LAAFF is less than a week away. And now that it’s two full days (Friday and Saturday, Sept. 3 and 4) you can keep the laughs going in between, thanks to these Saturday night after-parties.
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Busk Break: Nomadic Minstrels at Pack Square
Traveling buskers Nomadic Minstrels—Derek Graziano (on hammered dulcimer) and Laura Graziano (on cello)—perform near Pack Square in downtown Asheville.
SoundTrack web extra: CD round up
Reviews of What Hurts the Most by Knives and Daggers, King of Hearts by Joshua Singleton, Real Good Man by Stephen Shealy and Annunciation St by The Mumbles.
Busk Break: Nate Herman
Local busker Nate Herman performs an original tune in front of the Iron sculpture in downtown.
Local musicians record film score at Echo Mountain
A host of local players converged on Echo Mountain this week to record music for the upcoming Sci-Fi thriller The Proxy. Multi-instrumentalist/producer/bandleader Ben Lovett organized and headed the session, which spanned two days in the converted church that now houses Echo Mountain’s primary studios. Xpress was in the control room to bring you this inside look.
Ben Sollee plays a benefit show for LEAF in Schools & Streets
The singer/songwriter/cellist/cyclist/activist returns to WNC to play a special concert on Friday, Sept. 9.
Photo by Cameron Yeager.
Tyler Ramsey is set to release “The Valley Wind”
It’s the third solo album for the local musician, who also plays guitar with Band of Horses. He’ll hold a CD release show at The Grey Eagle on Oct. 6. Listen to an advance track here.
Videos: Cedric Burnside and Lubriphonic at DTA5
Cedric Burnside, filling in at the last minute for the Lee Boys, played to the revelers at Downtown After 5. Lubriphonic was first up. At the end of the evening, they all played together. Jesse Hamm caught it all.
Neko Case at the Orange Peel: Photos and review
Last Thursday, Neko Case performed at The Orange Peel to a sold-out crowd — a crowd that pushed the definition of “standing room only.” Case, however, was perfectly cool, kicking off her set with “Teenage Feeling” from her 2006 album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.
Alkaline Trio, The Drowning Men and mewithoutYou at the Orange Peel
It’s always refreshing to hear good + loud + punk in WNC. Makes up for all the quiet I had to endure growing up.
Get ready to LAAFF!
The local festival returns on Labor Day weekend, celebrating its 10th year and expanding to two days. Here, to whet your appetite, is a preview of some of the music on the lineup.
Busk Break: Daniel and Ben play Haydn
Daniel, 9, and Ben, 11, don’t know the exact name of this Haydn string quartet, so they’ve dubbed it the “Stretchy Quartet.”
Busk Break: Kevin Williams covers “What It Wud”
Greensboro, NC,-based musician Kevin Williams is perhaps best known as the keyboardist for Holy Ghost Tent Revival. Here, he covers the Mike Quinn song “What It Wud.”
Joey Cape plays a solo show in Asheville
You might know him from Lagwagon or Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. He’s only playing two solo shows this summer, and one’s at the Grey Eagle tomorrow. Asheville’s Matt Evans opens.
My Side of the Mountain, Vol. XI: Brian McGee
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.
Cedric Burnside Project replaces The Lee Boys for this Friday’s DTA5
A death in The Lee Boys’ family forced the cancellation of the band’s headlining appearance at Downtown After 5 on Aug. 19. Cedric Burnside Project will take the stage instead.
Busk Break: Sara Lengel
Florida-based busker Sara Lengel covers “I’d Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy” in Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville.
Big Hungry plays tonight at the Orange Peel
Want a taste of the show? Watch this video by Rod Murphy.
Busk Break: Alex Travers plays Bach on a rainy day
During a rainy day in Asheville, NC, Boone-based busker Alex Travers performs the first movement of J.S. Bach’s Partita No.3 for Solo Violin in E major.
A Ghost Like Me brings “instrumental space rock” to BoBo Gallery
The Saturday, Aug. 13 show also includes local bands Two Planes and Graviton Project.
Busk Break: Alex Travers plays J.S. Bach
Boone-based busker Alex Travers performs “Menuet 2” from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita No.3 for Solo Violin in E major next to the Miles Building on a rainy summer day in Asheville.