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Artist<\/b>: Peter Holsapple<\/a>\nVenue<\/b>: The Grey Eagle<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, August 8, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $22
\nBest known for his work with the dB\u2019s, Peter Holsapple is a North Carolina and American musical treasure. For some years now he has channeled his creative energies into projects not bearing his name (R.E.M., Hootie and the Blowfish, Continental Drifters) but his solo work is every bit as important. He hasn\u2019t played Asheville in ages; not, I think, since he and Chris Stamey did a show (also at the Grey Eagle) in support of their Here and Now<\/i> LP, over a decade ago. I\u2019ve interviewed him several times; here\u2019s a favorite<\/a>. As it happens, Holsapple\u2019s first on the bill. Following him is Tommy Prine, son of the late and beloved singer-songwriter John Prine.<\/p>\n
Asheville is in the process of reasserting its place as a go-to market for intriguing, compelling musical artists. Full-scale national touring is gradually coming back, but for now \u2013 with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,30,31,36,39,44,46],"tags":[4076,239,2576,948,4080,1098,1625,1692,4604],"class_list":["post-21360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americana","category-folk","category-funk","category-hip-hop","category-indie","category-live-shows","category-metal","tag-30-days-out","tag-asheville-music-hall","tag-free-radio","tag-grey-eagle","tag-isis-music-hall","tag-jamie-laval","tag-orange-peel","tag-peter-holsapple","tag-pop-evil","cat-6-id","cat-30-id","cat-31-id","cat-36-id","cat-39-id","cat-44-id","cat-46-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21365,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21360\/revisions\/21365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/30do_laval_rose.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Jamie Laval<\/a> featuring Amber Rose
\nVenue<\/b>: Isis Music Hall<\/a> (lounge)
\nDate<\/b>: Friday, August 20, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $25
\nJamie Laval is a world-renowned Celtic fiddler. Based in Western North Carolina, in normal times he travels the world teaching and performing. His local shows tend to be organized around the winter holidays, often with a Christmas (or other holiday) theme. (Read more about those here.)<\/a> While those are always a joy to experience, with this show, Asheville concertgoers have the rare opportunity to see one of his shows exploring musical and cultural traditions beyond the holiday theme.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/30do_pop_evil.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Pop Evil<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: The Orange Peel<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Tuesday, August 24, 7:30 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $22
\nAs music of a balm acoustic music can be \u2013 especially in these difficult times \u2013 there\u2019s always room for a roaring, sharp-edged alternarock metallic act. And Pop Evil fits that bill. The Michigan hard rockers offer up thunder and pop melodies in equal measure.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/30do_freeradio.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Free Radio<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Asheville Music Hall<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Thursday, August 26, 9 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $15
\nNot to be confused with another Asheville group, the similarly-named but very different Free Planet Radio), Free Radio features the staggeringly impressive vocal and instrumental talents of Debrissa McKinney and Datrian Johnson. Nominally hip-hop, Free Radio will take you to more musical places than that label might suggest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"