The solo project of Rebecca Smith-Finlay opened for Stereospread and Sonen with a short but very sweet showcase of original synthesizer compositions. Image by (sic) Photo.
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Across the Atlantic Sea
Local singer-songwriter Darien Crossley spent four months in England, where she played 45 nights in 16 different venues in and around Manchester. She also visited Brussels, Ghent, Bruges and Amsterdam, and participated in a video project in Berlin. Click through for a video from the U.K.
Going West
Local singer-songwriter Angi West returns to the stage (with her band) after a longish hiatus. She plays Emerald Lounge on Saturday, Aug. 31 with Ryan Sheffield & the Highhills and Company. Photo by Sandlin Gaither.
Outside In
An outsider art exhibit hangs at Monte Vista Inn through Sept. 1.
Sirius.B plays a free concert at UNC Asheville on September 12
Local gypsy punk collective Sirius.B is set to perform in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union Grotto on Thursday, Sept. 12. The 8 p.m. show is free. From a press release: Sirius.B, which was voted Best Rock Band, Best Acoustic/Folk Band and Best All-Around Band in the 2013 Mountain Xpress readers’ poll, is a self-described “absurdist […]
Smart Bets web extra: Alt-country takes over Club Metropolis
Five bands (local and nationally touring) perform a showcase on Tuesday, Aug. 27.
Book Report: The Road from Gap Creek
Author Robert Morgan reads and signs his new book at Malaprop’s on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m.
Charles Frazier and other authors appear at Malaprop’s on Aug. 31
North Carolina Literary Review (http://www.nclr.ecu.edu/), an annual publication by East Carolina University and the North Carolina Literary & Historical Association, holds a party for its new issue at Malaprop’s on Saturday, Aug. 31. The event begins at 3 p.m. and is open to the public. From a press release: North Carolina Literary Review Fiction Editor […]
Mountain Oasis announces its finalized lineup
Earlier this week, Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit announced its final round of artists additions, including Deltron 3030 (collaboration between Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala), King Britt Presents Fhloston Paradigm featuring Pia Ercole, XXYYXX, PANTyRAiD, Rudimental, Darkside (Nicholas Jarr and Dave Harrington), Baths, Claude VonStroke, The Orb, Raime, How To […]
Turn the town teal
Asheville’s 4th annual Turn The Towns Teal event is part of a national campaign to promote awareness of ovarian cancer and its silent symptoms. The disease is also overlooked and misdiagnosed. “Volunteers tie ribbons throughout town centers and distribute symptom cards during the month of September which is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month,” says the […]
Asheville Track Club opens registration for Thomas Wolfe 8K
The 37th running of the Thomas Wolfe 8K will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. “The course remains the same as 2012 with the minor change of starting/finishing at Wolfe’s Old Home Place,” says the event’s website. The race will “benefit the Literacy Council of Buncombe County’s Augustine Project (free tutoring for […]
Blues artist Ruthie Fosters opens Diana Wortham Theatre’s Mainstage Series
Ruthie Foster is the winner of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist, and she’s played Asheville more than a few times. Like, at The Grey Eagle, and at Warren Haynes Christmas Jam in 2010. Now, Foster and her band open the Mainstage Season at Diana Wortham Theatre on […]
Happy birthday, YMI
*The Young Men's Institute Band specialized in classical and jazz. Dr. William J. Trent, seated on the floor left, was on the first YMI board of directors and went on to become president of Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. Photo from the NC Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, N.C. *Pictured here in 1953, the Market […]
Collaboration album honors the life of Aimee Wallis Buchanan
Thursday, Aug. 22 is the launch date for “A Life Well Loved,” album honoring the life of Rev. Aimee Wallis Buchanan. The pastor and youth minister passed away suddenly in February of this year. In her memory, 13 musical groups including The Secret B-Sides, Josh Phillips, Peggy Ratusz, and David LaMotte contributed tracks to the […]
Isis Restaurant & Music Hall announces The NewSong Troubadour Songwriter Series
The 2013 NewSong Troubadour Series, held at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall in West Asheville, features touring singer-songwriters. All shows will be general admission. Doors at 5 p.m., shows at 8 p.m. According to the Isis website, “A limited number of tickets for the full series can be purchased at a discount, for $45, and […]
Sound Track web extra: Forgotten Albatross
Local indie-rocker outfit The Luxury Spirit holds a release party for its new album on Saturday, Aug. 24 at Emerald Lounge. Click through for an early listen.
PuppyFest comes to Asheville on Sept. 28
Also known as “American Idol with Paws,” family-friendly pet-oriented PuppyFest debuts at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Sept. 28. According to a press release, the event was created by Asheville radio/TV personality and ghostbuster Joshua P. Warren, who will enlist the help of the Asheville Tattoo Fest’s J.R. Yarnall. From the press release: “This […]
Local monster stories author Nathan Ballingrud reads at Malaprop’s on Aug. 28
“These are love stories. And also monster stories,” says the Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe website about local author Nathan Ballingrud. His book, “North American Lake Monsters: Stories,” was published in July. “Sometimes these are mon-sters in their traditional guises, sometimes they wear the faces of parents, lovers, or ourselves. The often working-class people in these […]
Night moves
“In some ways I feel like I’m a translator, not a writer,” says Marisha Pessl. The Asheville-raised, New York-based author managed to “translate” two Moleskine notebooks full of thoughts, ideas and photos into the darkly suspenseful, wonderfully addictive new novel, Night Film. Clocking in at just under 600 pages, the dreamy (sometimes nightmarish), thriller winds […]
They (don’t) hate music
Touring is like riding a bike, says Jim Wilbur, guitarist for Chapel Hill indie-rock outfit Superchunk. The group, formed in 1989 by by Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Chuck Garrison and Jack McCook, has plenty of experience (the bike kind, and the playing stages across the world kind). Wilbur replaced McCook after Superchunk’s debut record. (Jon […]
Late-August craft fairs
Even in this lull between full-on summer and the pre-autumn of Labor Day, the craft scene hasn’t slowed down. A number of arts and crafts fairs line the calendar, along with a special quilt show and a fiber sale.