Traveling busker Dan Codispoti covers the classic Hoyt Axton tune “Never Been to Spain” near Pack Square in downtown Asheville.
Tag: music
Showing 820-840 of 1472 results
Sound Track web extra: Megafaun
Triangle psych-folk band Megafaun returned to Asheville last weekend for a Moog factory visit, a Day Trotter session at Echo Mountain and a rocking show at Grey Eagle.
Protomen and I Fight Dragons at Broadway’s tonight
The Nashville-based band The Protomen brings its “mind-boggling mix of rock opera, sci-fi, glam, theatrics and costumes” to Asheville tonight. Last time through, the band played the Battery Park Stage at Bele Chere. Tonight they’ll be on the much smaller stage at Broadway’s.
Doom-metal and a post-apocalyptic story concept
Chapel-Hill based band MAKE takes that conceptual pairing a bit farther (and play the Get Down on Monday, Nov. 14).
Smart Bets web extra: Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights UPDATE: This is now a free show.
The Texan Southern Rockers play Pisgah Brewing on Saturday.
Local band Saint Solitude opens for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The show is at The Grey Eagle. Tonight, 9 p.m., $15.
Smart Bets web extra: Jonathan Scales at The LAB
The local (but rarely at home) steel pan player makes a rare appearance on home turf this Saturday.
Smart Bets web extra: Megafaun at The Grey Eagle
The Durham-based psych-folk trio makes a stop in Asheville on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Smart Bets web extra: The Critters, RBTS WIN, Zombie Queen and Albert Adams
For trinumeral night, the Emerald Lounge hosts a quartet of local bands for just a quintet of dollars.
Smart Bets web extra: The Night Lights at BoBo Gallery
Two local musicians launch a new project, Molly Kummerle of Paper Tiger guests on vocals and the night includes an audience-participatory jam session.
Update! Naked Gods play The Lab TONIGHT
Naked Gods are from Boone, a town that isn’t renowned for music. From this inauspicious locale, the quintet have worked slowly over their first five years, synthesizing various strains of rock into a meaty sound all their own.
Smart Bets web extra: Orgone at Pisgah Brewing
Who’s got the funk? Apparently, 9-piece LA-based band Orgone has the funk, but they’re willing to share. At Pisgah Brewing Company tomorrow.
Busk Break: Nirvana for a new generation
Although this trio of buskers were still several years from being born when “About a Girl” was released on Nirvana’s 1989 debut album ‘Bleach,’ they don’t seem to have a problem getting into it.
The Beets are coming to The Get Down on Monday
Jose Garcia and Juan Wauters don’t have much in common. For those familiar with The Beets, the jangly, lo-fi trio the two New Yorkers founded a little more than four years ago, this may come as some surprise. Write-ups on the band run thick with spontaneous road trips in a 1985 Volvo and all-day hangouts in a pad littered with MAD magazines and filled with the sound of Howard Stern.
Busk Break: Ian Moore performs “The Furniture Man”
Iconic local busker Ian Moore performs his version of the traditional tune “The Furniture Man” on the streets of downtown Asheville.
Asheville’s Firecracker Jazz Band performs at the Kennedy Center
The local group heads to Washington D.C. to take part in the Swing, Swing, Swing festival. They hold a CD release party for new album Firecracker Jazz Band Meets the Wild Man on Nov. 26 at MoDaddy’s.
The Heavy Pets play Asheville’s The One Stop, Nov. 12
Just as the temps dip into frosty territory, these Florida boys bring funky, dancey jam-rock sure to warm up the stage.
Moogfest, Day 3
Sunday was a little warmer, a little calmer and a little less crowded. Here’s a look back at the third day of Moogfest.
Busk Break: Eljebel performs “Bewildered”
Asheville-based busker Eljebel performs her original tune “Bewildered” in front of the Iron sculpture during Halloween weekend.
Video: Fine Peduncle performs at Asheville Music Hall
Cole Murphy, a.k.a. Fine Peduncle from Knoxville, Tenn., performs as part of Moogfest in Asheville, N.C.
Dispatches from Moogfest: Day one
We’ve been exploring Planet Moogfest from horizon to horizon. Here’s a roundup of thoughts and photos from day one of the epic musical and cultural event. Moogfest continues all weekend at venues throughout downtown Asheville.