Keats will conduct the Universal Orchestra at UNCA on Thursday, April 19. He’ll take part in a listening session at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center on Friday, April 20.
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New festival/conference examines the intersection of art and social justice
Panels discuss everything from the experience of women in media and entertainment fields to the process of turning a story into a song. Saturday night concludes with a superband made up of Ben Sollee, Big Chief Juan Pardo, Leeda “Lyric” Jones, Jaze Uries, Jacob Rodriguez and others.
Video premiere: ‘Two Thousand Forty Seven’ by Brook van der Linde
Local poet Brook van der Linde was invited by by creative director Joel Vannfuller to join The Mermaids’ Song project, which deals with climate change and, specifically, with sea level rise.
Video premiere: “Alabaster” by Spaceman Jones and The Motherships
“We wanted a video that bubbles darkly and tells the story of someone who is striving for a different life. A better life,” says Cliff B. Worsham of Spaceman Jones and The Motherships.
AMBY blends classical music sensibilities with a modern aesthetic
Abrianna Brown’s forthcoming album, Dysthymia, slated for a September release, focuses on themes of depression and anxiety. “It’s forced me to think about these topics that I don’t want to think about,” she admits.
Local batik artist shares lessons learned in India
Jesssica Kaufman met fifth-generation master artisan Anwar Khatri on the Batik Techniques Facebook group. He’s based in a small village in India’s Gujarat state, off the beaten path of tourism, with no hotels. So, Kaufman stayed with Khatri’s family.
UNCA’s Arts Fest explores creative intersections
Along with exhibitions, concerts, readings, dance performances and a ceramics sale, Arts Fest also offers installations and presentations aimed at engaging students and the broader Asheville community.
WCU’s Spring Literary Festival returns
This year’s events, which take place Monday-Thursday, April 2-5, include writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and culminates in an event with Pulitzer, Emmy and Obie (among others) award-winning playwright Tony Kushner.
Video premiere: “Enough” by Brie Capone
In advance of her May 5 EP release show at Isis Music Hall, Brie Capone shares her new video, a collaboration with Peter Brownlee.
Is Asheville losing its fringe and incubator art spaces?
“The way we do ensemble-created theater, the heart of what we do is being community-minded,” says Erinn Hartley of Anam Cara Theatre Company. “It’s hard to be in a city that claims to be all about that [but where] it no longer feels like that’s even tangible.”
Video premiere: “Welcome Home” by Tin Foil Hat
The verses of the song, says musician Jared Hooker, describe the beauty and pitfalls of daydreaming
Video premiere: “Sick” by Minorcan
“There is nothing special about being white and male,” says Ryan Anderson. “In fact, it can be quite disgusting.”
Video premiere: “Make a Slaughter” by Spaceman Jones and The Motherships
In advance of its second EP, the duo shares a video filmed and edited by Erick Lottary aka Shotxlott.
Single release: “Oklahoma Song” by Magenta Sunshine
The band is at work on the album ‘Love, Your Human,’ set to be release on Thursday, April 19.
Video premiere: “Return of Jafar” by Natural Born Leaders
Natural Born Leaders perform at The Orange Peel on Friday, Feb. 23, with Window Cat and Evil Note Lab.
April B. & The Cool bring fresh inspiration to the local R&B scene
That initial version of April B. & The Cool “started as a project for my senior seminar and just stuck,” says frontwoman April Bennett. The group has been going strong, albeit with a level of fluidity in its structure, since 2015.
Appalachian Barn Alliance announces a spring benefit concert with Ben Phan
Press release from Appalachian Barn Alliance: The weather is giving us a sneak preview of Spring and so, here’s a reminder to save the date to welcome Spring with a concert on Sunday, March 25 at 3pm. This year Ben Phan, a singer, songwriter, guitarist from Asheville, will be performing at the Episcopal Church of […]
Single release: “Weather” by SIYAH and P.T.P
The track is a collaboration with fellow Asheville-based MC P.T.P.
![MUTUAL ATTRACTION: While poet Andrea Gibson still struggles with performance nerves, “The people who come to my shows are such … open-hearted people,” they say. “The experience of just being in a room with people like that is so nurturing to me that [I have] more energy at the end of a set than I had before it.”](https://mountainx.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AE-ANDREA-Gibson-330x220.jpg)
Spoken-word artist Andrea Gibson returns to Asheville with a book and an album
On their current tour, Gibson is donating $1 from each ticket to Black Lives Matter. “This is an art form that is celebrated and occupied by a lot of marginalized people, specifically folks of color,” Gibson says of spoken-word.
Valentine’s Day events around Asheville
Celebrate the multifaceted emotion this year, with a multitude of local events.
Meet the conductor: Asheville Symphony finalist Garry Walker
Walker will lead a Masterworks concert — in essence, his audition with the local orchestra — on Saturday, Feb. 10. The program includes Malcolm Arnold’s 1957 composition “Four Scottish Dances” among other works.