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Concert Review by F Piralla The Astoria, London – 14 December 2003 For those of you who don’t know, Alabama 3 are an 8-piece British band with a bad reputation and an even worse American accent that also happen to be the authors of the soundtrack to the US TV series THE SOPRANOS. The Album Review by Samantha Rochford The Camden Underworld, London – Monday 19 March 2001 The Brixton boys Alabama 3 moved North for their second show of four at Camden’s Underworld. The crowd/fans were mixed: from pig-tailed girlies to bearded bikers, they all strolled in, rolled up, and waited for enlightenment from “preacher man” Jake Album Review by Mark Bayross Mis-named after two black men who were hung for allegedly raping a white woman in the American Deep South in the 1930s, Alabama 3 rage against injustice and inequality through a joyous amalgamation of country blues and acid house. Rather than the Deep South, they come from a part Album Review by Mark Bayross As its title and cover artwork suggests, Alabama 3’s fifth album (following on from their acoustic versions album LAST TRAIN TO MASHVILLE) is a dedication to the outlaws of not just American folklore, but throughout British history, many of whom are unsung romantic heroes, fighting to bring justice for Album Review by Mark Bayross Following on from Alabama 3’s excellent 2000 album LA PESTE, a record which spawned three singles that should have burned up the charts if there was any justice in this world, POWER IN THE BLOOD sees the South London group return on similarly fine form. Once again fusing country Single Review by Mark Bayross The ever-engaging Brixton collective that is Alabama 3 release REACHIN’, one of the more mellow cuts from their third album, POWER IN THE BLOOD, as its first single. Beats, slide guitar, soulful backing vocals and Larry Love’s laconic drawl are all present and correct across the lead track and Concert Review by EDF The Camden Underworld – 2 April 2001 Are you tired of going to gigs where the same things happen night after night? Smoke blown in your face, beer spilt down the back of your shirt and then the worst thing happens, the band comes on, plugs in, goes through the Concert Review by Mark Bayross The Camden Underworld – Monday 26 March 2001 The third in Alabama 3’s “Month of Mondays” saw the Brixton collective move their sights from country & western and gospel, to another part of their sound – techno. The cavernous Underworld – which must seem like home to these guys Single Review by Mark Bayross The closing song from their OUTLAW album is classic Alabama 3 – country guitars, bubbling electronics and more gospel than a Bible Belt Sunday school. A more subdued affair than some of their singles, but still a joyous three and a half minutes.
Single Review by Mark Bayross The Brixton-based collective Alabama 3 is one of those unique bands which defies lazy categorisation, and for that we should be thankful. Peddling gospel-tinged country rock, but laced with an undercurrent of trip-hop menace, Alabama 3 are the sound of South London via Nashville. If you are one of |
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