orange peel Archive
13 Oct 2025
30 Days Out, Oct. 2025 #2: Lemonheads, Mr. Jimmy, Indigo De Souza, New Mastersounds
A Chicago bluesman who relocated to Asheville. An Asheville singer-songwriter who has gone big. An Asheville favorite closing a chapter. And a hero of ‘90s alternarock. Those are among the […]
01 Oct 2025
30 Days Out, October 2025 #1: Everything Yes, Reed Turchi, Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Beths
Jazz fusion, blues, a homecoming and rock from New Zealand. It’s all great, and it’s all coming to Asheville in the next 30 days. Buckle up! Artist: Everything Yes Venue: […]
15 Sep 2025
30 Days Out, September 2025 #2: Tinsley Ellis, Mountain Goats, Redd Kross, Ben Folds
Blues, indie rock, punk pop (the good kind) and intelligent rock-meets-orchestra. Wow; what an exciting thirty days here in Asheville. Onward… Artist: Tinsley Ellis Venue: Grey Eagle Date: Sunday, Sep. […]
01 Sep 2025
30 Days Out, September 2025 #1: Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mt. Joy, Kendra Morris, James McMurtry
Indie rockers, indie singer-songwriters, and potential train wreck that could also be great: those are among the musical highlights in Asheville over the next 30 days. Fasten your seat belts; […]
15 Aug 2025
30 Days Out, August 2025 #2: Five Eight, Sixpence None the Richer, Return of the King, Pinkish Floyd
The next 30 days in Asheville live music are filled with gems. Athens alt-rock, ‘90s pop, and tributes to the king of rock ‘n’ roll and one of rock’s best […]
15 Jul 2025
30 Days Out, July 2025 #2: Abacab, U.S. Christmas, Budos Band, Psycodelics, Amanda Anne Platt
The highlights of live music in the coming 30 days Asheville-wise lean in a decidedly progtastic, indiefied and psychedelicized direction, with a bit of country for flavor. Three of the […]
01 Jul 2025
30 Days Out, July 2025 #1: Glenn Miller Orchestra, Thelma & the Sleaze, Postmodern Jukebox
An act from the distant past, another that takes modern songs to that past, a lesbian Southern Rock band and one of the finest local-based artists WNC has to offer: […]
16 Jun 2025
30 Days Out, June 2025 #2: The Aquabats, Mercy in the Mountains, Pleasure Chest, Steel Puls
There’s a lighthearted spin to some of what’s on musicwise in the coming thirty days. But the schedule is leavened with a fundraiser to help locally in the ongoing wake […]
01 Jun 2025
30 Days Out, June 2025 #1: Peter Hook, Beach Boys, Sugar Bomb, Adrian Younge
Wowzers. I have a lot to say about the four spotlight acts that dominate the Asheville music calendar in the coming 30 days. Off we go! Artist: Peter Hook & […]
15 May 2025
30 Days Out, May 2025 #2: After Ours, Takaat, David Lowery, Larkin Poe
A local act that released one of my favorite albums in recent memory, a band consisting of sidemen who play with one of the most fascinating guitarists working today, and […]