Your Summer Reading List
Our resident librarian returns to give you your summer reading list for 2026!
FROM THE ALABAMA TAKE'S FAMILY OF WRITERS
The Latest Compositions
The Best Songs of the Last Twenty-Five Years (That You May Have Missed)
The best from just under the radar
Who Is Terry Ohms?
Terry Ohms is a musician. That's all you need to know.
Josh Hamilton Makes Bold, Funny, Alabama Art
Alabama artist and designer Josh Hamilton creates bold, comic-inspired work shaped by...
How 'The Pitt' Got Better with More Realism
'The Pitt' with Its Blend of Realism and Eloquence Made For Its Best Season Yet (Spoi...
Bob Dylan's Quiet Sermon in Chattanooga | Show Review
It was a setlist that felt more perfected than any preaching ever did.
Sister Ray Davies and Their Purposeful Magic
Sister Ray Davies didn’t land on Sonic Cathedral by accident.
FROM THE ALABAMA TAKE'S FAMILY OF PODCASTS
The Latest Episodes
Lee Bains III | Musician
For the season finale back in 2022, Short Takes had an insightful, fun, poignant, and...
Matt Mitchell | Comedian and Creator
From 2022's second season of Short Takes, host Blaine Duncan gets a chance to sit and...
Camille Bennett | Director of Project Say Something
A very important guest from season two -- Camille Bennett of Project Say Something --...
Scaefer Llana | Singer and Songwriter
For the second episode of the second season, it's musician Schaefer Llana. If her nam...
W. Kamau Bell | Comedian
In the second season premiere from 2022, W. Kamau Bell joins Short Takes to talk abou...
Beta Hataway Veres | Musician for Electric Blue Yonder
In the final installment from the 2021 first season of Short Takes is the musician fo...
Garrett McNamara | Surfer
From 2021, it's professional surfer Garrett McNamara. Only a few can say that they ar...
Soapy Jones | Entrepreneur
From 2021 and the first season of Short Takes comes Soapy Jones as a guest. She is of...
Andrea von Kampen | Singer and Songwriter
From the 2021 first season of Short Takes, comes Andrea von Kampen. Andrea von Kampen...
Paul Thorn | Singer and Songwriter
From the first season of Short Takes in 2021, it's singer and songwriter Paul Thorn. ...