The latest edition of Acoustic Asheville features a very special performance from Malcolm Holcombe and Jared Tyler, live at The Grey Eagle.
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Trixie Whitley plays Asheville in support of Porta Bohemica
With a totally new approach and new collaborators, Trixie Whitley re-entered the studio and created Porta Bohemica, released in January. Her current tour brings her to The Grey Eagle on Saturday, March 12.
Smart bets: Freakwater
Jay Jayle and Drunken Prayer open for Freakwater at The Grey Eagle on Friday, March 11.
Smart bets: The Hip Abduction
The Florida-based band brings its tropical and exuberant live show to The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, March 9.
Small bites: A dozen local bands play for Food Connection
Food Connection’s largest fundraiser of the year is a music sampling of Western North Carolina; Catawba Brewing Co., serves up a beer-filled brunch to take the edge off winter; The French Broad Vignerons seeks potential wine judges; and Bee School is nearly in session at The Center for Honeybee Research.
Jane Kramer celebrates her return to Asheville with a new album
The song “Truck Stop Stars” from her new album, Carnival of Hopes, is about a woman leaving a mountain town to cross the U.S. “To me, it foreshadowed my own drive back across the country to Asheville, but I wrote it before I made the decision to move,” she says.
Acoustic Asheville: Scott H. Biram
Scott H. Biram recently performed two songs for Acoustic Asheville, including a Blind Willie Johnson cover.
Amplified: The Low Counts
The Low Counts gave an exclusive performance of “Keep It Burning” from their new record, Years Pass By.
The Americans play a free show at The Grey Eagle
In a geographic sense, “The Americans” may refer to any two or more people residing from Águila Islet to Cape Columbia. Musically, that name specifically applies to the Los Angeles roots rock quartet.
Conscious party: Blue Dragons jam for LEAF Community Arts
Before the Dragons unleash their funk- and Americana-inspired jams, fans can warm up with opening act Fritz Beer and the Crooked Beat. DJ Molly Parti closes the fundraiser with a dance party, which the Grey Eagle hosts on Friday, Jan. 15.
Smart bets: Fred Eaglesmith
Fred Eaglesmith’s fans call themselves “Fredheads,” and that group knows that the singer-songwriter’s live performances include comic monologues and rock ’n’ roll treatments of new material and back catalog offerings.
Infamous Unknown Hinson rings in the new year at The Grey Eagle
What to expect when Unknown Hinson plays a special New Year’s Eve show with opening acts Drunken Prayer and Little Lesley & The Bloodshots? “Unknown Hinson is still alive, baby, doing what I do and I ain’t about to damn stop at all,” the musician says. “If you will be there, I will be there singin’ my guts out for you.”
Top 5 comedy shows of 2015
From stand-up open mics featuring local talent to national acts, Asheville delivered some big laughs.
Acoustic Asheville: David Wax Museum
David Wax Museum recently brought its Mexo-Americana sound to The Grey Eagle to promote the band’s latest record, Guesthouse.
The Broadcast asks fans to bring art supplies and donations to benefit concert for local teens
The Broadcast has planned and arts and crafts supplies drive to coincide with the lively rock group’s upcoming performance at The Grey Eagle. Art gear and monetary donations collected at the event will benefit teens at Eliada’s residential treatment facility.
How the ‘60s, nonchalance and Sugar in the Raw shaped The Low Counts’ new album
The two man band’s high-glycemic tunes are familiar on first listen, and fans get a dozen new ones at this week’s release party for Years Pass By. The Grey Eagle hosts the event Friday, Dec. 11, at 9 p.m.
Smart bets: Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas
Atlanta-based musicians Jeffrey Bützer (drums) and T.T. Mahony (piano) mark the 50th anniversary of the “A Charlie Brown Christmas” TV special by taking their live recreation of Vince Guaraldi’s score on tour. They’ll perform at The Grey Eagle Thursday, Dec. 10.
Annabelle’s Curse continues to evolve past obvious comparisons
The story of the Bristol, Tennessee-based Annabelle’s Curse begins, as so many band origin stories do, in the vicinity of a college campus. “I had a mutual friend who invited me over for a party,” says guitarist Zach Edwards. There, he met singer-songwriter Tim Kilbourne. “We ended up playing music together and I kind of just never went home.” Annabelle’s Curse performs at The Grey Eagle Sunday, Dec. 6.
Acoustic Asheville: Ben Sollee and Mother Falcon
The latest edition of Acoustic Asheville features a very special performance filmed at The Grey Eagle with cellist Ben Sollee and indie orchestral rock band Mother Falcon.
Holy Ghost Tent Revival embraces life in Asheville
HGTR returns to The Grey Eagle Saturday, Nov. 21, the third show at the venue since the musicians’ relocation a little over a year ago. In that time, the band also produced a full-album cover of Beck’s Midnite Vultures at The Mothlight in July and opened for The Suffers at Downtown After 5 in September.
Emily Kinney plays The Grey Eagle, Nov. 22
The tour for This Is War brings actor and singer-songwriter Kinney to The Grey Eagle Sunday, Nov. 22, at 8 p.m.