Each of the four acts profiled in this edition is highly respected in its respective field. All are nationally-touring acts. And all are most certainly worth your time and heard-earned entertainment dollar.
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Acoustic Asheville: Amanda Anne Platt
Recorded at Crossroads Studios in Arden, ‘Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters’ features 13 new songs about life and death and everything in between. It will be released on Friday, June 9 and will be celebrated with two special shows — Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10 — at The Grey Eagle.
Smart bets: The Orbiting Human Circus
Julian Koster, whose musical saw can be heard in Neutral Milk Hotel and The Music Tapes, created a narrative podcast last fall. “The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air)” explores the dreamlike phenomena in the daily life of the Eiffel Tower’s janitor. The Music Tapes released an EP this spring with music inspired by and featured […]
Smart bets: ABSFest
The Orange Peel hosts the Saturday Spectacular, featuring headliner Sydni Deveraux, the Golden Glamazon.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
This time around, all four featured acts are nationally touring artists. Funk, pop, rock and rockabilly are on the musical menu.
Acoustic Asheville: Hannah Kaminer
With a Kickstarter campaign in progress to hopefully support a second full-length record, Kaminer will perform at The Altamont Theatre Friday, May 19.
Smart bets: Jarrod Harris and Lace Larrabee
The comedians will perform on Saturday, May 13, at The Grey Eagle.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
This time around, the focus is on legacy artists. Musicians who have been at the game for many years, sometimes paying tribute to the music they made decades ago with now long-gone band mates, other times reviving a long-defunct group because there’s still more to say, musically.
Smart bets: Aaron Woody Wood
“It will be funky and country and rockin’ like most stuff I do,” says Wood of the show, which takes place on Saturday, May 6, at The Grey Eagle.
Acoustic Asheville: Aaron Woody Wood
Wood recently spent some time at the Fleetwood Shack Studios of one-time local resident and Band of Horses bassist Bill Reynolds. Along with former Blue Rags bandmate Mike Rhodes on drums, the trio formed the core of the sound featured on Wood’s new record Sunshine.
Smart bets: Chris Jamison’s Ghost
The full six-piece band, Chris Jamison’s Ghost, will celebrate the album’s release with a show at The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, April 26.
Acoustic Asheville: Sarah Tucker
Since winning The Brown Bag singer-songwriter competition in 2011, at the age of 16, Tucker has since released two solo records on her own.
Traditional fiddler Finn Magill returns to his WNC roots for a concert
While Magill is open to many styles of music, something about choro immediately struck him. “When I was in West Africa, I’d be listening to polyrhythms and think, ‘What the hell is going on?’ Initially, I just couldn’t get it,” he says. “But with choro, I thought, ‘Yeah, I get this. Even if I can’t play it, I kind of know how it works.’”
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
Blues that isn’t blues; goofy, fun-filled rock; a guitar legend and darkly psychedelic music … those are among your concertgoing choices over the next 30 days in Asheville.
Acoustic Asheville: Gracie Lane
The local singer-songwriter will perform at French Broad Brewing on Thursday, April 6, at 6 p.m.
Sing for Shane: Fundraiser for Shatterproof
The Clydes will be performing the fundraiser concert along with Taylor Martin and Aaron “Woody” Wood, Billy Cardine and North of Too Far Downs, Evelyn’s Couch and others.
The Allah-Las make their third concert visit to Asheville
The band played The Mothlight in 2014, and four years ago the Allah-Las first performed in Asheville at The Orange Peel; that night’s bill included two other bands with a similar musical sensibility: Elephant Stone and The Black Angels. “We consider them kindred spirits,” bassist Spencer Dunham says.
Smart bets: Best of Asheville Comedy Showcase
This year’s showcase takes place at The Grey Eagle on Saturday, March 25, at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
Post-rock, Americana-flavored rock ‘n’ roll, primal rock and hip-hop are on the menu this time around.
Acoustic Asheville: Carolina Wray
The Wray brothers’ sound resonates across a broad spectrum of music, from country and blues all the way to pop.
Blackalicious makes its Grey Eagle debut
DJ/producer Chief Xcel discusses the Sacramento hip-hop duo’s Imani trilogy and the heightened sense of urgency stemming from lyricist Gift of Gab’s health issues.