music business Archive
25 Jun 2020
Moog Music in a Pandemic World
This story is the second of three this week in which I connect with Asheville-based companies serving the music industry. — bk Asheville, North Carolina-based Moog Music has reacted to […]
24 Jun 2020
Echo Mountain Recording Responds to Pandemic Challenges
This story is the first of three this week in which I connect with Asheville-based companies serving the music industry. — bk Any musician in Asheville can tell you the […]
19 Jun 2020
Book Review: The Ballad of Tommy LiPuma
Author: Ben Sidran 274pp Nardis Books One might think that an insider tale such as the biography of a record producer wouldn’t have wide appeal. That thinking goes that unless […]
09 Mar 2020
Moraz and Moog’s Field Trip
[This feature originally appeared in Electronic Sound Magazine.] On a Spring afternoon in 1975, Swiss keyboard virtuoso Patrick Moraz found himself bounding through a field in upstate New York, carrying […]
12 Jan 2020
Book Review: Rip it Up: The Specialty Records Story
BMG Publishing launched a series of books, the RPM Series, a few years ago. Superficially similar in scope to the 33-1/3 series, these volumes are designed to chronicle the history […]
18 Jul 2019
Asheville’s Grey Eagle: Soaring at a Quarter Century (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Food and photos Over the years, the Grey Eagle has also been home to some quality food options. Whitworth, manager John A. Zara and current owners […]
17 Jul 2019
Asheville’s Grey Eagle: Soaring at a Quarter Century (Part 1)
One of Western North Carolina’s most popular music venues, the Grey Eagle is taking a well-deserved victory lap this year. In celebration of the hall’s 25th anniversary, the Grey Eagle […]
10 Jun 2019
At the Heart of the Vinyl Revival: ORG Music
Founded in 2010, ORG Music was launched in response to renewed interest in vinyl records. Kicking off with reissues of Nirvana’s classic Nevermind, the label quickly established itself as an […]
09 May 2019
Musical Matchmaker: Paul Heumiller of Dream Guitars (Part Four)
Continued from Part Three… Service Brings a Smile Asked what he enjoys most about his work, Heumiller has a ready answer. “It gets back to that idea of service,” he […]
08 May 2019
Musical Matchmaker: Paul Heumiller of Dream Guitars (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… Life and Livelihood Entwined With success, the demands of running Dream Guitars grew over the years; Heumiller loved the work but found that his life/work balance […]