FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Music Maker Productions Colvard Student Union, Suite 314 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Contact: Madison Horton, Publicity Chair of Music Maker Productions Tel: 662.325.2930 Fax: 662.325.3323 Email: [email protected] Alabama Shakes to perform Free Concert at MSU Amphitheater STARKVILLE, Miss. (February 6, 2017) ⎯ Music Maker Productions presents Grammy Award winner Alabama Shakes live in concert on Thursday April 26, 2017. The concert will be free, and open to the public. The show will begin at 7 pm, at The MSU Amphitheater located on the campus of Mississippi State University. Alabama Shakes is a blues rock band originating from Athens, Alabama. In 2012, the band released their first full length album entitled Boys & Girls. It which was listed at #34 on the Rolling Stone’s best albums for 2012. The debut of Boys & Girls, earned the group three Grammy nominations, including a nod for Best New Artist. The gold-certified album’s breakthrough paved the way for the Shakes—Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, drummer Steve Johnson, and touring keyboard players Ben Tanner and Paul Horton— to become one of the most celebrated live acts in the world, as they delivered unforgettable per- formances everywhere from Saturday Night Live to the main stages of such festivals as Bon- naroo and Glastonbury. Alabama Shakes has followed up their debut album with the eagerly awaited second album entitled Sound and Color. “We took our time to write this record, and I’m really glad we did,” says Brittany Howard, lead singer and guitarist of Alabama Shakes, about the band’s new album Sound & Color. “We really thought about what record we wanted to make, and decided that we didn’t’t want to do something like Boys & Girls, Part Two,” says Brittany Howard. “We’ve grown a lot, learned a lot about music, listened and thought about a lot of things—about being minimal and tasteful, keeping it classy. After that decision to start over, with a clean slate, it was easy. We could just do what we wanted to do.” A part of the Division of Student Affairs, Music Maker Productions works to provide quality contemporary entertainment for MSU and area communities. MMP is a student organization whose primary goal is to provide quality, contempo- rary entertainment for the MSU community. For more information or questions regarding this event, please visit www.msuconcerts.com or call at 662-325-2930. .