asheville Archive
15 Mar 2019
Album Review: Lavender Blue — Dusk
A sense of humor is not typically at the top of a list of notable characteristic of a singer-songwriter. By definition—and with some exceptions, of course—singer-songwriters tend to be a […]
10 Mar 2019
‘Miles and Miles’ with Carrie Morrison
Carrie Morrison is a Brevard, North Carolina-based singer, songwriter and pianist. She’s also a teacher of exceptional children at Brevard High School. She recently recorded and released her first full-length […]
09 Mar 2019
Album Review: The Appalucians — Bright Hills
Bright Hills, the debut album from Asheville-based folk quartet the Appalucians, reveals a charming and close-knit vibe within seconds of its opening track. Two of the group members – bassist/harpist […]
03 Mar 2019
Album Review: Taylor Martin — Song Dogs
Song Dogs is a collection of eleven songs – 8 originals plus 3 well-chosen and relatively obscure covers – sung and played by Asheville-based singer-songwriter-guitarist Taylor Martin. By definition, Song […]
23 Feb 2019
Album Review: Town Mountain – New Freedom Blues
On the group’s sixth studio album, Asheville-based band Town Mountain continues to build on its successful sound. New Freedom Blues finds Town Mountain having it both ways: the five-piece is […]
17 Feb 2019
EP Review: DJ Dallas & SIYAH — Dark Clouds
A new EP from Asheville-based rapper SIYAH (Isa Whitaker) explores faith and family in a style miles away from the gangsta rap of the 1990s. Enlisting talent from the ranks […]
16 Feb 2019
Album Review: STIG — Agreed Upon
Some artists play music that – if one wishes to label it – requires several words to describe. Formed by five students at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, STIG (the […]
13 Feb 2019
The Struts Under Pressure, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Luke: And the thing is, there was so much added pressure as well. We weren’t allowed to leave any of those sessions without a great demo. […]
12 Feb 2019
The Struts Under Pressure, Part One
The Struts burst onto the American scene in 2016 with a retooled version of their then two-year-old debut album, Everybody Wants. Combining an arena-rock musical approach with glam swagger, the […]
27 Jan 2019
21st Century Hieroglyphics: American Vinyl Company
Once Thomas Edison’s wax cylinder was rendered obsolete by the phonographic disc, the era of records began. The prevailing medium for the first half of the 20th century was the […]