Tracks from Waxahatchees album ivy tripp and Little Big Towns Pain Killer are on Entertainment Weeklys list of the 23 best songs of 2015 so far. Top photos: Birmingham native Katie Crutchfield performs under the professional name Waxahatchee. Bottom photos: Little Big Town includes Jimi Westbrook of Sumiton and his wife, Karen Fairchild (bottom left photo by Christine Prichard for AL.com). Fairchild attended Samford University in Birmingham, where she first met Kimberly Schlapman, another member of Little Big Town.
