asheville Archive
04 Nov 2018
Carol Rifkin: What is Mountain Music?
Carol Rifkin is an expert on mountain music. She sings and plays it, she writes about it, and she’s the host of the popular This Old Porch radio program. But […]
03 Nov 2018
Uncle Kurtis and Their “Killer” Album
It’s not at all unusual for four 14-year-old boys to start a rock group. It is, however, remarkable when that band gets high-profile gigs in local bars, and cuts an […]
01 Nov 2018
Five Questions (and Answers) with Amanda Anne Platt
Led by singer/songwriter Amanda Anne Platt, WNC-based Americana/country band the Honeycutters are a popular draw on the concert and festival circuit. Last year upon returned from a string of live […]
19 Oct 2018
Victory Boyd: From Subway to Festival Stage
Victory Boyd was “discovered” busking Stevie Wonder songs on the streets and in the subway stations of New York City, and that discovery led to a recording contract not only […]
04 Oct 2018
Jordan Okrend’s Light in the Dark
Jordan Okrend manages to have it both ways. He’s a pop artist, but one who incorporates more ambitious forms into his original music without sacrificing a strong melody. The Berklee […]
26 Sep 2018
Album Review: Richard Shulman Trio — Turned Into Lemonade
Conveying a spirit of hope and optimism without the use of words is a challenging goal. But on Turned Into Lemonade, the latest from the prolific jazz/orchestral/new age composer (he’s […]
07 Sep 2018
David LaMotte: So Much to Do, So Little Time
For many Asheville-based musicians, making music is just one of the things they do. Cobbling together a financially sustainable lifestyle means taking on one or more part-time “side hustles.” In […]
06 Sep 2018
Album Review: River Whyless — Kindness, A Rebel
On the group’s 2016 album We All the Light, Asheville-based group River Whyless pushed the boundaries of indie folk, its supposed genre. In doing so, the quartet could serve as […]
24 Aug 2018
EP Review: Poet Radio – Horseflesh
On the band’s website, Asheville-based Poet Radio describes itself as “a dark psych rock band with occultist undertones.” New listeners shouldn’t be warned off by that description; the trio’s new […]
10 Aug 2018
Album Review: Crooked Ghost — Skeleton House
When artists describe their music (or have it described by others) as dream-pop, that’s usually a reliable signal that the mood of the music focuses on one of two musical […]