Alabama Shakes: Influences

Alabama Shakes: Influences

Behind Alabama Shakes’ sharply crafted songs and earth-shaking performances is a vast wealth of musical inspirations. While artists like Ike & Tina Turner and Led Zeppelin certainly match the kind of power and fury Brittany Howard adds to the equation, more surprising heroes like Björk and David Axelrod are more suggestive of the subtler nuances that are just as crucial to their sound.

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