Chicago-based busker “37” performed an early-ish set in front of Malaprop’s earlier this week. She doesn’t have a website, so this may just be your only chance to hear her original tune “Gnarley N’awlins.”
More pre-Halloween events
Start planning now: October is just a couple weeks away, and the month is full of spooky happenings. Learn about author events (including one by Bram Stoker’s great-grand nephew), a CD release, the Nature Center’s Howl-A-Ween and other festivities.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Young Couples
Music major backgrounds, serious pop acumen and style to waste make up-and-coming quartet Young Couples one to watch.
We love a parade
Now’s the time to sign up entries for the November holiday parade. This year’s theme? “Mountain Magic.”
Push and the Kids of Hate and Love
Tonight, Push the video world premiers at the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co. on Merrimon. And tomorrow, a show of behind-the-scenes photos opens at Push the gallery.
Busk Break: Pineross
Irish tunes by the traveling band Pineross.
Elitist Bastards: Night Of The Man-Made Bastards
In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther react nonchalantly to Rob Reiner’s Flipped, show limited enthusiasm for Resident Evil: Afterlife and have mixed feelings on the Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck “documentary” I’m Still Here. They also discuss a pair of classic Universal horror flicks—Man Made Monster and Night Monster—which will be screened at this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show, and show quite a bit of excitement about next week’s Asheville Film Society screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. There’s also a bit of gossip about the upcoming Ricochet Film Festival, followed by speculation on the quality of upcoming releases Alpha and Omega, The Town, Easy A and Devil.
Guys in the band
This weekend on a shoestring
Yes, it’s that time again. Make your weekend plans. You’re probably kicking things off with the last Downtown After Five of the season (Underhill Rose — the lovely ladies pictured here — along with Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, Lexington Ave., 5 p.m., free music, need I say more?) — here are some more options to fill in your entertainment calendar without draining your wallet.
RALAK ruled: Black Mountain reggae fest was “big time”
Last Saturday’s wet weather didn’t dampen spirits at the Rastafari Ancient Living Arts & Kulture Festival in Black Mountain. The day was headlined by a Holy Trinity of sets by Ras Michael, Damian and Stephen Marley, and Bunny Wailer, each of whom contributed to what was likely the best reggae festival WNC has ever seen.
NC Mountain State Fair
Photos from the NC Mountain State Fair at the WNC Agricultural Center.
Photo by Jonathan Welch
Sonic boon
Half a century is a long time if you're talking about a savings bond maturing, a bottle of Bordeaux aging or a marriage lasting. Not so long if you're talking about the age of a nation, a supposed Ming Dynasty vase or a Redwood tree. So when it comes to a symphony orchestra, how old […]
Big enough for ya?
There’s a really large pumpkin at the N.C. Mountain State Fair this year. It’s not your average pie-making or Halloween-carving job for the yard. It’s a 600-plus pound vegetable that had to be carefully raised from its growing patch in Fletcher with a special lifting ring, then loaded onto a wooden pallet and gently set […]
Ricochet bounces film back to Asheville
Local movie buffs and buff-ettes can breathe a sigh of relief: The film festival has bounced back in town with the Ricochet Film Festival. The city-sponsored Asheville Film Festival announced a hiatus this year, but friends and fellow film freaks Michael Knox and David Forbes have come to the proverbial rescue. Ricochet will launch its […]
Soul scientist
"If Howlin' Wolf doesn't move you, that's pretty much the end of the conversation," says British-born, New York-based electro-soul performer Jamie Lidell. Really, late Mississippi blues singer Howlin' Wolf is the beginning of the conversation when it comes to Lidell, whose own sonic journey touches on a childhood love of Prince, early forays into techno, […]
Bringing in the brew bucks
This year’s 14th annual Great Smokies Craft Brewers Brewgrass Festival may not bring as many people to Asheville as that other local fest (Bele Chere), but Brewgrass does deliver bucks. About half of the folks attending the sold-out event travel here to do so — spending cash on hotel rooms, restaurants, shops and, of course, […]
The Profiler
The Suspect: Krista Detor Among her many influences, this singer/songwriter lists caffeine, alcohol, good news, bad news and weather reports. Seems to work … her writing has been compared to the likes of Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell. Her 2006 release Mudshow received raves on both sides of the Atlantic, and it reached […]
Smart Bets
Asheville FM anniversary party The main thing to know about Asheville FM's anniversary party is that garage-rock outfit Reigning Sound is headlining. The Greg Cartwright-led quartet cranks out tightly crafted songs with just enough retro to make them seem like classics from the first listen. Soft Opening shares the bill at the Grey Eagle on […]
The War on Drugs at Moog Music Factory
Here’s a little bonus before the band plays the Grey Eagle tonight.
Book Report: Upcoming book events
Readings in the near future include Monique Truong (author of Bitter in the Mouth), Jordan Flaherty (author of Floodlines), Rick Rothacker (author of Banktown) and Myla Goldberg (author of The False Friend).
Bistro
Image by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt