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,…
Mobile-Bred Country Trio The Band Perry Set to Release Debut Album Oct. 12
The Band Perry, a country music trio made up of siblings who grew up in Mobile, is set to release its self-titled debut album on Oct. 12, marking a milestone…
Meet the 2010 Greater Mobile Arts Awards Honorees, From the Blind Mule to Wanda Sullivan
Mobile’s arts community took center stage this fall as the Greater Mobile Arts Awards prepared to honor six of the people and organizations that have shaped the city’s creative life.…
From USA Jazz Bands to Nashville Studios: DJ Trey Stein Brings Turntablism Home to the Gulf Coast
In August 2010, Mobile-area DJ Trey Stein released Radio Volume 4 online — a July mix the turntablist described as a crunchy blend of dirty oscillators, bit-crushed textures and raw…
Mobile Singer-Songwriter Carey Dekle on Her Roots, Weekend Gigs and a Full-Length Album in the Works
In mid-2010, Mobile singer Carey Dekle sat down to talk about her path in music — a journey that began in childhood and was steadily building toward her first full-length…
How Mobile’s Trenier Brothers Helped Invent the Sound of Rock and Roll
Long before rock and roll had a name, Mobile-born twins Cliff and Claude Trenier and their family band were shouting it into existence — from Alabama State College to the…
Jazz Appreciation Month: Mobile’s Own — Trombonist Fred Wesley Jr. and Bassist Bernard Odum
Mobile-raised musicians Fred Wesley Jr. and Bernard Odum helped build the sound of James Brown's bands, going on to careers that carried the Port City's musical legacy into funk, jazz…