Join us for the sixth season of Art on the Rocks, Birmingham’s most unique cultural social event. Art on the Rocks is held on select Friday evenings where you can enjoy socializing, gallery scavenger hunts, live music, art activities, fabulous finger foods from A Social Affair and Dale’s Seasoning, cocktails, and great people watching…all set against the Birmingham Museum of Art’s world-class permanent collection.
Join us for the first event on June 4th, featuring Erin McCarley…
Erin McCarley calls the music on her debut album, Love, Save the Empty, a document of her search for authenticity in herself and in others. This is elegantly crafted, deeply melodic music that resounds with echoes of the Beatles and Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette and Amy Winehouse. Near the top of the list of McCarley’s favorite artists are names like Fiona Apple, Patty Griffin, and Greg Laswell (the latter of whom co-wrote “Bobblehead”). “I just love how true and raw their lyrics are,” she explains. Listening to records by these musicians is more than enjoyable for McCarley—it’s inspiring. “I get one line into one of their songs and I have to stop and write my own,” she says. McCarley singles out her favorites’ unique phrasing, the way they’ve taught her to concentrate not only on her words but on her delivery. “Their lyrics are that much more powerful because of the way they sing them.” Her goal as an artist is as simple—and as profound—as they come. “When I’m onstage,” she says, “I’m trying to communicate with every single person out there.”
