The local bluegrass quintet announces the Jan. 22 release of a collaboration with John Driskell Hopkins (Zac Brown Band) and two upcoming show (Jan. 18 and 19 at the Altamont Theatre) to record their own live album.
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Wearing the Marley mantle
Biggz General (reggae and hip-hop artist, and son of Bob Marley’s adopted daughter Sharon Prendergast), plays Highland Brewery on Thursday, Jan. 17. RedLyte, ARTIKaL Soundsystem and Marietta’s Palm also perform at the free show.
Auto Defiance: “We’re going to keep the upbeat dancey direction”
The Nashville-based alt-rock outfit returns to Asheville on Saturday, Jan. 5. They’ll play a 9 p.m. show at Emerald Lounge with fellow Tennessee bands A Great Disaster and Matt Sanders Band.
Smart bets web extra: Eric Sommer
The Athens, Ohio-based musician-composer-author-poet-bandleader returns to WNC this week, playing Black Mountain Ale House on Friday, Dec. 28 and Root Bar on Saturday, Dec. 29.
Smart bets web extra: Martin Snoddy
The local hip-hop artist headlines a Saturday show at One Stop. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
Smart Bets web extra: Ten Cent Orchestra
Chelsea Lynn La Bate and classical composer Silas Durocher collaborate on this new classical instrumentation-meets-contemporary song writing project. Ten Cent Orchestra debuts at The Lab this Thursday, Dec. 20.
Smart bets web extra: Jason Daniello’s solo show
The local musician/super-great-guy plays his last show of the year at The One Stop on Tuesday, Dec. 18 Danger Cube from Knoxville also performs as part of the Two For Tuesday series.
Smart bets web extra: Dylan LeBlanc
The Americana singer-songwriter has been earning rave reviews and prime opening slots. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, he returns to Asheville as a headliner at The Emerald Lounge. Photo by Jamie Goodsell.
Smart bet web extra: Donavon Frankenreiter
The surfer-turned-songwriter returns to the Orange Peel on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Photo from KPRIfm.
Smart bet web extra: DrFameus at Asheville Music Hall
The Electronic/EDM project of Disco Biscuits drummer Allen Aucoin plays Asheville on Friday, Nov. 2. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
Smart bet web extra: He’s My Brother She’s My Sister
The rootsy-theatrical outfit (which includes siblings and a tap-dancing drummer) makes its way to Jack of Hearts Pub in Weaverville on Friday, Nov. 2. In advance of that show, they talked to Xpress about the band’s touring highlights (with photos!) and their live show versus their recorded music (with video!).
Smart bets web extra: Orgone at Asheville Music Hall
The L.A.-based funk/soul/Afro-beat collective headlines a local show on Monday, Oct. 15.
Smart bet web extra: The Polish Ambassador
It’s not every day that a beat machine from another dimension touches down in Asheville. Okay, maybe that’s not so far-fetched. But this time-traveling, spacesuit-wearing performer headlines Asheville Music Hall on Saturday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets on Friday. Photo from the Polish Ambassador’s Facebook page.
Smart bets web extra: Bobby White and The Theorizt
A week of hip-hop shows at One Stop and Asheville Music Hall includes this Thursday performance as part of Underground Unheard’s Man Tour. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
Smart bets web extra: The Kernal
The “imaginary country music” artist plays Jack of the Wood on Monday, June 25 (with Andrew Coombs and Mechanical River ).
Smart bets web extra: Underhill Rose
The local country soul trio headlines Jack of the Wood tomorrow (Friday, June 22). Remember why you love them by revisiting their gorgeous video for “Who Brought the Sun,” posted here.
Smart bets web extra: Agobi Project
The local electronic duo plays One Stop on Friday; Xpress will give away a pair of tickets to the show. Click through for details.
Smart bets web extra: Erick Baker
The Knoxville-based singer-songwriter returns to the Altamont Theatre this weekend. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets to this show today at 1 p.m.
Smart bet web extra: Diavolo Dance Theater
The L.A.-based acrobatic performance company comes to Diana Wortham Theatre on March 13 and 14.
Smart bets web extra: Taylor Martin’s Engine with The Whiskey Grins
Two bands, one night, one tiny ticket price of $5. Or you can win a pair of tickets from Xpress.
The life aquatic
Asheville’s Doc Aquatic has been hard at work on a next album. But you don’t have to wait for that to come out to see them live. You can hear them on the “New Weird Asheville” compilation (free download) and they open for The Hill and Wood at Grey Eagle on Thursday, March 8.