The group Alabama Shakes won several Grammys on Monday night, for ‘Best Alternative Music Album”  and also “Best Rock Song” and “Best Rock Performance” for Don’t Wanna Fight,” although their album “Sound & Color” lost to Taylor Swift’s “1989” for “Best Album.”

It was just a little over a year ago that “Sound and Color” debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart. Right now, “Sound & Color,” the title cut, is breaking big as a single on Alternative and Adult Alternative radio.

Lead singer Brittany Howard’s instinctive, emotional style comes from deep within her soul –hence the “sound and color” of the title—her voice combined with her fellow band mates instrumentation simply bursts upon the listener.

The New York Times credited the groups “rapid ascent” to “Howard’s singular stage presence.” She could possibly be a force of nature.

Some 55 years ago, in the Fall of 1961, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions shook up the airwaves with a similar sound on the mesmerizing hit “Gypsy Woman.”

Both songs have that high-pitched siren call that lures and lulls you into an aural trance.  You feel it as much as you hear it.

Alabama Shakes formed in 2009 in Athens, AL, and are lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, keyboard player Ben Tanner, and drummer Steve Johnson.

Descriptions of the band’s style range from soulful rock to roots rock to blues-rock.