Mobile Big Band Society Brings Swing Era Sound to MoonPie Over Mobile
When downtown Mobile rings in the new year with the MoonPie Over Mobile celebration, one of the acts on stage will be keeping a much older American tradition alive: the…
Four Lions Opens at Downtown Mobile’s Crescent Theater
The Crescent Theater in downtown Mobile rolls out a pair of distinctive holiday-season bookings this December, starting with the British satire Four Lions, which opens Friday, December 10. The booking…
Q&A: Painter Lauren Woods on Dreams, Dance and Mobile’s Art Scene
Painter Lauren Woods brought her exhibition Somewhere In Between to the Mobile Arts Council’s “Skinny” Gallery in December 2010, and sat down during the run of the show to talk…
Scrooge the Musical Returns by Popular Demand to Joe Jefferson Players
Mobile’s longest-running community theater brings back its holiday favorite this December, as the Joe Jefferson Players stage Scott Morlock’s Scrooge, the Musical for a second straight season. The production opens…
Mobile Country Singer Holli Mosley Chases a National Break on CMT
Mobile country vocalist Holli Mosley spent 2010 turning local momentum into a shot at national exposure, capping the year as one of 16 finalists in CMT’s “Country Strong” Challenge tied…
December LoDa ArtWalk: A Gallery-by-Gallery Guide to Friday Night
Downtown Mobile’s galleries roll out holiday exhibitions, concerts, and open houses for this month’s LoDa ArtWalk, the second-Friday stroll through the Cathedral Square Arts District running 6 to 9 p.m.…
Mithril and Roman Street Team Up at USA’s Laidlaw Center Dec. 8-9
Two of the area’s best-known instrumental acts share a stage this week. Mithril and Roman Street perform solo sets and then together on Wednesday and Thursday, December 8 and 9,…
Blue Velvet Studio Hosts ‘The Gift of Art’ During LoDa ArtWalk
Blue Velvet Studio turns its downtown gallery into a holiday market this month with The Gift of Art, a reception and sale timed to the December LoDa ArtWalk on Friday,…
Mobile-Bred The Band Perry Hits No. 1 on Country Radio With ‘If I Die Young’
The Band Perry, the sibling trio who grew up in Mobile, reached the top of the country radio charts this week as their breakout single “If I Die Young” climbed…
Mobile-Born Musician Sam Taylor Left an Indelible Mark on American Music
Sam Taylor, born in Mobile, Alabama, built a remarkable career as a guitarist, songwriter and bandleader whose influence stretched across some of the most important chapters of American popular music.…