From a press release: Miles Tackett of Breakestra performs at One Stop, Nov. 5 Wednesday, Nov. 5, 10 p.m. One Stop, Ages: 21+ Psychedelic Soul Miles Tackett (aka Music Man Miles) is known best for the Breakestra, a funky soul-jazz project he founded in 1998 as multi instrumentalist, producer, engineer and songwriter. Breakestra has four […]
Leading up to LEAF festival, Mountain Xpress is talking to a number of artists from across the country and across musical genres. Abigail Washburn (Uncle Earl, The Sparrow Quartet) recently released the 12-track collection Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn with her husband and fellow banjo player, Béla Fleck (The Fleck Tones, The Sparrow Quartet). They’ll […]
“One philosophy of yarn bombing is that it’s stealthy, like graffiti,” says Elizabeth Schell, one of the owners of Purl’s Yarn Emporium. That shop is sponsoring a yarn bombing installation on Wall Street that includes knit pieces affixed to lamp posts, trees, parking meters, park benches and one vintage bicycle. The yarn bombing celebrates the […]
While most of Asheville and the surrounding area is aware of the soulful chill-wave awesomeness that is RBTS WIN’s 2013 release, Palm Sunday. But sometimes new levels of understanding come from seeing (or, in this case, hearing) a thing from different perspectives. Enter Palm Sunday: The Remixes, including an especially spine-tingling version of the single, […]
From a press release: Recording star Simone Dinnerstein to perform Brahms in return to Asheville Symphony The Asheville Symphony Orchestra continues its 54th season on Saturday, October 18, with a Masterworks concert featuring the return of pianist Simone Dinnerstein playing Brahms, along with seminal works by Roy Harris and Edvard Grieg. Brahms Piano Concerto No. […]
From a press release: New Mountain opens upstairs bar and brings in local nonprofit for weekly gig Taking advantage of vast square footage and a deep talent pool in the music industry, New Mountain will open their upstairs bar on Thursday October 23 with the FATE Jam. This series will be every Thursday night and hosted by Funding […]
Leading up to LEAF festival, Mountain Xpress is talking to a number of artists from across the country and across musical genres. Folk musician Dom Flemons describes himself as an American songster. A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, he’s since gone on to pursue a solo career and recently released his album Prospect […]
From a press release: Mountain of Words Write-A-thon, Nov. 2-8 What is a write-a-thon? It’s just like a walk-a-thon, except that folks sponsor you to sit in a chair and write while you exercise your imagination, not your legs. And this should be no problem for the writers who’ve agreed to do just that to […]
From a press release: “A Confluence of Elements” group exhibition at the Asheville Loft Gallery, opens Nov. 7 A Confluence of Elements is a group exhibition with Asheville based artists Alena Hennessy, Matthew Beasley, Rose Candela Moore, and Taylor Taz Johnson. This rare exhibition of four individual Artist’s work, all distinct in aesthetic yet linked […]
“We loved Asheville, but it’s too pretty,” says Mallory Graham, half of indie-folk duo The Rough & Tumble. “All we wanted to do was take hikes and drink delicious beer.” Graham and her collaborator, Scott Tyler, were members of The Walk-In Residents when they lived in Western North Carolina. Three years ago they relocated to […]
Local roots-rocker Reed Turchi earned the title “kudzu boogie” for the gritty and snarling brand of Americana that he and his band, Turchi, perform. Meanwhile, North Florida-based guitarist Daryl Hance (formerly of JJ Grey & Mofro) has a sound oft-compared to the watery lowlands of his home state. “Daryl Hance’s music is appropriately swampy. The […]
Leading up to LEAF festival, Mountain Xpress is talking to a number of artists from across the country and across musical genres Singer-songwriter Wyatt Espalin is the winner of this year’s NewSong competition. From a small town in Georgia, he moved to Nashville to pursue music. Espalin was a member of the band Trees Leave […]
The three guys in Nashville-based Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers, Brian MacDonald and Nate Zuercher) look like a pop band (albeit a scruffy-ish one) and play with roots chops. They call their sound “folk-hop,” infusing soulful lyrics with harmonies, acoustic instrumentation and plenty of hooks. The band recently performed at New Mountain and played […]
Leading up to LEAF festival, Xpress is talking to a number of artists from across the country and across musical genres. The Revelers, with members of the Red Stick Ramblers and The Pine Leaf Boys, are a Cajun and swamp-pop outfit based in Lafayette, La. Regular visitors to Asheville, they’re as at home playing to […]
Often when making a playlist, the theme presents itself. This week’s motif is about loneliness, long distances and long shots. Luckily, all of this melancholy produces a set of songs that are less sad than thoughtful. Even better, there are some pretty rocking moments. • “Karen’s Car,” from Naomi by The Cave Singers who will be […]
Leading up to LEAF festival, Xpress is talking to a number of artists from across the country and across musical genres. David Wilcox is a singer-songwriter who released his first album in 1987. A Warren Wilson graduate, he was an important part of the folk music scene in Black Mountain and Asheville in the late […]
From a press release: R.Carlos Nakai & Peter Kater perform at Diana Wortham Theatre, Nov. 21 & 22 Legendary Native American Flutist R.Carlos Nakai will join acclaimed pianist and composer Peter Kater for their 10th & 11th LIVE PERFORMANCES in Asheville at the Diana Wortham Theatre on Friday and Saturday November 21 & 22, at […]
From a press release: Buddy Davis and the Session Players at Madison County Arts Center, Oct. 25 Buddy Davis will be returning to Madison County on Saturday, October 25 to play a show at The Madison County Arts Center. “This is going to be a night of big fun for our audience,” exclaimed Laura Boosinger, […]
From a press release: Spooky Classic Turn of the Screw presented by the Front Porch Theatre at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Just in time for Halloween comes a spooky, spine-chilling classic from the Front Porch Theatre at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts. The Turn of the Screw, adapted from the […]
It’s probably hard to open for The Afghan Whigs, one of the more formidable rock bands of the ’90s, with their huge sound and Greg Dulli’s powerful vocal — and even more challenging to open for the six-piece group as a solo artist. Unless you happen to be Joseph Arthur. Of course, Arthur wasn’t exactly […]
From a press release: Moog Music Announces WerkstattWorkshop Moogfest 2014 catapulted myriad ideas into the worlds of music, science and technology. As of yesterday, some of those innovations are now available online to educators, synthesists, hackers and the technologically curious. WerkstattWorkshop.com, Moog Music’s newly announced online music and tech learning portal, is based around the […]
