Local Band BUNCH Plays Two Gulf Coast Shows This September
Local band BUNCH, which includes former members of El Cantador, plays two nearby Gulf Coast shows in September. On Sept. 21 the group opens for the Chris Staples Band at…
Secret Stages 2016 Spotlight: BUNCH Carries Mobile’s Music to Birmingham
When Secret Stages returned to Birmingham on August 5 and 6, one band brought a slice of the Mobile music scene to new listeners. BUNCH — forged from the ashes…
Mobile’s El Cantador Plays Farewell Shows After Two-Year Pause
Mobile band El Cantador reunites for a pair of farewell concerts after two years off the stage. The power trio, which the newsroom has followed since 2010, plays May 29…
El Cantador to Debut New EP Material at Callaghan’s, Signs With This Is American Music
Mobile indie band El Cantador is set to cap off a Southeastern tour with a homecoming show at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club on Saturday, December 8, 2012, alongside Nashville folk…
El Cantador Closes Southeastern Tour at Callaghan’s With Great Peacock
Mobile’s El Cantador closed a Southeastern tour on Saturday, December 8, 2012, at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club, sharing the bill with Nashville’s Great Peacock. For a band that had spent…
Mobile Battle of the Bands Pits Six Local Acts for a Shot at DeLuna Fest
Six regional bands are set to take the stage at the Alabama Music Box in Mobile on Saturday, July 21, for a battle of the bands with a prize that…
Mobile Bay Music Writers Round Up 2011’s Best Local Tracks at OK Bicycle Shop
Some of the Gulf Coast’s most plugged-in music writers and bookers gathered at the OK Bicycle Shop on Dauphin Street on November 28, 2011, for the Mobile Bay Music Writers…
Alabama Shakes Bring Their Retro Soul to Callaghan’s as the EP Spreads
Alabama Shakes — Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Steve Johnson and Zac Cockrell, out of Athens in north Alabama — followed a set at Mobile’s Callaghan’s Irish Social Club by sitting…
Alabama Music Box Benefit Rally Backers Against Mobile’s 21-Plus Ordinance
Just hours before Mobile’s controversial “21-plus ordinance” took effect on October 12, 2011, musicians, venue workers and fans packed the Alabama Music Box for a benefit show raising money to…
El Cantador Rebounds From Lineup Shake-Up With Fools for Light, Celebrates at Callaghan’s
Mobile band El Cantador spent late 2010 in an uncomfortable spotlight: riding radio play, a featured slot in 92ZEW’s Second Tuesday series and a best-band-in-Mobile Nappie Award from Lagniappe, the…