2008 Woodie Awards
If you are looking for some good coffeehouse music infused with a Spanish flavor, then RomanStreet is a band you should check out. The local quintet is known for "Gypsy Jazz," according to its Web site. I saw only two of RomanStreet's musicians perform Sept.
It was a warm, spring night in 2006 when a future writer strolled down Mobile's Dauphin Street in search of her friends. As she wove through the crowds, the vibrant rhythms of Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Pride and Joy" were blasting from Boo Radley's. Mesmerized, she stopped long enough to peek inside the window.
When I came home from classes this past Friday, I walked into my dining room to find my younger sister browsing MTV's Web site. I asked her what she was watching, and when she casually replied, "The Hills," the inspiration for this column rose in me with a passion unlike any other.
The 14th annual Bayfest Music Festival will take over the streets of downtown Mobile on Oct. 3-5. More than 125 local and national music acts ranging in various styles will be sure to please most musical tastes. Some of the acts that are to perform are Darius Rucker, Nelly and Buckcherry, who all released new albums within the past few weeks.
Downloadable content. It can be a wonderful thing. After a game's release, the developers can continue working on certain additions that can be downloaded and applied to the game. Sometimes it is in the form of new multiplayer maps. At other times, it comes in the form of new items, weapons or vehicles.
I remember my first Bayfest experience as if it were yesterday. Growing up here in Mobile, I was never interested in attending the festival. I am not sure if it was just because there were never really any bands that interested me or if it was just because my parents never took me.