folk Archive
01 Jul 2020
30 Days Out, July 2020 #1: Blake Ellege Band, Rocky MTN Roller, Life Like Water, Mr. Jimmy
Once again it’s time for a look at live music events in and around Asheville in the coming 30 days. And for the first time since early March (and those […]
16 Jun 2020
Guitarist Laurence Juber Connects the Dots Between Classical, Folk and the Beatles
Laurence Juber was already an accomplished and in-demand session musician before he got the call to join Paul McCartney’s band, Wings. And although he was a member of the group […]
15 Jun 2020
30 Days Out, June 2020 #2: Hearts Gone South, Angel Olsen, Natural Born Leaders, The Get Right Band
If you’re at all like me, you may have noticed this phenomenon: when you take on a new task, you stumble as you learn your way through it. And by […]
08 Jun 2020
Brushfire Stankgrass: Making Up for Lost Time
“We’re not a bluegrass band,” insists Will Saylor, co-leader with brother Ben in Brushfire Stankgrass. Instead, the popular Asheville quartet uses bluegrass as the launching point for its musical excursions, […]
01 Jun 2020
30 Days Out, June 2020 #1: TAUK, Ben Folds, Vancouver Electronic Ensemble, John Prine Tribute
In recent weeks I’ve conducted interviews with a number of professions whose businesses involve servicing the music community in various ways. A consensus seems to be forming – and this […]
31 May 2020
Busker Abby ‘The Spoon Lady’ Roach Brings Out the Fine Silverware
Train-hopping hobos are part of America’s cultural fabric. From the late 19th century through the 1940s, hundreds of thousands of itinerant people in America made their lives on the fringe […]
08 May 2020
Album Review: Nancy Priddy — You’ve Come This Way Before
In 1967, a young singer named Nancy Lee Priddy was part of a group of musicians assembled to assist in the making of Songs of Leonard Cohen, the debut release […]
20 Apr 2020
Album Review: Peter Laughner
Chances are good that you’ve never heard of Peter Laughner. And if you’re immediately replying, “Oh, yes I have!” then chances are good that you know of him via his […]
18 Mar 2020
Album Review: Smoke Fairies — Darkness Brings the Wonders Home
The influence of American blues forms upon the music of Led Zeppelin is widely acknowledged; though they took it in a heavier direction that sometimes tended to exaggerate its more, […]
15 Mar 2020
30 Days Out, March 2020 #2: Sister Ivy, Graham Nash, Wham Bam Bowie Band, Eilen Jewell
UPDATE March 17: It looks as if all live shows are canceled for the foreseeable future. Please support these and other artists by buying their music online, viewing (and paying […]