live shows Archive
01 Oct 2024
30 Days Out, October 2024 #1: King Garbage, Richard Lloyd, Matthew Sweet, New Mastersounds
IMPORTANT NOTE: In light of the disaster in Western NC, please check with the venues. Some or all of these shows may be cancelled. WOW. That’s a succinct summation of […]
22 Sep 2024
CANCELLED – Preview: Music to Your Ears: Grateful Dead 1970
UPDATE: Due to the natural disaster in Asheville, this event is cancelled. Asheville Guitar Bar was gutted by the recent devastating floods. Once the long and slow process of recovery […]
15 Sep 2024
30 Days Out, Sept. 2024 #2: Battle of the Bands, The dB’s, Kaleo, Sunday Jam
The next 30 days are extra-special musicwise here in WNC. Indie rock heroes The dB’s have reunited for select shows, and Asheville is on that list! Icelandic rockers Kaleo make […]
01 Sep 2024
30 Days Out, September 2024 #1: Buckethead, Ménage, Gong, David Cross, Darkside Experience
A mysterious instrumentalist, a local legend, a double-bill of prog heroes and a tribute of one of rock’s greatest: those are the highlights of the live music scene in Asheville […]
25 Aug 2024
Preview: Music to Your Ears: The Music of Nina Simone
Nina Simone is trending. More than two decades after her death, the Tryon, N.C.-born musician, vocalist, songwriter and civil rights activist is as popular as ever. In 2020, the Nina […]
15 Aug 2024
30 Days Out, Aug. 2024 #2: Joe Medwick, Soul Asylum, Lucky Strokes, Ghost-Note
A great locally-based artist, an overlooked indie-rock legend, and two widely-touring acts who love playing Asheville (and come here often). Those are the highlights of music in the next 30 […]
01 Aug 2024
30 Days Out, Aug. 2024 #1: Jason Isbell, PAKT, Linda Lindas, Jlloyd MashUp
Yes, there’s a homegrown music festival this month that pretty much makes space for every local band. But you already know about that, so instead I present previews of four […]
28 Jul 2024
Preview: Music to Your Ears with Guest Amanda Anne Platt
Amanda Anne Platt, singer and songwriter from Asheville-based, internationally touring band, The Honeycutters, joins Music to Your Ears host Bill Kopp for a discussion about Warren Zevon’s album Excitable Boy. […]
17 Jul 2024
Arthur or Not Arthur: That is the Question
Landmark Kinks album inspires Chris Tullar’s Not Arthur An acclaimed late sixties concept album provided the inspiration for a local songwriter to conceive, record and stage a concept album all […]
15 Jul 2024
30 Days Out, July 2024 #2: Buddy Guy
Twice a month for the last four and a half years-plus, I’ve been telling you about four of the most notable live music events coming to (or near) Asheville. This […]