folk Archive
01 Apr 2021
30 Days Out, April 2021 #1: Alexa Rose, Brie Capone, David LaMotte, Eric Gales
I’ll spare you the April Fools Day jokes and instead move on to letting you know about foru live-and-in-person music performances happening in the next 30 days in Asheville. Three […]
07 Mar 2021
The Moon and You: Curious About What Happens Next
This feature appeared previously in Bold Life. Ryan Furstenburg and Melissa Hyman each had things going as singer-songwriters before they met in 2011. But once they combined their creativity, the […]
01 Mar 2021
30 Days Out, March 2021 #1: Chelsea Lovitt, Aditi and Jay, TV Girl, The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers
Live music is coming back! Who knew? To be sure, it’s not everywhere, and when it’s indoors it’s subject to social distancing protocols – we’re not out of the woods […]
24 Jan 2021
Laura Boswell: Beauty and Loss
Throughout her musical life, Laura Boswell has bounced back and forth between the classical and folk worlds. And while the music on the new Place to Be EP – the […]
01 Jan 2021
30 Days Out, January 2021 #1: Chuck Brodsky, Hustle Souls, Arcadian Wild, Derek McCoy Trio
Happy New Year! Even in normal times – a phrase that most certainly doesn’t apply to present day – the post-holidays winter months are the “secret season” in Asheville and […]
16 Dec 2020
Kronos Quartet Meets the Music of Pete Seeger
Ever since its inception in 1973, Kronos Quartet has been pushing the boundaries of music. The San Francisco-based ensemble has made a mission of finding unexplored connections between seemingly disparate […]
13 Dec 2020
Samara Jade: Saved by ‘Zero’
Life experiences can inform the creative product of artists in unusual ways. The chamber folk of Samara Jade’s latest album, Zero, is in part the result of the circumstances under […]
01 Dec 2020
30 Days Out, December 2020: Doom Flamingo, Unspoken Tradition, John Doyle, Mike Cooley
Live music is decidedly back, with restrictions. All of these shows – happening in the next 30 days in Asheville – feature limited seating and other restrictions, but they represent […]
15 Nov 2020
30 Days Out, November 2020 #2: Samara Jade, G. Love, Amanda Anne Platt, The Krüger Brothers
We’re back to actual live shows, with restrictions. Livestream fatigue set in rather quickly, didn’t it? Turns out humans need to be together. But hey: we’ve gotta do it safely […]
08 Nov 2020
William Schmitt: We are the Wildflowers
When one hears a band name like William and the Wildflowers, images of folky, pastoral musical textures might come to mind. And a cover image of the artist sitting crosslegged […]