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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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.
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.
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.
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.
The local hip-hop artist headlines a Saturday show at One Stop. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
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.
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.
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.
The surfer-turned-songwriter returns to the Orange Peel on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Photo from KPRIfm.
The Electronic/EDM project of Disco Biscuits drummer Allen Aucoin plays Asheville on Friday, Nov. 2. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
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!).
The L.A.-based funk/soul/Afro-beat collective headlines a local show on Monday, Oct. 15.
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.
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.
The “imaginary country music” artist plays Jack of the Wood on Monday, June 25 (with Andrew Coombs and Mechanical River ).
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.
The local electronic duo plays One Stop on Friday; Xpress will give away a pair of tickets to the show. Click through for details.
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.
The L.A.-based acrobatic performance company comes to Diana Wortham Theatre on March 13 and 14.
Two bands, one night, one tiny ticket price of $5. Or you can win a pair of tickets from Xpress.
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.