The longtime area guitarist reflects on his superb new album and the existential nature of improvisational music.

The longtime area guitarist reflects on his superb new album and the existential nature of improvisational music.
The Alexander-based multi-instrumentalist reflects on her eclectic solo debut.
Moses Sumney made one of the year’s most lauded and ambitious albums. Why does he call Asheville home?
The 10 songs of ‘Best of Luck,’ produced by Ben Harper, often feel like self-made medication for the worries of the world, along with nuggets of wisdom, resolve and resistance.
What’s often revelatory about Rodrigo y Gabriela’s music, whether it’s an interpretation or an original, is how internalized and personal it all feels, like they’re sharing a lingua franca made for two.
The popular contest, now in its 12th year, returns to the Diana Wortham Theatre stage, at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, on Saturday, Nov. 2.