pop Archive
15 Jun 2018
Josh Rouse is Totally ’80s (For Now) — Part 2
Continued from Part One… How important is it to you to not do the same thing over and over? Is that driven by your own creative restlessness, or a kind […]
14 Jun 2018
Josh Rouse is Totally ’80s (For Now) — Part 1
One never quite knows what to expect from Josh Rouse. The nomadic, Nebraska-born singer-songwriter’s first few albums introduced a musician whose contemplative, sometimes moody songs compared favorably to work by […]
10 Jun 2018
Matisyahu on LSD (and Jazz and Reggae)
Musician, rapper and beatboxer Matisyahu arrived at his singular style of music via an unusual route. Growing up a Jewish kid in New York City, he says that the first […]
06 Jun 2018
Brie Capone Lets Us In
Singer-songwriter Brie Capone first moved to Asheville when she was a teenager, but her musical journey would eventually take her far afield. Capone studied at Berklee College of Music in […]
05 Jun 2018
Southern Culture on the Skids: in a Haze
For more than 30 years, Chapel Hill, N.C.-based band Southern Culture on the Skids has been making fun, often silly music that represents the band’s irreverent yet loving perspective on […]
04 Jun 2018
Chuck Brodsky’s One of Us
With the exception of a trio of records he released in the final years of the 20th century, Chuck Brodsky has long been the model of the independent, do-it-yourself artist. […]
30 May 2018
Amandla: Follow What Brings You
Laughing Hearts is the third album from Amandla, the personal music project of Asheville-based Claude Coleman, Jr. Though the album was quietly released in digital form a year ago, Coleman […]
29 May 2018
Boytoy Sez: G’day, Mates!
Discovering Boytoy can be a confusing experience. Visit the web page for the band’s 2014 self-titled debut EP and you’ll read that the group is from Tasmania. “For some reason, […]
22 May 2018
Chuck Lichtenberger’s Real Feel
The last few years have seen a lot of changes for Asheville, N.C.-based songwriter and keyboardist Chuck Lichtenberger. His marriage and band ended, and he faced some serious mental health […]
27 Apr 2018
The Mercurial Stephanie Morgan
Stephanie Morgan is known as the voice and face of Stephaniesǐd. For some fifteen years, Morgan and her band played locally, toured, and released a series of albums. When the […]