The Whiskey Gentry, a roots collective from Atlanta, opened for Donna the Buffalo at The Orange Peel last weekend. In advance of that show they met with Xpress in the venue’s pizza room. Click through for a video interview and exclusive performance.
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Donna the Buffalo returns to Asheville
Performing songs from “Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday,” the Trumansburg, N.Y.-based roots outfit provided danceable tunes and positive messages. Photo by Erin Scholze, from ashevillejams.com.
All aboard S.S. Bathtub: Kids’ events headed for Asheville
Get ready to learn a friendly lesson or two when Denton the Dragon and David LaMotte come to The Hop Ice Cream Cafe on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 6-7 p.m. Then head to the Orange Peel on Sunday, Feb. 2, for a Groundhog’s Day Jamboree with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and The Moodees, a.k.a Mad Tea.
As told by AVL: Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated Asheville-style with march and music
To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Asheville’s 2014 Peace March and Rally began today around noon, starting at the St. James AME Church, winding through downtown to Pack Square and concluding with music and speeches.
Sound Track web extra: Pool
The latest album from Ryan Barrington Cox is comfortable in both its weirdness and its hooky popness, pairing unusual instrumentation with rhythmic jangle. Cox will play at French Broad Brewery on Friday, Jan. 24, from 6-8 p.m.
Five questions with Lucrezio
Acoustic duo Lucrezio is the project of wife-and-husband musicians Jennifer Lucrezio and Jordan Bumgarner. The two met with Jennifer decided to turn her solo piano-pop act into a full band and began auditioning players. Turned out, they connected not only musically but romantically, and the rest of that story can be found in their albums, videos and live show. Catch the latter at Altamont Brewing on Thursday, Jan. 30. 8 p.m., free show.
Photographic memory
Sandlin Gaither’s 10 years of musical portraits at The Grey Eagle. All photos by Gaither.
Sound Track web extra: Isolation Studies #2: The Hypermodern
The latest in a series of conceptual releases by Jason Smith, aka Night’s Bright Colors,
Acoustic Asheville: Sanctum Sully
Sanctum Sully performs a new song from the group’s forthcoming record as part of the Acoustic Asheville series.
30 Days Out
This new twice-monthly blog spotlight upcoming music shows and events of note with plenty of lead time to make plans.
Five questions with Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
The bluegrass band from Washington D.C. performs at The Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Saturday, Jan. 18. In advance, Solivan spoke to Xpress about spending time in Alaska, his love of cooking and the four Ts of music.
Total War performs “Apex Predator” at AHA AVL
Xpress is partnering with Moog Music to curate AHA AVL shows. Local indie-rockers Total War launched the 2013/2014 season in October. Photo courtesy of Moog Music.
A venue with a vision
With the new year, Emerald Lounge quietly rolled out the first of its many changes. A new bookings and promotions partnership is one part of the evolution. The music room plans to deepen its support of local artists of all genres, among other initiatives.
“The meditative process of creating music”
Foothills (Chase Hudson of 2PPM) performs an evening of experimental music at The Mothlight on Saturday, Jan. 11. Kane Pour, Difference Clouds and Paciens Trine share the bill.
Space rockumentary
“I figured out a way to plug my theremin into our spaceship and actually drive the spaceship with the theremin controller.” Learn about time travel, Betty Boop and local/intergalactic music in Silver Machine’s newest video.
New Year’s Eve with Red Honey and friends
The local band, fronted by Erika Jane Ferraby, put on a free show at Hotel Indigo.
Zappa tribute Project/Object at The Grey Eagle
One of the premier exponents of present-day Zappa music is Asheville’s own Project/Object. The group — named after Zappa’s label for his entire body of work, held together by what he called “conceptual continuity” — was founded in 1991 by guitarist André Cholmondeley. The group played a rare local date last weekend.
Sound Check: Drunken Prayer
In advance of his Friday, Dec. 27, show at The Grey Eagle, Morgan Geer of Drunken Prayer talks about parenthood, lo-fi recording and New Year’s resolutions. Click through for the video interview and exclusive performance.
SoundTrack web extra: Goodbye to Analog
Semi-local alt-rock outfit Treadmill Trackstar released its latest album earlier this year. The concept project pairs a song collection with a text script. Both can be downloaded for free.
Rap from the Green Streets: ‘Turn Off the Lights’
As part of an ongoing effort to encourage energy-saving behaviors, the local Green Opportunities nonprofit has released a catchy hip hop music video,“Turn Off the Lights.”
Deep cuts
Revisit Razor & Blade’s’ AHA AVL performance.