
Six Counties — Countless Stories: 2026 Kickstart
So we’re well into January of the new year. How are those resolutions going? If you’re faltering or need some extra motivation, here’s our MSNHA county-by-county guide to making those

So we’re well into January of the new year. How are those resolutions going? If you’re faltering or need some extra motivation, here’s our MSNHA county-by-county guide to making those

Shopping local helps communities & makes you a star gifter Your gift list can do more this year when you buy locally — you’ll support people & projects in northwest

By Cathy WoodMSNHA media coordinator The newly launched Shoals Music Archive at the University of North Alabama is dedicated to collecting and preserving northwest Alabama’s rich music heritage – and

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 Debbie Wilson Executive director, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio What a year! Everything slowed down or came to a standstill all over the world. But not the music. Music continued

By Dixie Norwood MSNHA graduate assistant Did you know that the “Father of the Blues” was born and raised right in the heart of the Shoals area? William Christopher Handy was born