Thursday night’s City Council candidate forum did not end with closing statements about the vision candidates have for the city, but with a heated shouting match between council member Cecil Bothwell and Jonathan Wainscott.
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Sound Check: Vienna Teng
Last Friday, singer-songwriter-pianist (and recent transplant to Detroit) Vienna Teng performed a sold-out show at The Altamont Theatre. Xpress spoke to her, in advance of the concert, about her final tour before she takes a day job.
“Lurkin’”
Click through for the recently-released video by Jonathan Scales Fourchestra.
Acoustic Asheville: Valorie Miller
The local singer-songwriter performs a new song at The Classic Wine Seller in Waynesville. Video by Jesse Hamm, artist photo by Frank Zipperer.
Looking for Lincoln: UNCA professor in national spotlight for photographic discovery
The discovery of Abraham Lincoln in a rare photo at the scene of the Gettysburg Address has put local professor Christopher Oakley in the national spotlight as the 150th anniversary of the president’s famed oratory approaches.
Puppy love
Brooklyn instrumental collective Snarky Puppy gets a local send up in advance of their Thursday, Sept. 26, show at Asheville Music Hall.
Big Boi’s new video features footage from Asheville show
Rap superstar Big Boi’s new video for “Thom Pettie” features footage from his sold-out spring show at the Orange Peel in Asheville.
Acoustic Asheville: Sam Lewis and Scott McMahan
Two exclusive songs from Sam Lewis’s Aug. 29 stop in Asheville. Videos of Lewis and Scott McMahan shot at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall by Jesse Hamm.
Sylvan Esso at Moog SoundLab
The Durham-based duo of Amelia Meath (Mountain Man) and Nick Sanborn (Megafaun) recorded a version of their song, “Hey Mami,” using all kinds of delays and filters and synthesizers and sequencers. Click through for the video.
Across the Atlantic Sea
Local singer-songwriter Darien Crossley spent four months in England, where she played 45 nights in 16 different venues in and around Manchester. She also visited Brussels, Ghent, Bruges and Amsterdam, and participated in a video project in Berlin. Click through for a video from the U.K.
Video: Songs of Water
The haunting world-fusion band returns to Asheville on Saturday, Aug. 24. They’ll perform an all-ages show at Isis.
Acoustic Asheville: Hiss Golden Messenger
The Durham/Brooklyn-based folk outfit played Apothecary on Aug. 10. Click through for a video of M.C. Taylor’s exclusive performance.
Local schools resume classes Aug. 21, officials urge safe driving
On Wednesday August 21, 2013, Asheville City Schools and Buncombe County schools will be back in session. And the Asheville Police Department is asking for assistance in keeping local children safe as they return to school, producing a video that urges drivers to use caution.
Sound Check: Andrew Scotchie of The River Rats
Andrew Scotchie of local band River Rats plays “Tired Soul” and talks about the evolution of his band, their recent “Barnaroo Bootleg” release (which will be available at the Friday DIG Fest show on the Asheville Music Hall stage) and Scotchie’s DIG Fest picks.
Kishi Bashi revisited
We’re still thinking about the incredible Bele Chere set by multi-instrumentalist K. Ishibashi and his band. Here’s a video of his song “Intro/Pathos, Pathos.”
Smart bets web extra: Even the Animals
The local roots-rock outfit is set to play Pisgah Brewing, with Alarm Clock Conspiracy on Thursday, Aug. 15.
Last laugh? Young Republicans spoof Mountain Moral Monday
Borrowing from James O’ Keefe’s playbook, the Buncombe County Young Republicans aimed to make a mockery of Moral Mountain Monday attendees Aug. 5, enticing them to sign a “a fake petition to decrease, or restore funding levels to the last year that Democrats were in control, which effectively lowers it by millions of dollars.”
The Booty Band’s ode to the posterior
Asheville’s funk collective performed “Badonkadonk” live at Bele Chere. Click through for the video.
Bele Chere day 2 roundup
Click through for photos (by John Zara) of Matrimony, Space Capone, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, David Holt, Moon Taxi, Son of Bill, Kishi Bashi, The Birchtree Band, and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, and videos (by Jesse Hamm) of Kishi Bashi and the Booty Band.
Bele Chere day 1 roundup
Click through for photos (by John Zara) of Bright Lights Social Hour, Dan Deacon and Wanda Jackson, and videos (by Jesse Hamm) of CrazyHorse & Colston and Chuck Brodsky.
AJ & the Jiggawatts and DeRobert & the Half-Truths
Last weekend’s RiverMusic concert was a showcase of Nashville soul from G.E.D. Records. Click through for two videos by Jesse Hamm.