Dashvara, a four piece band of diverse and well-studied musicians, has been playing together since 2005. Drummer Brian Festa trained classically in Laos, bassist Christian Ferri is studying jazz at UNCA. Greg Norris, who plays flute and saxophone, says the band has been evolving for three years, solidifying the right lineup and the exact sound […]
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SoundTrack Web Extra: Big Daddy Love
From start to finish, Big Daddy Love’s To The Mountain is a captivating album that alludes to a dynamic live show.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Paul Cataldo
New England-born, Black Mountain-based singer/songwriter Paul Cataldo evokes a strong sense of place with Rivers, Roads & Mountains.
SoundTrack Web Extra: The Discordian Society
The Discordian Society’s Primordial Soup is a heady brew of styles, influences, serious musicianship and sometimes downright silly lyrics.
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The existential angst was palpable in the Boiler Room recently, as Baby Cowboy lead singer Julian Sikes sang of death and love interchangeably, as if they were reflections of one another. "Realize it's the madness of the memories," was the closing refrain for one particularly haunting tune. Cowboy's night life: Punk and newgrass meet in […]
SoundTrack Web Extra: Galen Kipar
If Galen Kipar’s The Scenic Route — a name which at first seems vague, but, on closer examination, proves apt — is not a work of mastery, it’s damned close.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Boo Ray
Boo Ray’s Bad News Travels Fast plays like a guilty pleasure, all boozy and rough-edged and filled with promises of trouble and ruined reputations. But the thing about Bad News is there’s nothing bad about it.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Tom Fisch
Singer/songwriter Tom Fisch turns out a seamless ode to nostalgia and the bittersweet progress of time on October Boy.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Rafe Hollister, Leigh Glass
Reviews of the newest albums by Rafe Hollister and The Leigh Glass Band (both of whom perform this Friday).
Making a movie to go with the soundtrack
According to Celeste Melody, VJing is addictive because "a sort of magic happens. You don't know what the band's going to play, but there's a moment when it all comes together like it was planned." Watching the music go by: Ross Gentry of Villages performs in front of projects by VJ Megan McKissack at last […]
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This is what I keep hearing about Kovacs & the Polar Bear: "I liked them more than I thought I would." And, indeed, following their middle-of-three-bands set at a Rocket Club showcase, most of the audience cleared out: Unfortunate for the band that had to follow Kovacs' excellent performance. Front man Nicholas Kovacs bears a […]
SoundTrack Web Extra: Ahleuchatistas
Ahleuchatistas’ Shane Perlowin releases his solo debut, The Vacancy in Every Verse. With video from a recent show.
SoundTrack Web Extra: Saint Solitude
A review of Saint Solitude’s Journal of Retreat.
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Crowded into the stage area of BoBo Gallery, five-piece indie-pop group Do It To Julia (newcomers to Asheville as of last September) seem to have already outgrown the venue. But more than the sold-out room, the band's head count and the sprawling keyboard, it's the presence of DITJ's members that suggests amplitude. From the opening […]
SoundTrack Web Extra: Treadmill Trackstar, Andrew Larson
Reviews of the latest CDs from Treadmill Trackstar and Andrew Larson.
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On a recent cold night, Hookah Joe's hosted Paper Tiger and The Melanaster Band, each group offering trippy, down-tempo beats and minimalist sounds that showed why they're two of Asheville's most unique and promising bands. Fans of Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation take note: Asheville has its own deeply sexy lounge act. Paper Tiger created […]
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Bands must love Jack of the Wood: The downtown bar comes with a built-in crowd that often fills the venue to capacity on Friday and Saturday nights. But guaranteed crowd doesn't mean guaranteed supporters, so at a recent Honeycutters show, the relatively new country act made quick work of turning a room full of strangers […]
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When Arundas plays, the crowd is a mix of friends and family, belly dancers and the broad array of Asheville freaks who want to get down and boogie. Arundas plays a range of collaborative music that explores fantasy-like mystical rhythms, incorporating sitar, dun-duns, chanting and heavy, heavy drumming. Arundas tunes in to far-flung inspirations and […]
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It's a well-documented fact at this juncture: Asheville's sound is a melting pot, a smorgasbord, a sonic gumbo. But just in case you needed further proof, this week's roundup — pulled at random from a stack of submitted CDs — turns up rock, Americana, world/spiritual, bluegrass and jazz guitar. Consider it potluck listening. Shed by […]
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If it seems like Asheville music has evolved into a heady brew of world beat, experimental, indie rock and quirky pop, these four discs — all recently released by well-respected Asheville-based songwriters and musicians — prove that roots music (namely Americana) is alive and well. • Long Days Above Ground by Pierce Edens and The […]
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Though downtown Asheville's streets are full of buskers — especially on a warm weekend night when the tourists and dinner crowds swarm Battery Park and the Grove Arcade — a stand-out act still does just that: Stands out. That's the story with Leeda Jones, aka Lyric. Nothing's going to break her stride: Lyric Jones performs […]