incredibly strange Archive
22 Oct 2026
Inuit Savants: The Residents’ ‘Eskimo’ (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Bill: In ‘92, the group took another crack at developing a live touring opera of Eskimo. They went so far as to commission set designs from […]
21 Oct 2026
Inuit Savants: The Residents’ ‘Eskimo’ (Part 1 of 2)
NOTE #1: This interview was conducted in late 2025, just ahead of a planned Residents tour commemorating their Eskimo LP. For health reasons, the tour was postponed for some six […]
15 Oct 2026
30 Days Out, October #2: The Residents, Beck, Min Xiao-Fen & Julian Kytasty, The Record Company
Wow. This time around we have two major, major live acts, one of whom has never played Asheville before, and a world-class duo, half of which is based in Asheville, […]
14 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Sun Ra
Okay, so maybe Sun Ra wasn’t from outer space. And yet… maybe he was. But his music was certainly out of this world. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing and […]
13 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Residents
I write a lot of reviews, I do. And I write about some artists more than others. Here’s a roundup of reviews covering releases from everyone’s favorite incredibly strange outfit, […]
05 Mar 2025
Album Review: Sun Ra – Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank
As acclaimed music journalist and critic J.D. Considine emphasizes in his liner notes for Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank, “people were more likely to have heard […]
07 Sep 2024
Album Review: The Courettes – Hold On, We’re Comin’
Older readers may recall the time when Natalie Cole recorded a duet with her father, Nat “King” Cole. The event was somewhat controversial, as Nat had at that point been […]
13 Jun 2024
Album Review: Sun Ra – At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1977-1978
Zev Feldman has applied his “jazz detective” approach to a dizzying array of artists, unearthing previously unheard recordings by landmark artists ranging from Bill Evans to Mel Lewis to Les […]
18 Feb 2024
Album Review: Real People, Great Radio Vol. 2
Indie by definition and indie in spirit, Real People, Great Radio Vol. 2 is a compilation featuring Asheville musical artists. Curated, sponsored and put together by community radio station AshevilleFM […]
12 Feb 2024
Album Review: The Happy Dragon Band
Deep in the cracks between the above-ground music business, creative artists who couldn’t (or perhaps simply didn’t want to) land a label deal created some fascinating work. To be sure, […]