asheville Archive
07 Jan 2014
Concert Review: Project/Object, 22 Dec. 2013, The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Viewed as an entire body of work, the music of Frank Zappa is near-impossible to pin down. There are significant elements of everything from doo-wop to progressive jazz to avant-classical […]
06 Jan 2014
Concert Preview: Welcome (Back) to The Machine
New York-based Pink Floyd tribute band The Machine have long made Asheville NC’s Orange Peel the first or an early stop on their annual winter tour itinerary. The group routinely […]
05 Dec 2013
New Albums from Asheville Locals Pierce Edens, Drunken Prayer
Today is my birthday. My 50th, in fact. So I’m kinda taking the day off. But still have something to share: recently I penned a news item/feature for Asheville’s altweekly […]
11 Nov 2013
Photoblogging: Mountain Oasis 2013, Part Three
Some images from the third and final night of Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit in Asheville NC. All photos © Bill Kopp. Follow “the_musoscribe” on Twitter and get notified when […]
07 Nov 2013
Mountain Oasis Electronic Summit: Recap Part 3
The third and final night of the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit featured a host of names with which I was largely unfamiliar. So I took the opportunity to pop […]
01 Nov 2013
Mountain Oasis Electronic Summit: Recap Part 2
On Saturday — the second of the festival’s three nights — I took in two shows of note. I had tentative plans to check out some other sets, but these […]
31 Oct 2013
It’s a Mondo Zombie Boogaloo!
It’s one thing to make good music. A challenging thing, not to be taken for granted, but as far as live performance goes, ultimately it’s only one part of the […]
28 Oct 2013
Mountain Oasis Electronic Summit: Recap Part 1
My sweetheart and I enjoyed the first night of 2013 Mountain Oasis together; while I’d cover nights two and three on my own, this night we managed together to take […]
25 Oct 2013
Preview: Mountain Oasis Electronic Summit
The history of the new Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit is a bit knotty. Quick capsule back-story: synthesizer pioneer R.A. Moog passed away in August 2005. As a way to […]
17 Oct 2013
Cody ChesnuTT: Everybody’s Brother
by Special Guest Blogger Annelise Kopp Though hailed in some quarters, Cody ChestnuTT‘s debut album, Headphone Masterpiece, received mixed reviews, some unforgiving. While critics seemed to agree that the R&B/neo-soul […]