Russell Dickerson may be a chart-topping, multi-platinum country artist, but he hasn’t forgotten where his story began. “I still wear my Bruin flag with pride,” said Dickerson. The 2011 alumna was welcomed back to Belmont with a standing ovation on Tuesday night to receive the Curtain Call Award and perform for adoring fans in the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Dickerson studied commercial music and music business at Belmont and encouraged aspiring artists in the crow

Imagine seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd take the stage. The guitar chords start and the crowd erupts. Before you know it, everyone around you is screaming the words to “Sweet Home Alabama.” That’s what music junkies near and far would call a religious experience. Maybe that’s how Belmont alum Scott Bomar went from graduating with a degree in religion to writing “Southbound: An Illustrated History of Southern Rock.” “I’ve always been a music nerd, and it just so happens that I came back