Smart bets: The Honeycutters

Posted on November 9, 2015November 4, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

Brian McGee opens the show at the Grey Eagle on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 9 p.m.

Acoustic Asheville: Brian McGee

Posted on May 11, 2014May 9, 2014 by Alli Marshall

“By the time every 30-something punk dude and their mom had picked up an acoustic guitar and started singing ‘This Land is Your Land,’ Brian had found his way back up to the East Coast, this time to Asbury Park, N.J.,” says the bio of songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and former Ashevillean Brian McGee. The Philadelphia native moved […]

Smart Bets: Brian McGee

Posted on May 4, 2014May 9, 2014 by Alli Marshall

“By the time every 30-something punk dude and their mom had picked up an acoustic guitar and started singing ‘This Land is Your Land,’ Brian had found his way back up to the East Coast, this time to Asbury Park, N.J.,” says the bio of songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and former Ashevillean Brian McGee. The Philadelphia native moved […]

My Side of the Mountain, Vol. XI: Brian McGee

Posted on August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 by Dane Smith

It’s time to say goodbye to Brian McGee. After 11 years, the singer is parting with his adopted home to pursue other avenues, but not before he plays one last show. We caught up with McGee at his house, piled high with moving boxes, for an acoustic rendition of Plow United’s “The World According to Me” in advance of his performance Saturday at The Grey Eagle.

My Side of the Mountain, Vol. 8: Her Marigold

Posted on June 8, 2011June 8, 2011 by Dane Smith

We’re taking to the streets, forests and shops of Asheville to highlight the brightest in local music. And the best part? There’s no cover and you don’t have to leave the house!

This weekend on a shoestring: May 26-26, 2011

Posted on May 25, 2011May 25, 2011 by Dane Smith

Whether you’re looking for jazz, Americana, country or doom metal, we’ve got a weekend performance to match. And if music doesn’t sing to you, there’s film, theater and art as well, all for less than it costs to park downtown.

SoundTrack Web Extra: The Taking or the Leaving

Posted on September 8, 2010September 8, 2010 by Dane Smith

For his sophomore effort, local punk-turned-country musician Brian McGee dropped the Hollow Speed, traded fiddles and banjos for organs and pedal steel and settled in at Echo Mountain Recording, emerging with 12 songs that exist — musically, lyrically and sonically — in a whole other realm than his self-titled debut.