Asheville has, by some accounts, become a haven for New Orleans ex-pats. Perhaps it’s a shared enthusiasm for dressing in costumes. Or a love of great music and a lot of dancers. Or maybe it’s a sense of community—that ethereal, much-lauded and oft-coveted state—that pervades both places. Feathers, beads, face paint: Mardi Gras revelers dress […]

How cool would it be if Asheville had a Moogseum? That’s a current goal of the Bob Moog Foundation: To create a museum of electronic music pioneer Moog’s extensive archives and have space for interactive instrument-based exhibits. To that end, the foundation, along with jam-favorites Umphrey’s McGee, will hold a benefit Saturday, Feb. 21, at […]

“Two more accidents occurred the following week on Shanty Mountain,” writes local author Ron Rash in his latest novel, Serena (HarperCollins, 2008). “A log slipped free of the main cable line and killed a worker, and two days later the skidder’s boom swung a fifty-pound metal tong into a man’s skull.” WCU professor and author […]

Brooklyn-based trio The Mumbles shares a name with a British electro-goth group, but that’s where the similarities stop. Born by accident from 14-piece hip-hop collective Chronic Electronic Orchestra (CEO), singer-songwriter Keith Burnstein and drummer Ethan Shorter invented their uniquely vintage-y, jazzy folk sound one night when they were the only two musicians to show for […]

If you’re one of the 150 million people on Facebook, you’ve been tagged, probably several times, over the past few weeks and asked to reveal “25 random things” about yourself. The idea is that people write 25 facts, habits or goals about themselves, then designate 25 other people to do the same. As always, I’m […]