Briefs

May 06 2008 – The Fourth Annual Gulf Coast Zydeco Music and Crawfish Festival Date: May 16-18 Venue: Daphne Civic Center Complex Tickets: Free for outside events/ $15 for night dances on Friday and Saturday, 251-626-5300 When Daphne decided to plan a community day, they did it right and the end result was the Gulf Coast Zydeco Music and Crawfish Festival.

Apr 22 2008 – Kid Rock, Rev Run and Peter Wolf Date: Friday, May 2, gates at 7 p.m.

Apr 08 2008 – Curing Cancer on the Causeway: A Music Marathon Date: Sunday, April 13, 4 p.m.

Mar 25 2008 – *Perpetual Groove Date: Friday, March 28 with doors at 9 pm Venue: Soul Kitchen (19 Dauphin St.) www.soulkitchenmobile.com Tickets: 12 in adv.

Mar 11 2008 – Jackson Browne Date: Monday, March 17, 7:30 pm Venue: Saenger Theater (6 S.

Feb 25 2008 – Wilco with special guest John Doe Date: Monday, March 3 with doors at 6:30 p.m.

Feb 12 2008 – The Ghosts Project, Tatsuya Nakatani & Stephen McClurg Date: Saturday, Feb.

Jan 28 2008 – LuLu’s Fourth Anniversary Mardi Gras Celebration Date: Tuesday, Feb.

Jan 15 2008 – The Indigo Girls with special guest Brandi Carlile Date: Saturday, Jan.

Jan 01 2008 – Justin Fobes Band (92 ZEW Second Tuesday) Date: Wednesday, Jan.

Dec 18 2007 – Chifauco Reunion Date: Saturday, Dec. 22 at 10:30 p.m.

Dec 04 2007 – Silverchair Date: Saturday, Dec. 15 with doors at 6 p.m.

Nov 20 2007 – Josh Turner and Danielle Peck Date: Sunday, Dec.2 with doors at 7 p.m.

Nov 06 2007 – Quarter Moon Fest Date: Saturday, November 17 at 10 am Venue: French Quarter Apartments, 557 Azalea Rd.

Oct 23 2007 – The Western Lands presents "Metropolis" Date: Oct.

Oct 09 2007 – Ryan Adams and the Cardinals Date: Wednesday, Oct.17 with doors at 7 p.m.

Sep 25 2007 – Emmylou Harris Date: Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 pm Venue: Saenger Theater, 6 S.

Sep 11 2007 – Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit Date: Saturday, Sept.

Aug 28 2007 – Live! Love! Revolt! presents New Model Army Date: Wednesday, September 12 with doors at 8 p.m.

Aug 14 2007 – The Black Crowes w/ The North Mississippi All-Stars Date: Tuesday, Aug.

Jul 31 2007 – *Down-home duo hit the OGD * Ricky and Micol Davis met in Knoxville, Tenn., married and created Blue Mother Tupelo, a mix of roots-rock and Hill Country blues.

Jul 17 2007 – Taking a glance… * *Peek Award: Best Local Band The Port City can’t get enough of Peek.

Jul 03 2007 – Cheap Trick Date: Thursday, July 19 with doors at 7 p.m.

Jun 19 2007 – Steve Miller Band Date: Friday, June 22. Gates at 7 p.m.

Jun 05 2007 – B. B. King Date: Tuesday, June 12 at 8 p.m. Venue: Saenger Theater, 6 S.

May 22 2007 – Molly Thomas and the Truckee Brothers Date: Saturday, May 26 with doors at 9 pm Venue: Soul Kitchen, 219 Dauphin St., 433-5958, www.soulkitchenmobile.com Tickets: TBA Molly Thomas has been a Port City favorite since her days with Slow Moses.

May 08 2007 – Gulf Coast Zydeco Music and Crawfish Festival Date: Friday, May 18 at 5 p.m.

Apr 25 2007 – Swamp Meat 2 Date: Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 with music starting at 4 p.m.

Apr 10 2007 – Alabama Delta Blues Festival Date: April 14-15, 2007 with gates at 1 p.m.

Mar 28 2007 – The Colour Date: Thursday, April 5, 2007 with doors at 8 p.m.

Mar 13 2007 – Lindsey Buckingham Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 8 p.m.

Feb 27 2007 – Michael Franti and Spearhead Date: March 8; Doors at 9 p.m.

Feb 13 2007 – Robert Randolph and the Family Band/ EOTO’s Party into Fat Tuesday Date: February 19; doors at 8 p.m.

Jan 30 2007 – Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes Date: Friday, February 2, 2007 with doors at 9 p.m.

Jan 16 2007 – Ying Yang Twins Date: January 21, 2007 Doors Open at 9 PM Venue: Soul Kitchen 455 Dauphin St.

Jan 02 2007 – I hope everyone survived the Christmas bedlam without major incident.

Dec 19 2006 – All of you faithful readers have once again braved (and are still braving) the holiday madness the Christmas season brings.

Dec 05 2006 – The exotic beats of the Far East will soon fill the nooks and crannies of WeMo- well one nook in particular.

Nov 21 2006 – Once again, Mobile will begin its four-month holiday season that kicks off with Thanksgiving and wraps up with Mardi Gras Day.

Nov 08 2006 – Cross Canadian Ragweed continues to gather a massive cult following with their alternative country (I still think it sounds like Southern Rock) sound.

Oct 25 2006 – Even though Mobile isn’t considered a big-time Halloween city, I’m never disappointed with the revelry this holiday awakens in the hearts of its population.

Oct 10 2006 – It’s that time of year again! Fall is teasing us with cool flirtations, but our sub-tropical weather won’t stand for it.

Sep 27 2006 – People not only from our lovely city but also from all over the United States will converge on the streets of Downtown Mobile to enjoy the music and revelry of BayFest 2006.

Sep 13 2006 – The fall music line-up is looking strong. Between BayFest and Sound Stage Live, not to mention the tremendous job our local venues are doing, this city is going to be alive with the sounds of music.

Aug 29 2006 – I’ve received several e-mails and heard many concerns over my supposed capture by terrorists in the Middle East.

Aug 16 2006 – Queensryche is preparing a mindcrime for Aug. 30 at the Saener Theater, but don’t call a cop – get a ticket.

Aug 01 2006 – The air is buzzing with talk of the David Lee Roth show Aug.

Jul 19 2006 – The Scumdogs of the Universe are coming to violate Mobile!

Jul 05 2006 – After experiencing Bonnaroo 2006, it only took 20 minutes to scour the layer of scum from my body and three days to get my brain cells back in working order.

Jun 21 2006 – Musical genres are continuously changing and evolving.

Jun 06 2006 – Bonnaroo is almost here, and many of you are gearing up for a four-day music cornucopia in the rolling hills of Manchester, Tenn.

May 23 2006 – You know, it’s getting harder and harder to make the "Music Briefs," well brief, as there has been an overabundance of musical talent coming to our area of late.

May 09 2006 – I feel like ‘80s one-trick-pony Timex Social Club with these rumors surroundin’ me every day.

Apr 26 2006 – ZEWtopia was the perfect warm-up for the summer music festival season.

Apr 11 2006 – I hope everyone took advantage of the outdoor shows over the past couple of weeks.

Mar 29 2006 – The seasons in the Port City are like a group of dysfunctional siblings constantly fighting over who gets to be the center of attention.

Mar 14 2006 – I’m not really sure what you guys gave up for Lent this year, thankfully it wasn’t catching great live music, but it seems you’ve all been on your best behavior.

Mar 01 2006 – It’s time to say goodbye to Mardi Gras and hello to Lent.

Feb 14 2006 – Mardi Gras has finally begun to spread its jovial infection (and probably others that penicillin could take care of) into the streets of the Port City.

Jan 31 2006 – By Stephen Centanni Contributing writer With the bountiful possibilities of this year’s Mardi Gras season on everyone’s lips, I figured it was time to give the Port City a pep talk of sorts before we start the party.

Jan 18 2006 – Eugene Walter may have called Mobile "The Kingdom of the Monkey," but I am still forced to call it "The Schizophrenic City." Our weather is one on a long, personal list that leads me to this name.

Jan 04 2006 – Thank God for January! It allows time to take a small break in the midst of the four-month Mobile holiday season.

Dec 21 2005 – Well, I guess Saint Nick was kind enough to put all of us music lovers on the Nice List.

Dec 07 2005 – As the end of the year rushes toward us like a moon pie at Mardi Gras, we seem to become obsessed with change.