Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of live music from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
During Mardi Gras 2016, the Mobile music scene offered visitors and locals alike an unusually rich stretch of live shows, with national and regional acts playing alongside the homegrown bands…
During Mardi Gras season, we spoke with several touring acts that stopped in Mobile. Regional band Surfer Blood performed at the recently opened Merry Widow on Jan. 22, 2016. Here…
If you have seen O Brother, Where Art Thou?, you have seen Ed Snodderly. The East Tennessee musician, writer and actor appeared in the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film as the…
On Feb. 3, 2016, Mobile band Jaguarundi performed with art-music duo Pocket Vinyl at Alchemy Tavern, with doors at 9 p.m. The midweek pairing of a raucous local four-piece with…
When The Punknecks rolled into Mobile in January 2016, they carried with them the kind of reputation that touring bands spend years building: a live show loud enough, loose enough…
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Rue Snider will make a Mobile stop on Saturday, January 30, as his winter tour rolls through the Gulf Coast in support of his brand-new album, Leaving To…
When Mobilians flocked downtown to celebrate New Year’s 2016, one of the most popular stops was Alchemy Tavern at 7 S. Joachim St. Local musician Gregg Fells handled the downstairs…
The final day of 2015 was a time for revelry and resolutions, and many Mobilians planned to spend it at the city’s independent businesses, whether in search of food or…
From the end of BayFest to the birth of Ten Sixty Five and the opening of The Merry Widow, 2015 brought major shifts to Mobile's live music scene.
Mobilians gearing up for the Halloween weekend in 2015 had no shortage of spooky festivities to choose from. Parties, costume contests and live-music events at area businesses brought crowds to…