The free performances take place on the first Tuesday of each month.
Council members defer busking regulations at Public Safety Committee meeting
Asheville city staffers, downtown stakeholders and local buskers turned out in force for the city’s monthly Public Safety Committee meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss a city proposal for a pilot program regulating downtown public space. The meeting, which was preceded by a community forum with downtown stakeholders, came amid tensions over pilot program, which would add regulations to several […]
Floating Action headlines the return of All Go West
The free day-long West Asheville music festival returns stronger than ever after a year hiatus.
Brevard Music Center celebrates 80 years with 80-plus shows
That wide-ranging musical approach means that the center’s 80th anniversary season will include performances by classical pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Friday, June 24), contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant (Saturday, June 25) and innovative banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck (Tuesday, June 28), as well as major symphonic concerts.
Smart bets: Bobby V, Pleasure P and J. Holiday
The US Cellular Center hosts three R&B veterans plus nine aspiring regional openers on Saturday, June 25.
Smart bets: The Long Distance Relationship
The collective’s debut album includes work that was contributed remotely, but contributing artists also reunited to record their alternative, psychedelic and sun-warped sounds together. The Mothlight hosts a release party for the self-titled work on Thursday, June 23.
Faces in the crowd: WNC crowdfunding initiatives
Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features botanical gardener Joe Hollis’ efforts to disperse his knowledge among online video viewers and hammered dulcimer player Joshua Messick’s new instrumental album.
Acoustic Asheville: The Moon and You
The band played four songs ahead of its album release celebration at The Mothlight on Friday, June 24.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
This week’s suggestions include a Brett Harris and Explorers Club shared bill, The Get Right band, Universal Sigh and Dr. Dog
Mark and Maggie O’Connor bring a fiddle workshop and concert to Asheville
Virtuoso violinist Mark O’Connor and his wife, Maggie O’Connor — an acclaimed, conservatory-trained violinist herself — bring a workshop and concert to The Altamont Theatre.
Gregory Alan Isakov tours symphony-inspired songs
Gregory Alan Isakov will perform at The Orange Peel on Saturday, June 18 with The Ghost Orchestra, his eight-piece band including members of the Colorado Symphony and the Fort Collins Orchestra.
Smart bets: The Jayhawks
Folk Uke opens for The Jayhawks at The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, June 22.
In photos: 2016 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
The Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival celebrated its 23rd year June 10-11 in Tryon with visitors from North Carolina and beyond coming together to enjoy cold brews, ‘cue and live music. More than 60 barbecue teams from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee were on hand to compete in categories […]
Asheville Percussion Festival celebrates five years
The annual event features an artist residency, an intensive program, public workshops throughout the weekend of June 17-19 at the Odyssey Community School and a June 18 evening concert at Diana Wortham Theatre.
Smart bets: Ian Ridenhour
Musical collaborators BJ Leiderman, David LaMotte and other special guests will join Ridenhour for his sixteenth birthday performance at White Horse Black Mountain on Sunday, June 19.
Smart bets: The Evereadys
The gospel group will draw songs from six albums during a performance at The Double Crown on Thursday, June 16.
Acoustic Asheville: Chris Jamison
Jamison plays two songs ahead of an upcoming show at Pisgah Brewing Co. on Thursday, June 23.
Conscious party: Asheville Community Yoga stretches into a larger space with help from member Ben Phan
A singer and dexterous guitar player, Phan wrote much of his debut album Dreams in Modern Folk while walking solo from Mexico to Canada. He’ll play those songs plus some unheard numbers at a benefit concert for Asheville Community Yoga’s expansion. The Grey Eagle hosts the event on Saturday, June 18.
Sound track: VDSQ Solo Acoustic Vol. 12 by Sarah Louise
Listen to Sarah Louise’s new album in advance of her Sunday, June 12 performance at The Mothlight as part of the Open Letter Music Series.
Frazey Ford talks soul music and personal groove
The story is now well-chronicled: How Ford received a call from documentary filmmaker Robert Gordon — a friend of the Hi Rhythm Section, the house band for Green and other artists on the Hi Records label in the 1970s — inviting her to work with those musicians.
Robert Burke Warren presents a rock-inspired novel at Malaprop’s, June 16
There are tribulations in Perfectly Broken, from infidelity and drug dependency to existential crisis and death. But, Warren is quick to point out, there’s also beauty.