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Sound Track web extra: Sings
Marley Carroll’s new 12-track album is out on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Release show at The Millroom on Friday, Dec. 13. Photo by Nicole McConville.
Sound Track web extra: Tina and her Pony
Tina Collins and Quetzal Jordan make a great case for whimsy and animal aliases. The duo’s opening set at The Altamont Theatre last weekend was folky, rootsy, warm and unexpected.
The Dave Rawlings Machine at The Grey Eagle
The five-piece iteration of the band took to the stage shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday night and opened with “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” It’s a song often reserved for the end of the night. But in this case, it set forth the evening’s familial tone as front man Rawlings lead the newest lineup of his ever-evolving Machine through a two-and-a-half-hour old-time music marathon. Photo from the band’s Facebook page.
Christmas Jam Update: Gregg Allman, Widspread Panic added to lineup; session ale now available
As Asheville prepares to celebrate the silver anniversary of the Christmas Jam, the musical lineup keeps getting better and better. Plus, a special Christmas Jam Session Ale has hit the shelves of local stores.
Hooks from the Highlands
How Chvrches’ Glasgow roots feed its infectious synth-pop. The Scottish band plays The Orange Peel on Saturday, Nov. 30. 9 p.m. Photo by Eliot Hazel.
The doctor is in
Revisit Doc Aquatic’s AHA AVL performance.
Luck and mischief
Casey Driessen releases the official video for “Tanuki Attack,” filmed at Noble Forge in Asheville.
Just in time for Wednesday
Decent Lovers just released “Keep It Together.” Check out the new track and battle the mid-week blahs.
Sound Track web extra: Holy Holy Vine
The experimental indie-folk outfit, led by Flora Wolpert Checknoff, supported Hurray for the Riff Raff at The Grey Eagle on Friday. It was an opening set that made arriving early well worth the effort.
Sound Track web extra: You are the Sun
Local folk-rockers Warm the Bell released a new album earlier this year in one of the most under-hyped campaigns of all time. The modesty is refreshing, but not at all necessary.
Five (or more) Questions with Fist Fam
The Gurp City South winter showcase takes place at Asheville Music Hall on Friday, Nov. 22. Ronny Mac from local hip-hop collective Fist Fam talks about reunions, the local hip-hop scene and the effect of a stable environment.
Gathering thunder clouds and delicate chimes
Shane Perlowin and Tatsuya Nakatani hold an album release party for “Anatomy of a Moment” at The Mothlight on Sunday, Nov. 17.
Moogfest tickets on sale today, daytime lineup announced
The April, 2014 festival names its first round of “luminaries, pioneers, and visionaries that will constitute its daytime programming.” Okay, so now musicians mentioned yet, but the roster of speakers and presenters is staggering. It’s a who’s who of the brightest and most envelope-pushing inventors, innovators and creative thinkers. Hint: Laurie Anderson is among them.
Hurray for Hurray for the Riff Raff
The New Orleans-based Americana/rock outfit, led by vocalist Alynda Lee Segarra, makes a stop at The Grey Eagle on Friday, Nov. 15. Holy Holy Vine opens. Photo by Sarah Danzinger.
Ben Lovett releases a new video and holds a contest
Viewers can participate in the local musician and filmmaker’s experiment by submitting images of their own visual interpretation of “Time.” Click through to watch Lovett’s new video for “All the Time.”
Sound Check: David Mayfield
The David Mayfield Parade performed at The Grey Eagle last weekend. Before the show, Mayfield talked to Xpress about his new album and his connection to Asheville. Video by Jesse Hamm.
Special delivery
Know that game where you’re asked, “If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?” If you changed “have dinner” to “be in a band” and then actually did just that with your top 15 picks, you’d be Johnny Marr. The guitarist and singer-songwriter has been a member of The […]
Panic room
An uninitiated listener checked out Widespread Panic’s Saturday show in Asheville. Here’s the verdict. Photos by Anthony Dorion.
A Winged Migration: Asheville Faerie Arts Festival
Magical mystical festival promises a faerie good time.
Five Questions with Dead 27s
The Charleston, S.C.-based blues rockers play a free show at Pisgah Brewing on Friday, Nov. 15.