Spice Radio Huntsville

You've probably heard many different stories about the founding of Black Lives Matter and how it's impacting America today. Hy Thurman of the North Alabama School of Organizers goes straight to the source with a candid conversation with one of BLM's founders, Alicia Garza. More information on NASO including upcoming classes at NASO.network   Podcast Edited by Ben Jobe and Mastering by Spice Rack Studios. Intro and Outro music "Early Morning Get Down" by Hunter Copeland

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.

Today on the Spicecast: Heavy band War Drum Syndicate are in the building with some live tracks and plenty to talk about! Check out our interview with Damon, Greg, Mike and Robert "Chieftain Hawks". We talk to the guys about making of their video "Hawks", Damon's experience running a venue and the Chief speaks about the duties of a frontman. We also have awesome live tracks for you including "Seasons Fall", "Hawks", "Stories Never Sold" and "Agitation".

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.