Though both ensembles are working within the jazz idiom, the styles of music they create as worlds apart.
Smart Bets: Music for Quarantine
Asheville singer/songwriter Hannah Kaminer connects local musicians with homebound fans.
Smart Bets: Guidance for Arts Professionals & Organizations
Asheville Area Arts Council is providing assistance in the form of an online resource.
Album review: ‘Ghost of Cassiopeia’ by Death Nebula
Dramatic delivery, tight ensemble playing and the amount of angst and fire one would expect from a doom metal band are all in ample supply on Ghost of Cassiopeia.
ACDT launches Festival of New Dance
“This is an experiment for us to try a different concept with what’s called ‘new dance,’” says Susan Collard. “[It] involves a lot of projection, video and film, and almost everyone in this concert is using some type of collaboration with a filmmaker, a video projector or experimental music.”
Christopher Paul Stelling releases a new album
The 10 songs of ‘Best of Luck,’ produced by Ben Harper, often feel like self-made medication for the worries of the world, along with nuggets of wisdom, resolve and resistance.
Smart Bets: Ann Zelle — Remember When …
The Gallery @ Dot Editions opens an exhibition of the photographer’s work on March 20.
Acoustic Asheville: Alex Travers
The Whistle Hop Brewing in Fairview will host Travers in concert on Thursday, March 19, at 6 p.m.
Art in real time
These days, Bellenoit can be found live painting on Tuesday nights at One World West.
Album review: ‘Apples in the Fall’ by Anna Lynch
Much of the Appalachian-style textures that characterized Lynch’s debut are dialed back on her latest EP in favor of a more sophisticated aesthetic.
Smart Bets: The Poetry Brothel
**POSTPONED** Isis Music Hall hosts the immersive literary cabaret on March 18.
The Project House Gallery brings ‘Joy and Gravity’ to the RAD
At just 240 square feet, The Project House Gallery is Asheville’s newest, most intimate exhibit space, and curator Marghe Means’ latest, most radical project.
Smart Bets: FOIA Love
**POSTPONED** The comedy and bluegrass show stops by Hi-Wire’s Big Top on March 18.
Three Asheville-based groups release new albums
The Christy Lynn Band, Firecracker Jazz Band and Fireside Collective all launch new recordings with local shows.
Smart Bets: Rooster
The Asheville-based Americana/folk band plays a record release show, March 16 at The Grey Eagle.
Smart Bets: Algiers
The rock quartet heads to The Mothlight on March 13.
Acoustic Asheville: Mink’s Miracle Medicine
Mink’s Miracle Medicine stretches the bounds of old-timey folk music and adds its own flair with modern lyrics and a dash of punk vibe.
Album review: ‘Zenith’ by Grayson Varn
Zenith is an examination of life’s intimate moments and intricate workings: a peeling back of the layers, a gaze into the microcosm.
Smart Bets: Traitor
Brett Neveu’s modern adaptation of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” opens March 13 at The Magnetic Theatre.
NIN drummer Ilan Rubin’s The New Regime plays The Orange Peel
The multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter discusses what it’s like to be a musician in a time of limited attention spans.
Smart Bets: Kelly Hoppenjans
The NewSong finalist headlines The Grey Eagle on March 11.