Last week, we presented a snippet of a recent busking performance by Asheville-based singer/songwriter Kevin Jerome. Today, we’re going to take a look at another tune from that set. Here’s his original song “To The Mountain Top.”
Edgy Mama: Free-range kids, local-style
Free-range isn’t just for chickens anymore. Nowadays, free-range also refers to a way of raising kids. To briefly recap from a column I wrote a few weeks back: Free-range parents tend to give their kids lots of age-appropriate independence. They step back and let the young ‘uns learn from experience. The basic idea is to
Goat Glands and Banjo Bands: A storytelling event with David Holt
David Holt tells the outrageous story of Dr. John R. Brinkley, “the greatest charlatan of the age.” The storytelling event “Goat Glands and Banjo Bands” will be held on Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Madison County Arts Council in Marshall.
Busk Break: Mary Sparks
Mary Sparks may not have a name for this new work, but she’s adamant that it was inspired by the creative atmosphere of Asheville. She should know. The hammered dulcimer player relocated here a few years ago, in large part because of the active local busking community. Here she is performing outside of Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe earlier this week.
Saturday’s “twitterview” with Eleven & the Falcons and MXArts
A recap of the hour-long Twitter-conversation with local indie-electroica/experimental/pop band Eleven & the Falcons. (Photo by Joseph Chapman.)
Review of Tradin’ Paint at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre
“Dale Earnhardt is dead,” the play begins, and that’s about as deep as the NASCAR references get. Tradin’ Paint was written by Catherine Bush, the playwright-in-residence at The Barter Theatre, where a reading of Tradin’ Paint won the 2006 Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights.
Outside The LAB
Photo by Jamie Parlier
Busk Break: Mike Connors
Highland, NC-based musician Mike Connors may be best known for his work as a classical guitarist, but in the last few years he’s been mastering a new instrument, the Celtic harp. He’s even documented the process, posting his progress on his harpdood YouTube channel. Here, Connors performs the traditional Irish tune “Eily Gheal.”
SoundTrack Web Extra: Lissie
California-based one-name singer Lissie has Asheville connections (Bill Reynolds, Scott Kinebrew and Bill “Smitty” Smith) and a new CD: The Fat Possom-released Catching A Tiger. It’s set to drop Tuesday, Aug. 17.
Busk Break: Kevin Jerome
Asheville-based singer/songwriter Kevin Jerome crafted this complete reworking of the traditional hymn “I’ll Fly Away” in an attempt to “reclaim” the song, which he says never seemed to fit as a country gospel tune. Jerome is currently working on completing his first studio album.
Moogfest announces additions to its lineup
Tickets for the Oct. 29-31 festival are now on sale; a number of bands including new wave act Devo have been added.
Short story
Photo by Jamie Parlier
It’s time for RiverFest 2010!
The free, all-day, French Broad River-saving, rafting, dancing, band-listening, local food-eating, dog parading festival is held at French Broad River Park on Saturday, Aug. 14.
City of 1,000 Easels descends on Asheville
The event, sponsored by The Asheville Area Arts Council and held on Sunday, Sept. 12, promises to “turn downtown Asheville into an immersive arts environment.”
The denim vest
Elitist Bastards: The Nexus of Mae West And Step Up 3D
In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther: consider the surprise revelation that Step Up 3D is tolerable when taken on its own terms, The Other Guys is passable, The Girl Who Played With Fire suffers from a touch of sequelitis, The Killer Inside Me is both likely to earn condemnation and praise, and that Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky can’t quite maintain the quality. They also discuss Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos, this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show, and the Mae West double feature that makes up next week’s Asheville Film Society screening. And they even have a brief moment to ponder soon-to-open films Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The Expendables and Eat Pray Love.
This weekend on a shoestring
A festival, an art opening, a benefit, lots of music and a little MADness happening in Marshall… it’s all under $5. Know of more budget-friendly events this weekend? Add them in the comments section.
Green & gold
What dreams may come
Despite the beliefs and theories that reach through history, the meaning and purpose of dreaming is still mysterious: Are dreams a side effect of sleeping, the scattered reflections of the subconscious mind, warnings or a visual collage inspired by our hopes and fears? The unconscious mind in motion: Terpsicorps’ concert of contemporary ballet explores the […]
For all you lost boys, pixies, pirates and mermaids
"If it's not going to be fun for me, I'm not interested in doing it," says Danni Iosello. She can usually be found performing in Sin Ropas, the Marshall-based/world-touring indie-rock duo (Iosello plays percussion, her husband Tim Hurley plays guitar and sings), but, after an especially potent dinner of garden-grown pesto, Iosello went to sleep […]
Testing the waters
“Me and my friends dropped out of film school after our second year and moved back to Asheville,” Joe Chang tells Xpress, describing the Papercookie Picture Company he helped co-found. Less production company and more artistic collective, Papercookie was and is Chang's answer to the rigidness of the film-school experience. “We kind of got tired […]