“Nobody who sees us isn’t entertained,” says Shawn Kilroy, frontman for Philadelphia rock outfit Weird Hot. The band was a long time in the making, partly because Kilroy also stays busy as a visual artist, filmmaker and actor. And partly because it took the group’s hometown music scene awhile to catch up. Kilroy, a native […]
White Horse Black Mountain holds a special celebration for United Nations Day, including music and poetry. World music outfit Free Planet Radio and poet Laura Hope-Gill perform. Thursday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. $10 donation. From a press release: After this rainy summer in Western North Carolina it may be difficult to remember that access to […]
Austin, Tex.-based producer/composer Shane Madden — known as Govinda — is set to play Asheville Music Hall on Thursday, Oct. 24. Ebb & Flow also perform; Life Is Art provides live visuals. 10 p.m. $8 in advance/$10 day of show. From a press release: Govinda is the alter-ego of Austin based producer/composer Shane Madden. He […]
Leading up to the inaugural Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit, we’re running a series of Q+A interviews with the festival’s artists. Photo by Atuanya Priester.
Last Friday, singer-songwriter-pianist (and recent transplant to Detroit) Vienna Teng performed a sold-out show at The Altamont Theatre. Xpress spoke to her, in advance of the concert, about her final tour before she takes a day job.
Celtober, organized by Celtic heritage Productions, Inc., returns for a second year. The festival includes three days of Celtic, tribal, rock and fusion music. It takes place on Friday, Oct. 25, 8-11 p.m. at The White Horse, Black Mountain; and at Highland Brewing in Asheville on Saturday, Oct. 26, noon-11 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 27, […]
The Carolina Cinema hosts (with the Mission Foundation) a special premier of award-winning film, “Decoding Annie Parker.” The pink carpet event happens on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $100 each and preferred seating tickets are $150. According to the event’s website, “Proceeds from Decoding Annie Parker will benefit the Genetics […]
Find the full weekend schedule at theleaf.org. Here, Xpress rounds up a few non-to-be missed acts (like the return of The Bluebrass Project, pictured here).
Click through for the recently-released video by Jonathan Scales Fourchestra.
Award-winning plein-air painter Stuart Roper debuts a collection of new works in the exhibit “Inside – Out,” which hangs at The Grand Bohemian Gallery (11 Boston Way, Asheville) from Saturday, Oct. 19 through Sunday, Nov. 30. An opening reception takes place on Saturday, Oct. 19, 5-8 p.m. From a press release: “Inside – Out” debuts […]
On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Jubilee! Church hosts a panel forum and documentary filming on “The Vegan Diet for Personal and Planetary Health.” The event takes place at 46 Wall St., Asheville. 7-9 p.m., $5 suggested donation or free for students with I.D. From a press release: What invaluable health and ecological benefits does the vegan […]
“Wesley Allen Hartley is a Texas native, living in Portland, Maine,” says the bio for the musician who, with his band (Leslie Deane, Hamilton Mckay Belk, Peter McLaughlin, Derek Reynolds, Jonathan Donnell and Gregg Hoover) is currently on a seven-week national tour. Wesley Hartley & the Traveling Trees makes a stop at Jack of the […]
Local indie-rock outfit Comet West holds a release party for new EP, “Weaker Things” on Friday, Oct. 18 at The Mill Room.
AmiciMusic performs “Broadway Baby” (which includes music from classic Broadway shows) at White Horse Black Mountain on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, $5 for students and children. From a press release: The featured artists are soprano Amanda Horton, an Asheville native who has thrilled audiences in many featured roles with the […]
The Portland, Ore.-based roots-rock outfit plays The Orange Peel on Monday, Oct. 21 with The Head and the Heart and Thao & the Get Down Stay Down. In advance, they talk about new album “Wild Pack” and touring the country in a van fueled by used vegetable oil.
Jam artist Zach Deputy is set to perform a two-night stand at The Orange Peel on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 and 9. 10 p.m. $15 early bird special / $20 advance / $25 day of show. From a press release: “Performing as the voice of Ray Chares, Zach Deputy will pair up with the […]
The largest and oldest celebration of Latin American culture in the region returns this weekend. Swing Original Monks from Ecuador (pictured) performs, among many other acts.
Canadian alt-country queen Lindi Ortega was recently announced on the October schedule for The Emerald Lounge. She plays the venue on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. with special guest Brett Detar. Tickets are $8. According to a press release, “Lindi is a successful country music singer coined as ‘the love child of Johnny Cash […]
The annual Tryon Arts & Crafts Fall Festival returns for its sixth year. It will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the grounds of Tryon Arts and Crafts (373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon). Free and open to the public. The festival includes over 40 […]
It’s a lineup of intriguing band names: Time and Temperature, Holy Holy Vine and Hospital Call. Even if you don’t know anything about the performers involved, the roster for the Sunday, Oct. 13 show at The Apothecary (39 S. Market St., Asheville) just sounds like it would produce otherworldly sounds and memorable moments. Time and […]
Roots- and world-beat collective Rusted Root, currently celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band, fuse bluegrass and rock with percussion from African, Latin America, Native American tribes and the Middle East. The band tour makes a stop in Asheville, at the Orange Peel, on Sunday, Nov. 24. Von Grey opens. 9 p.m., $20 advance / […]
