By Abraham Rowe    In an effort to learn more about our communities from an insider perspective, the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Areas’s Hidden Spaces project asks folks from
By Jessie Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant The Shoals has several recording studios. Some of them are more famous than others but all have contributed to the area’s international reputation. One
By Jessie Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant When you think about the music scene in the Shoals, you do not think of country. You might think of Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant What do the Beatles, the Stones & Bob Dylan all have in common? I know, what a random grouping & bizarre riddle for
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant      Cultural heritage in Scotland is not much different than it is here. We spent our second week in Scotland
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant I had the amazing opportunity during the first two weeks of July to travel to Scotland. It was amazing partially because of how
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant     Welcome to the fourth and final part of my look at the Journal of Muscle Shoals History! If you
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant Hello, and welcome to the third post about the Journal of Muscle Shoals History! If you missed parts Nos. 1 and 2, be
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant Welcome back to part No. 2 of my look into the Journal of Muscle Shoals History! In part one I discussed the history
By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant The Tennessee Valley Historical Society was established in 1923 by Frank R. King, a native of Leighton, to tell & protect Muscle Shoals-area
From Terrence Johnson  MSNHA programs coordinator    Alabama’s two National Heritage Areas and two Rotary Districts are working together to protect pollinators.   On April 19, leaders from Rotary Districts
By Clayton Davis  MSNHA historic preservationist    When driving across the O’Neil Memorial Bridge to cross between Florence and Sheffield, observers will notice an old iron railroad bridge sitting off