With the benefit of hindsight, each of Drunken Prayer’s previous albums seems like a step on the road to making Cordelia Elsewhere; the record adds up to a showcase of Morgan Geer’s unique skillset.
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With the benefit of hindsight, each of Drunken Prayer’s previous albums seems like a step on the road to making Cordelia Elsewhere; the record adds up to a showcase of Morgan Geer’s unique skillset.
The four North Carolina indie rockers play The Mothlight on March 25.
Country, blues, bluegrass and … prog-hop? The variety of live music available in Asheville never ceases to impress.
Two bands, each led by high-profile fixtures of the Asheville music scene, are coming together to present a unique night of music.
The Asheville MC along with Musashi Xero, Mike L!VE, Spaceman Jones, Herb da Wizard and P.T.P play The Mothlight on March 14.
To date, the group has produced at least five professional-grade music videos for songs on the new album (plus one for a non-album track — an impassioned reading of the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”).
The instrumental guitarist shares songs from his new album at The Mothlight on March 3.
Two groups that lean in a dreamy, shoegaze direction (one local, one on tour) plus a jazz singer who has recently made Western N.C. her home and a prodigious guitar talent who’s finding fame on stage and screen.
Three of the sets noted below are free, but you can do your part to support local music by helping fill the tip jar. Lots of rock, surf and Americana in this roundup.
The Nashville-based psychedelic folk rock trio plays The Mothlight on Jan. 31.
As a young musician, Moctar was heavily influenced by Tuareg folk music, called “takamba,” but he also fell in love with the wild guitar mastery of Eddie Van Halen.
Alison Chesley brings her experimental solo cello project to The Mothlight on Jan. 15.
This installment marks the five-year anniversary of the column.
The computerized origin of Carroll’s music is offset to a large degree by the organic feel of the songs on Flight Patterns. “I feel connected to Western North Carolina as a region and environment,” he says.
This is a time when locally based artists — many of whom tour the region and beyond — come home for the holidays. And while they’re around town, they might even schedule a performance.
Ammerman will launch the album at The Mothlight on Thursday, Nov. 29.
The celebrations of diverse music take place Nov. 10 at Ambrose West and Nov. 12 at The Mothlight.
Victor and his collaborators will hold a single release party for at The Mothlight on Saturday, Nov. 10.
The Japanese psychedelic band stops by The Mothlight on Oct. 20.
The Richmond-based musician plays The Mothlight on Oct. 17.
The video drops just before the duo’s EP release show at The Mothlight on Friday, Oct. 5, with with Effigy, Sk the Novelist, Kingdom Kome and Musashi Xero.