3 days ago · The multi-Grammy-winning rock group will reunite for a 2025 tour featuring 30 shows across North America. It's the first time in eight years that the band, featuring Brittany Howard, Zac Cockrell ...

21 hours ago · After their surprise reunion at a benefit concert in December, Alabama Shakes have announced their first tour together in eight years. The band – consisting of singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, bassist Zac Cockrell, and drummer Heath Fogg – will kick off their 2025 tour on July 16 in Chicago and conclude on September 27 in Irving, Texas. “This band and these songs have been such a source ...

4 days ago · Alabama Shakes—the trio of vocalist and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell—played a surprise reunion set in December, and, now, they have announced that ...

4 days ago · Following the Alabama Shakes’ surprise reunion in December, the band has announced their first tour together in eight years.. Singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, bassist Zac Cockrell, and ...

Alabama Shakes are an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009. The band currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell.

Oct 7, 2020 · Cockrell works the pocket akin to his Alabama Muscle Shoals ancestors, sticking close to the root notes with harmonic extensions that embellish the singer and the songs. His weapon of choice, as you would expect is a vintage Fender Precision, LaBella flatwounds, and a waddafoam at the bridge!

Jan 31, 2025 · In December, for their first live performance together in seven years, Alabama Shakes singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg and bassist Zack Cockrell were backed by Nashville...

Jan 28, 2025 · Alabama Shakes have teased their first new music in eight years, and have shared details of a 2025 festival gig. Posting a series of pictures on Instagram of them in the studio, the band wrote:...

Dec 19, 2024 · Since hitting pause on the band, Alabama Shakes bassist Zac Cockrell has backed Howard in her solo band the last few years while Fogg released an album in 2019 as the project Sun on Shade. In 2021, drummer Johnson was arrested and charged with child abuse. The charges were later dismissed.

Yet even as the attention and the pressure were mounting, the band—who by now had changed their name to the Alabama Shakes—continued to break new ground musically. Their first single, the hypnotic, show-stopping plea “Hold On,” grew out of an on-stage improvisation.