The Durham folk rocker’s “Southland Mission” was written and recorded entirely in-state with fellow North Carolina musicians.
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The Durham folk rocker’s “Southland Mission” was written and recorded entirely in-state with fellow North Carolina musicians.
Following a home fire that immobilized two of his fingers, Django Reinhardt invented his own method of navigating the guitar’s fret board. Multiple artists celebrate his life and music at the Grey Eagle Saturday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m.
The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, which runs Thursday to Sunday, Jan. 21-24, features more than 30 local and imported performing artists.
Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features one couple’s shared dream of activating under-used and eclectic spaces for art performances plus a youth’s desire to transform mental health struggles into a photography career.
Now touring its first full-length album, the Louisville, Ky.-based quartet plays a free show at One Stop Thursday, Jan. 21, at 10:30 p.m.
The Low Counts gave an exclusive performance of “Keep It Burning” from their new record, Years Pass By.
The Few opens for HOMME at The Mothlight Sunday, Jan. 17, at 9 p.m.
In a geographic sense, “The Americans” may refer to any two or more people residing from Águila Islet to Cape Columbia. Musically, that name specifically applies to the Los Angeles roots rock quartet.
Oakley United Methodist Church hosts Asheville Baroque Concerts’ recital of Renaissance and Baroque music Sunday, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m.
When Smith’s eldest son, Jonah, was in his last year of high school, she decided to give him a series of cooking lessons so he’d be self-sufficient when he left home. Those tutorials sparked the idea for a memoir that deftly stitches together family life, stories from her stints as the drummer in The Blake Babies, Antenna and The Mysteries of Life, and personal food-related memories.
The DuPont Brothers return to Asheville to play an opening slot for local roots band Tellico at The Altamont Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 16, at 8 p.m.
Local blues vocalist Peggy Ratusz and pianist Aaron Price are set to compete at the 32nd annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis later this month.
For his 23rd birthday concert, Scotchie has planned a musical sampling of the South, which takes place at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall Saturday, Jan. 16, at 9 p.m.
Before the Dragons unleash their funk- and Americana-inspired jams, fans can warm up with opening act Fritz Beer and the Crooked Beat. DJ Molly Parti closes the fundraiser with a dance party, which the Grey Eagle hosts on Friday, Jan. 15.
The roundup includes Homme, Sons of Ralph, Graveyard and Vanessa Carlton.
Driftwood Soldier and one-time Asheville resident Matt Heckler gave an exclusive performance for Acoustic Asheville shot at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre
The roundup includes John Scofield and Jon Cleary, the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, The Nth Power, dopapod, Jon Stickley and Travis Book
Brooklyn-based alt-folk collective Fireships plays Ben’s Tune-Up Sunday, Jan. 10.
Mountain Spirit Coffeehouse concerts were limited to about 10 per year while housed at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville. The series’ new home at Isis, however, allows for more frequent acoustic-oriented shows.
Asheville DJs Justin Mitchell and Marley Carroll will spin at the after-party for the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships in Asheville. Event planner Megan Archer has also arranged a bike-themed raffle to benefit Trips for Kids WNC.
At turns cozy and exposed, myopic and panoramic, Mystic Canticle is felt as much as it’s heard. These are compositions that go deep, living in the listener’s subconscious and resonating long past the album’s final notes.