“I didn’t have a plan that I was going to write political songs, but the songs occurred out of the unavoidable situation we’ve been in,” Townsend says. “It’s always a tenuous line to walk: music, politics, that kind of thing.”
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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms play The Mothlight, Nov. 16
The couple met in 2009 at the National Old-Time Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho.
Weyes Blood returns to The Mothlight
The growth Natalie Mering exhibits on her new Weyes Blood album Front Row Seat to Earth is the type of breakthrough music lovers dream about, yet rarely see.
Wes Tirey celebrates a new album and book with a local performance
“The songs lend themselves to a lot of space,” Tirey says. “I don’t apply some kind of aesthetic intention; it just happens that way.” When it’s proposed that there’s a southern-Gothic feel to his songs, he demurs a bit, suggesting instead, “just an American ethos.”
Smart bets: Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger’s international tour begins at The Mothlight on Friday, Oct. 14. The Dead Tongues opens.
Analog Moon premieres new album, new sound with album release party
Analog Moon songwriter/musician Todd Britton. He thought that futurist Ray Kurzweil’s ideas about the future would make a fun concept for an album, especially if he could “take it in a sci-fi direction, as opposed to [basing it upon] the actual scientific papers.”
William Tyler plays rare full-band show at The Mothlight
The Nashville-based instrumental guitarist presents his music with a gifted ensemble.
Smart bets: WORD
WORD features three spoken word artists and takes place at Trad & Lore Coffee on Friday, Sept. 16.
Smart bets: Crank County Daredevils
Crank County Daredevils’ fall tour begins with a hometown show at The Mothlight on Sunday, Sept. 4.
Ahleuchatistas return to The Mothlight
Parish and Oslance play a free show with Ava Mendoza and Jessica Pavone at The Mothlight on Monday, Aug. 22.
Malian master guitarist Mamadou Kelly comes to Asheville
“The American blues form is foreign to us,” says Malian master guitarist Mamadou Kelly. That may come as a surprise to American audiences who hear in Kelly’s music a connection between his soulful approach and the American indigenous musical form born in the Mississippi Delta.
Woodpecker Pie offers a handy little feast at The Mothlight
On June 25, after more than a year of planning, friends Vincent Gagnon and Matt Bailey officially opened Woodpecker Pie inside The Mothlight on Haywood Road.
Jaye Bartell returns to Asheville for a June 28 show at The Mothlight
Bartell’s shows are in support of his recent release, Light Enough, on Sinderlyn. The label also re-released Bartell’s previous record, Loyalty, which he wrote and recorded in Asheville.
Smart bets: The Long Distance Relationship
The collective’s debut album includes work that was contributed remotely, but contributing artists also reunited to record their alternative, psychedelic and sun-warped sounds together. The Mothlight hosts a release party for the self-titled work on Thursday, June 23.
Frazey Ford talks soul music and personal groove
The story is now well-chronicled: How Ford received a call from documentary filmmaker Robert Gordon — a friend of the Hi Rhythm Section, the house band for Green and other artists on the Hi Records label in the 1970s — inviting her to work with those musicians.
Poliça at the Mothlight, May 1
In advance of the sold-out show, a producer shares a mini-documentary on the band.
Smart bets: Woods
Ultimate Paining opens for Woods when the band’s national and international tour stops at the Mothlight on Wednesday, May 4.
Eric Bachmann of Archers of Loaf releases a solo album
But as Bachmann — who grew up in Asheville and launched his music career in Chapel Hill — announced the official end to Crooked Fingers, he also heralded in his newest era as a performer. He’ll perform tracks from his just-released eponymous album, the second under his own name, at The Mothlight on Sunday, April 17.
Chapel Hill’s Mount Moriah filters Southern roots through a singular vision
Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller of Mount Moriah both come from unlikely musical places. The singer previously fronted the post-punk renegade Bellafea, while the guitarist crafted sprawling, often droning compositions in the heavy-psych/metal band Horseback.
Plankeye Peggy hosts an album release carnival
“We’re into the pirate thing; we’re into the carnival and circus thing. But we’re not defining ourselves by those genres,” says songwriter and keyboardist Danny Tetrault. “There’s a kind of carnival scene in Asheville, and we love being part of that. But you can tell by our music: We’re a rock band.”
Girls Rock Asheville holds a fundraiser and adult program
Nonprofit Girls Rock Asheville organization has been putting on its annual summer camp since 2014. As a means of raising funds — and also letting adult women in on the fun — the organization created Ladies Rock Camp, which runs Friday through Sunday, March 11-13.