year's Hop N' Shop including Love More - "Bam-Bam", DMR Soul - "Bullet Proof" and Saint Pressure with "Reckover".

On Today's Show: Chill Russell   Always importing the tastiest of jams Rob Pascolo of Penny Loafer PR is back at it again bringing us Chill Russell all the way in from Austin TX!   We caught the guys on their way up to NYC on their first tour out of Texas. We hollered at the guys about some of their 7' vinyl releases, their truck's "Meme Farm", and life on the road.   We also recorded 3 tracks with the guys "Know What I Need", "Answers" and "Low".

Good afternoon spicers! Today we have a special treat all the way up from Bham Tyler Ambrosius!   Tyler's sets include live electric guitar, electronica and analogue inputs. Tyler was cool enough to bring by his gear and play us a mini set right here at Spice Rack Studios!   Before the set we talk about his evolution into his current genre, the dangers of gear lust, and experiments in music and the Birmingham scene.   Be sure to catch the whole interview and live set recorded right here at Spice Rack Studios, but if you're in Birmingham check out his show tomorrow night at Data River #8 w/ Kifferei at Revelator.

Kevin Dunn started with the idea to have a few bands on the sidewalk, to help raise funds for a friend in need of help with medical bills. Since then CommUnity Fest 2017 has been growing in scale to become a big show pulling talent from all over Arab Alabama and the surrounding area! We got to sit down with Kevin Dunn as well as two up and coming musicians that will be performing at Community Fest, Abby Hufnagle and Brandon Elder. We also get to meet the official mascot of Community fest Duke the Flamingo and even get into some interesting discussions about silly puddy. Don't miss today's episode featuring four tracks recorded live from our guests including, "Call Us Anytime" and "You Amaze Me" by Abby Hufnagle, as well as "Long Way from Home" and "Gone" by Brandon Elder featuring Kevin Dunn on Bass. Community Fest is a free show this Saturday in Arab AL located in the Cricket Wireless parking lot across from Walmart on Hwy 231. Community Fest is still accepting volunteers, get in contact now by visiting their facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CommunityFestArabAL/

Happy Halloween to all you spicers! Today we have horror poet and author of "Darkly Told", an audio chapbook, Alicia Cole! Alicia sits down with us to talk about how she got her start writing horror poetry and her process behind creating the chapbook which is available now on soundcloud. She also talks about her publishing house, Priestess and Hierophant, Out-Loud Huntsville and the local peotry scene. P&H will also be releasing an anthology as well as a Novella, Sicophant by Meghan Meean this coming year. On today's Spicecast we hear the short poem "Rat Catcher" as well as the full "Darkly Told" chapbook with peotry by Alicia Cole and music by Memory Splice. Be sure to drop by her website https://www.priestessandhierophant.com/ or listen to Darkly Told on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/memorysplice/darkly-told

Lindsey Shante of Pushi and the mysterious Cooper of Montgomery are in the studio today and they brought HOT SAUCE! We got to chat with the two electronic artists on their way across the south east for shows and get to sample Birmingham's Hottest sauce from Dos Hermanos. We talk about how their music evolved and hear some unreleased tracks as well! We hear "High Quality Teas" Intro, "Untitled" and "Work" from Cooper and finally "Pushi Suns".

Tonight on the Spicecast: Brandon Worthey   You can listen to our podcast interviewing Brandon Worthey right now, but after that be sure to check out his CD Release party at SideTracks Music Hall tonight at 9PM!   Brandon dropped by to play a few tunes in the studio from the new CD he'll be releasing tonight as well as play a couple tracks straight from the new album "Real".   On tonight's spicecast you'll hear two tracks recorded live "Caroline", and "She Ain't Sanctified" as well as two off the CD "Dreamed About a Witch" and "Oiled and Greased".   And again don't miss out tonight at 9pm for the Brandon Worthey Band CD Release Party w/ Call Me Bronco, Orbits!

Trash Cats are fresh off their first tour supporting their first album, "Ward Core", which was recorded in full right here at Spice Rack Studios! Afterwards the guys sat down to discuss our new sponsorship from Natural Ice, Ward House misadventures, and Chris' unending love for the Spice Radio Bear! Check out the whole interview and 4 tracks off the new album here! We hear "The Devil is Calling", "Scumbag's Paradise", "Open Casket Funeral", and "Red Cloud".

If you want tight funky rhythms, intrigueing licks and masterful playing look no further than The Note Kickers. John Onder who originally formed the band for album recording has watched his creation grow into it's own being. Along with Scot Holder on drums and Hunter Copeland on guitar the guys have released their first full length CD, "Faith, Hope, Love Passion & Pain". We talk to the band about how they got started and some interesting inspiration behind their tracks, we also recorded four songs at Spice Rack Studios including, "D-Dawg", "Rocker", "Plow Right Through", and "Mary's Gone to Yoga". Be sure to check them out Oct. 22nd at Musicology in Madison!

On Today's Spicecast we have the founding member of Amateur Astronaut Shawn Buis. Shawn, a 10 year veteran of the local scene, was approached by his good friend Liam Pannel to start a band, and thus Amateur Astronaut was born! Now joined by Matt Meyer and Brenner Oaks they have a brand new album coming out soon!     We sat down to hear some of the new unreleased tracks and some brand new live tracks, we hear "One-by-one", and "Know Everything" from their upcoming album, as well as "Northern Lights" and "Cables" recorded live at Spice Rack Studios.   Be sure to check them out on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/amateurastronautmusic/ or their bandcamp https://amateurastronautal.bandcamp.com/.

Some of Ally's first gigs were at South Huntsville's own Coffee Tree, since then Ally has served in the marines, traveled all over and even tried a hand at MMA fighting. All those experiences and so much more is funneled into powerful vocals and songwriting. We talked with Ally about the inspiration behind the music as well as recorded four tracks at Spice Rack Studios, check out the whole interview now and hear, "Fool's Gold", "Fine Wine", "Maybe Possibly", and "Who's Gunna Fight for Me?".

Salina is back in the studio to tell us all about GAD Fest 2 October 6th and 7th at Sidetracks Music Hall. Don't miss it, it's just a 5$ cover each day and all the proceeds are going to support GAD Zine. The night will include tons of awesome music as well as a raffle! Salina also brought a huge helping of tracks from bands you'll see at GAD Fest. We hear "This Could Take Forever" by XY Spaces, "Seperation Celebration" by Vorpal Sword, "Kill" by Swiss Army Brat, "Attention Whore" by Jonny and the Black Frames, "Purple Angel with a Tele" by Gasoline Tank, and "Less than All is Nothing" from Random Conflict. And be sure to contact Salina Brilla if you're interested in contributing to GAD Zine or donating to the raffle!

Gary has traveled far and wide in the states and will tell you the best way to get the best music and experiences is on the ground level. His newest album "Secondary Characters" is inspired by the many people and places he's met along the way.     Check out today's interview where Ben sits down with Gary to talk about stories from the road and hear some great tracks! We hear "Favorite Star", "The Crawl", "Tree City" and "Number One No-One".   Don't miss Gary headlining the Madison Street Festival October 7th at 2PM and that night at Mad Malt's Brewery at 7PM. He'll also be playing a benefit concert for Breaking Bounderies, supporting victims of Hurricane Harvey and Irma, at Yellowhammer Brewery Oct 22nd.

Self described as Neo-Soul and R&B Victoria Jones is focused on making positive, challenging music. She combines powerful vocals, substance of message and a laid back style to great effect! Check out today's episode where we talk to Victoria about what inspires her music, her growth as an artist and her future plans.   We also hear three tracks recorded in studio, "White Butterfly", "Uptown New York City", "Live for Now" and off her album "Be Bold"       Be sure to see her next Friday (Sep 15th) at Concerts on the Docks Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

From mowing grass, fixing houses, providing food or supporting Hurricane Harvey relief, Angels Squad does it all when it comes to community service! Alix dropped by the studio to talk how their Non-Profit got started and the life changing experiences they're encountered along the way. Tune in to today's Spicecast and learn all about the diverse needs of the community and how anyone can help! Angels Squad does take donations as well as goods for the community, but anyone can put work in to make our city better! Find out more at their website PassTheLoveDown.org or by calling 256-262-3235. And tonight head over to Club Convergent and meet up with them TONIGHT at 8pm. 25% of the proceeds go to FitGirlsGiveBack for Hurricane Harvey Relief!  Taking us out on today's Spicecast is Benny Pitsinger's Angel With Buffalo Wings.

With some very cool gadgets in tow, The Sun. The Moon. are the best of both planets. Laid back indy from out of Florence graces our doorstep for today's Spicecast! Lane and Lukas of The Sun. The Moon. have been playing music together for many years in many different forms but intend to keep pushing their limits. They use a variety of effects, loops, some nifty organ pedal boards, keys and more! Working on a new album to be released soon the guys drop by The Spice Rack to record some tracks and play a bonus track off their current release. We hear “Comfort Zone”, “Find Yourself”, “Warrior By Nature”, recorded right here at the Rack and their album track “The Cloud People”. And if you're out Florence way be sure to hit them up TONIGHT at the Underground Art & Sound or Tomorrow at 116 East Mobile Street.

On your way home today don't miss out on our interview with Remy and some sample tracks of his newest album, "Breathe Out". Remy will also be teaming up with one of our favorites, The Retrovales to bring you a slamming album release show at Alchemy at 8PM tonight!   Remy Neal's travels have taken him across the US all the way up to New York and finally back to Huntsville Alabama. Check out the full interview including his tracks of soulful vocals and master of keys. We hear four tracks off the new album including, "Breathe Out", "Seasons", "Picture", and "Shadow".

Local singer songwriter Alex Hendrix is in the studio tonight to discuss her upcoming album and play some live tracks! Dan and Alex talk about her gig experiences, stories behind her songs and even some Huntsville History.   After you grab the podcast be sure to head over to her many upcoming gigs including the 22nd at Maggie Meyers Irish Pub, Sep 23rd at The Boot Pizzeria, September 29th at Mad Malts Brewing, and September 30th at our buds Salty Nut Brewery!   Grab the podcast now at spiceradio.podbean.com or our itunes!

Self described as Sub-tropic Goth and deeply influenced by 80s pop, Caleb Gallman and Bobby Gill form the Pink Pyramids. The band, managed by Spicecast alumni Lindsey Shante, made their way up from Birmingham to perform some live tracks right here at the Spice Rack! Grab the podcast now to hear Lindsey, Bobby and Caleb holler about their most recent adventures and music on the horizon!   Tonight we hear "Sintech", "Little Truths", "Wealthy Spirit" and from Little Girl, a premiere track, "Homeward Bound" Shoutout to Tyler Ambrosius who was a collaborator on the last track.