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This weekend on a shoestring
More budget-friendly shows coming later this week. Know of others ($5 and under)? Please add them in the comments field!
Dark Ages
It was a year ago when local folk rock-noir artist Angela Faye Martin went to see Vic Chesnutt at what would be Chesnutt's last Grey Eagle show. After Chesnutt's set, Martin gave him an advanced copy of her just-completed Pictures From Home. Martin had met the late Athens, Ga.-based singer/songwriter once before. "Back in summer […]
Cyndi Lauper coming to Asheville
She of the multi-colored hair, iconic ‘80s songs, four-octave voice range and enviable flair in everything she touches: Yep, she’ll be at the Orange Peel in November.
LAAFF Streetstyle, part 2
More images from Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Fest.
LAAFF Streetstyle, part 1
Images from last weekend’s Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Fest.
College St.
Photo by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt
SoundTrack Web Extra: One Foot in Fantasy
Debut psy-trance album One Foot in Fantasy, along with a psy-trance DJ compilation by Axis Mundi’s Jason Miller, are being handled internationally by Hong Kong and Italy-based distributors, but the other-worldly music is firmly rooted in the local EDM scene.
Club 828 and The Hookah Bar face an uncertain future
Updated info for rescheduled shows. Rumors of closures (and a note on the door) leave music fans — and scheduled performers — wondering what’s next for two downtown Asheville venues.
Count M’Butu Zoo Krewe comes to Tallgary’s in Asheville
On Saturday, Sept. 11, Grammy winner Count M’Butu and his Zoo Krewe, along with Kevin ‘Kalimbaman’ Spears put on a show at Tallgary’s (4 College St., Asheville, 772-1489).
Belts
Book Report: Ape House
Locally-based author Sara Gruen finds the balance between science and fiction (but not science-fiction) with her captivating new novel. She launches the book at Malaprop’s next week.
Weekend shows you might not know about
Update: Young Couple show info has changed. Read the blog for complete details.
Don’t nail down plans until you check out these options: Young Couples, Shortwave Society and Kung Fu Dynamite announce performances.
Tunic
Photo by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt
Black dress, white dress
Photos by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt
This weekend on a shoestring
A few big, free events take place this weekend: The final installment of Shindig on the Green for this season happens Saturday evening. LAAFF runs all day on Sunday and The Asheville Symphony Orchestra performs a free concert on Park Square Park on Monday. See this weeks Xpress for details on those, and check out some of these other free or under $5 shows.
Rockin’ in the freak world
Browsing old Xpress coverage of the inaugural LAAFF turned up this walk down memory lane: "More than 25 local acts [are] scheduled to appear on two stages. Highlights include Devilish Mary (all-girl string band with Cary Fridley, performing at noon); The Oxymorons Comedy Troupe; rising rock stars Drug Money; West African drum-and-dance group Ballet Warraba; […]
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Park
In celebration of its 50th anniversary — that's the golden anniversary, in case anyone's thinking of sending gifts — the Asheville Symphony Orchestra takes its oboes, timpani, English horns, violas, piccolos, etc. out of the concert hall and into the park. The newly dedicated Pack Square Park, to be exact, and the concert (free to […]
At Goombay festival
Vendors at Africa/Caribbean Goombay Festival this weekend. Photos by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Utah Green
ForTune is a sweet album the deserves close listening. It’s modern folk — the songs are contemporary and are based on Green’s very current world view — but performed the same way songs would have been ages before MP3 and album art.