HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Muscle Shoals holds an outsized place in the history of American music. Known for two legendary recording studios – Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and FAME Studios – the town has ...

An exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum examines an Alabama region’s history as a recording mecca, ...

On the wall of Michael Gray’s office at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, there’s a framed Hatch Show Print poster for a 2011 panel discussion at the museum titled Land of 1000 Dances: The ...

When 22-year-old Cherilyn Sarkisian arrived at Muscle Shoals Sound in April 1969, the owners and musicians there didn’t recognize her. Sarkisian, better known as Cher, was one of the most famous ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will honor Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with a new exhibition. The exhibit, "Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising," will run for nearly three years starting November ...

Low Rhythm Rising is now open for a nearly three-year run, closing in March 2028. The more than 5,000-square-foot exhibit ...

After Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic Records in 1967, producer Jerry Wexler brought her to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Known for its local recording studios, including FAME and Muscle ...

In 1977, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio cofounder and Swampers guitarist Jimmy Johnson offered a local band called Jackson Highway a song called “Old Time Rock and Roll.” The band, named after Muscle ...

A new book and a Country Music Hall of Fame exhibit explore the history of Muscle Shoals' music scene. Rob Bowman's new book, "Land of a Thousand Sessions," details how the small Alabama town became a ...

Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon. Otis Redding and Hank Williams Jr. Duane Allman and Wilson Pickett. These artists that might not seem to have anything in common have one major thing in common: their ...