live shows Archive
20 Dec 2024
The Avett Brothers and ‘Swept Away’ – Banjos on Broadway or, Quite a Concept to Digest (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… In Logan’s hands, Swept Away is a morality tale with religious (or quasi-religious) themes of salvation at its core. “We were [pleasantly] surprised at how on-the-mark […]
19 Dec 2024
The Avett Brothers and ‘Swept Away’ – Banjos on Broadway or, Quite a Concept to Digest (Part 1 of 2)
A lightly edited version of this feature – with a different title – appeared previously in SPIN. In the 1880s, a yacht sank off South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. […]
16 Dec 2024
Concert Review: David Gilmour – Madison Square Garden, November 8
As David Gilmour pointed out to me in our interview — and as he no doubt did in every other interview he held to promote Luck and Strange – it […]
15 Dec 2024
30 Days Out, December 2024 #2: Asheville Symphony w/Direct From Sweden, Free Flow, Nora Brown, Dirty Logic
Pop, funk, Americana and whatever it is that Steely Dan does: those are the highlights of live music in the coming 30 days here in Asheville. Artist: Asheville Symphony with […]
05 Dec 2024
Mannheim Steamroller: Holiday Music in the New Old Fashioned Way
For most listeners, music is a year-round experience. Yet there’s an entire category of music that’s enjoyed during the holiday season, and created expressly for the period around Christmas. And […]
04 Dec 2024
The Snozzberries: Quick Change Artists
The Snozzberries released a new self-titled album on Oct. 11. The Asheville-based group — a fixture of the progressive/psychedelic/funk scene since forming in 2017 — had already previewed the new […]
01 Dec 2024
30 Days Out, Dec. 2024 #1: LA LOM, The Nutcracker, ‘Together We Rise,’ RJD2
A popular multi-hyphenate aritst, an amazing new(ish) group putting a creative spin on an an established form, a benefit for WNC and a beloved holiday tradition (times four): those are […]
05 Nov 2024
AJ Croce on the ‘Life and Times’ of Jim Croce
Jim Croce was a giant among singer-songwriters. Though his time in the national spotlight was comparatively brief, he left an indelible impression upon popular music. His career was cut short […]
01 Nov 2024
30 Days Out, Nov. 2024 #1: Lemon Twigs, Drive-By Truckers, Paper Crowns, Snozzberries
Two great local acts, one legendary band celebrating a monumental work from their distant past, and a buzzworthy band that ranks among the hottest tix out there: those are the […]
15 Oct 2024
30 Days Out, October 2024 #2: Help with Helene
For this edition of what is customarily my twice-monthly roundup of live music in Asheville and Western NC, I’m taking a different approach. The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene is […]