Alabama 3

Alabama 3 bring their Brixton-bred blend of country blues and club culture to Thekla on 16 October 2026. Formed in the mid‑90s around Rob Spragg and Jake Black, the collective set out to splice American roots music with acid house, electronics and trip‑hop, filtering Southern gospel imagery through a distinctly London lens. Their debut Exile on Coldharbour Lane sketched the blueprint, and Woke Up This Morning carried their name far beyond the UK after its use in The Sopranos. Since then, albums like La Peste, Power in the Blood, Outlaw, M.O.R., Revolver Soul, Blues and Step 13 have deepened a catalogue where harmonica and slide guitar ride machine beats and dubby basslines.

On stage, Alabama 3 fold call‑and‑response vocals, blues licks and pulsing breaks into a loose, dance‑ready sermon without losing the grit of a bar band. After Jake Black’s passing in 2019, Spragg leads an expanded crew that keeps the group’s hybrid spirit intact, reshaping older cuts alongside newer material. At Thekla, expect that A3 chemistry in full flow: gospel inflections meeting electronics, road‑worn storytelling pacing alongside rave DNA, all delivered with the offbeat charisma that has defined the band since 1995.