Discover early influencers and legendary icons in music, architecture, and fashion in northwest Alabama
Discover early influencers and legendary icons in music, architecture, and fashion in northwest Alabama You’ll find an unbelievably rich musical legacy and a host of cultural treasures Illustrated map by Steve Stankiewicz Set along a shallow stretch of the Tennessee River in the northwestern corner of Alabama, the communities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia are known collectively as the Shoals. Early American Indian inhabitants referred to the Tennessee as the “singing river,” which would prove fitting. Alongside it, centuries later, a rich musical culture would eme...