Singer/songwriter John Mayer played the Amphitheater at the Wharf in Orange Beach Monday night. Full story »

PENSACOLA, Florida — Pensacola Opera announces its first communitywide literacy initiative, the Little Women Reading Project. On Jan. 21 and 23, 2011, the operatic version of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” will be presented as part of Pensacola Opera’s mainstage season at the Pensacola Saenger Theatre.   The opera was written by American composer Mark Adamo and debuted in... Full story »

Rapper T.I.’s status as a BayFest 2010 headliner could be in jeopardy, following his arrest on drug charges Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The arrest might have serious ramifications for the star, an Atlanta native whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr. He served prison time in 2009 on federal weapons charges, and is still on probation. According to... Full story »

  Just Another Saturday Night The Villains Rock Ridge Working one’s way through the Villains’ “Just Another Saturday Night” is a pleasant experience, but also a little bit puzzling. The Atlanta-based band, made up of veteran studio musicians and sidemen, has two voices — and two visions, it seems at times. The one that opens the album, on “Let’s... Full story »

  Cowboy’s Back in Town Trace Adkins Show Dog/Universal If you know Trace Adkins mainly as the guy who gave us “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” then a couple of the track titles are all it takes to tell you what he’s up to on his latest, “Cowboy’s Back in Town.” At the top of the list: “Ala-Freakin-Bama” and “Whoop a... Full story »

Art Alexakis has always been a rocker with an eye for the big picture, and he can’t talk about coming back to Biloxi without talking about the last disaster to hit the Gulf Coast, or the current one. “I’m real excited to come to Biloxi,” he says. “We played Biloxi before the hurricane, actually. We played there in a... Full story »

Galactic needs no introduction. Good Enough for Good Times might, even thought it shares quite a bit of the same DNA. Literally: The band, which hits Daphne on Thursday, Sept. 2, started as a side project for Galactic’s guitarist, Jeff Raines, and its bassist, Robert Mercurio. Mercurio’s account of the band’s birth is simple. “Due to the lack of... Full story »

Some al.com users are upset that the Gulf Shores concerts and Deluna Fest in Pensacola are occurring simultaneously. What's your take? Full story »

The other flip-flop has finally dropped: Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley will follow Jimmy Buffett in performing BP-funded beach concerts in Gulf Shores.  Full story »

MTV's first Foursquare badge offering takes us back to the network's roots, and its design features the iconic astronaut planting the MTV flag on the moon.  Full story »

BayFest appears to have completed its 2010 lineup with today’s expected announcement that Atlanta-based rapper T.I. will headline the Pepsi Stage on Sunday, Oct. 3.  Full story »

Vince Gill will headline a free outdoor concert Sept. 25 in Walton County, Fla., to promote tourism in Florida's northwest Gulf Coast. Full story »

About 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, weather permitting, New Orleans singer-songwriter Andrew Duhon will begin to perform in Bienville Square in downtown Mobile. His listeners will be witnessing a landmark occasion for one of the city’s longest-running cultural institutions. Many of them will celebrate by eating their lunches while he plays, and by coming and going whenever seems convenient. Looking on... Full story »

This promises to be a good weekend for original music: Distinctive Gulf Coast group Rondale & the Kit Katz are releasing a new album with a Saturday show at Pirates Cove in Josephine, and Hamelin, a Mobile-based rock group, is offering an all-originals performance the same evening at the Blind Mule. It’s not unusual for even the most popular Mobile... Full story »