Alice Gerrard & Friends, David Holt & the Lighting Bolts and Balsam Range play a show to benefit their musician friend’s medical fund April 8 at The Grey Eagle.
Acoustic Asheville: Hussy Hicks
The duo gave a powerhouse performance of their original song “Through the Windmill” before a tour stop at Isis Music Hall.
Swannanoa songwriter, poet, artist and dramatist Billy Edd Wheeler celebrates a new memoir
Today, at age 85, Wheeler shows little sign of slowing down. Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout is a highly enjoyable chronicle, following a young boy in Boone County, W.V. through a fascinating lifetime, rubbing elbows with Elvis, Chet Atkins and countless other musical peers.
![WORK IT OUT: As part of the extensive {Re}HAPPENING lineup, local dancer and choreographer Kathy Leiner, pictured, presents “Firewall.” The multimedia performance is “created collaboratively by dancers and the audience [and] uses choice and chance to explore barriers, vulnerability and to question how our exposure or anonymity affects our actions.”](https://mountainx.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AE-REHAPPENING-330x248.png)
Eighth {Re}HAPPENING manifests the history of Black Mountain College
“We like to look at the history and legacy of the college and connect that past work with contemporary practice,” says BMCM+AC executive director Jeff Arnal. Attendees can experience this philosophy in action at the college’s former grounds, now Camp Rockmont, on Saturday, March 31.
Smart Bets: Nimbus
Asheville musician Patrick Fitzsimons brings his world-electronic project to Pillar on March 31.
Three-day festival celebrates a fictional pop icon’s off-Broadway debut
Iggy Ingler is partnering with Owly Cat Productions to stage his iteration of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (in which he plays the lead role) at The Grey Eagle, Friday-Sunday, March 30-April 1.
Power to the people: Best of WNC 2018 voting begins
With a far out feeling, voting has begun for the beloved annual Best of WNC awards. Only you can decide who’ll be feelin’ it in the new summer of love, when winners are announced this August. You have until 11:59 p.m. on the night of Saturday, April 28 to complete your ballot and make sure your voice is heard. […]
Smart Bets: Sister Ivy
The Asheville-based surrealistic soul-jazz trio celebrates the release of its debut EP on March 30 at Isis Music Hall.
Video premiere: “Enough” by Brie Capone
In advance of her May 5 EP release show at Isis Music Hall, Brie Capone shares her new video, a collaboration with Peter Brownlee.
Smart Bets: Alash
The traditional “throat singers” and instrumentalists visit UNC Asheville for a three-day residency, March 27-29.
Conscious Party: Lloyd’s Large Time
The benefit concert for the Lloyd Johnson Foundation takes place March 29 at Isis Music Hall.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
This roundup features touring acts from Montréal, rural Texas, South Carolina and Brooklyn. Their styles don’t necessarily conform to the reputations of their places of origin, but all four offer a unique musical perspective.
Acoustic Asheville: Eleanor Underhill and Friends
Eleanor Underhill and Friends can be found at Highland Brewing on Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m. and at The Purple Onion in Saluda on Saturday, March 31, at 8 p.m.
Video premiere: “Welcome Home” by Tin Foil Hat
The verses of the song, says musician Jared Hooker, describe the beauty and pitfalls of daydreaming
Album review: ‘Adi the Monk’
The arrangements are exemplars of economy. Adi plays all of the instruments, but there often aren’t many. The standard guitar-bass-drums setup provides most everything needed to convey the musician’s ideas.
Smart Bets: Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands
The Chapel Hill singer-songwriter and her band play The Crow & Quill on March 23.
Smart Bets: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues
The blues legend plays The Phoenix & the Fox in Brevard on March 23.
Conscious Party: Community dance party
The fundraiser for Asheville Primary School takes place March 25 at The Mothlight.
Acoustic Asheville: Ben Phan and the Soul Symphony
Phan has a performance planned at Franny’s Farm in Leicester for Pickin’ for Progress on Saturday, March 31.
Hannah Kaminer showcases artistic growth and a new album at The Grey Eagle
The Asheville singer-songwriter discusses the areas in which she needed to improve following her 2015 debut and how she achieved those goals for her new LP “Heavy Magnolias.”
Ozomatli builds bridges to younger fans with ‘Ozokidz’ show
Through its outreach to young listeners, Ozomatli has expanded, not changed, its focus. And the social themes that characterize much of the band’s music remain at the collective heart of the group.