{"id":27551,"date":"2024-05-14T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27551"},"modified":"2024-05-13T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:51:32","slug":"30-days-out-may-2024-2-george-trouble-and-the-zealots-dj-lil-meow-meow-rising-appalachia-mdou-moctar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/30-days-out-may-2024-2-george-trouble-and-the-zealots-dj-lil-meow-meow-rising-appalachia-mdou-moctar\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Out, May 2024 #2: George Trouble and the Zealots, DJ Lil Meow Meow, Rising Appalachia, Mdou Moctar"},"content":{"rendered":"

So much great music in Asheville. This time around, our look at music for the coming 30 days includes two locally-based acts, an award-winning DJ who\u2019s also from Asheville, and \u2013 to balance things out \u2013 an acclaimed guitarist from another continent.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: George Trouble and the Zealots<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Grey Eagle<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, May 26, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $15
\nGeorge Trouble \u2013 born George Terry McDonald \u2013 is an Asheville treasure. He\u2019s a renowned visual artist, and Americana musician, and a rock \u2018n\u2019 roller. And it\u2019s in that last guise that he leads The Zealots, a group whose 2018 album I reviewed here<\/a>. For this special show, he\u2019s (presumably) setting aside his original material in favor of an evening of music in celebration of the 83rd<\/sup> birthday of one Robert Zimmerman. That\u2019s Bob Dylan to you and me.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: DJ Lil Meow Meow<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Eulogy<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Friday, May 31, 9 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $free
\nFor a few years running, Asheville based DJ (the in-person, live event music spinning kind, not the radio variety) DJ Lil Meow Meow placed second in the annual Best of WNC poll. Then she took the top spot, a position she has held for a few years now. She\u2019s an in-demand DJ whose stylistic range encompasses many genres. She\u2019ll be spinning uptempo tunes for a free-admission dance party at Burial\u2019s new Eulogy in the South Slope. (Full disclosure: she\u2019s also my daughter.)<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Rising Appalachia<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Salvage Station<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, June 8, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $40 advance \/ $45 day of show
\nThis duo led by sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith combine Americana, the jam band aesthetic and a social conscience that they back up with action: they walk the talk. They relocated here to Asheville some years ago but remain closely associated with Atlanta and New Orleans. I\u2019ve interviewed them on a number of occasions: 2015<\/a>, 2016<\/a> and 2019<\/a>. Meschiya Lake opens.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Mdou Moctar<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Orange Peel<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, June 9, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $20 advance \/ $25 day of show
\nTuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar makes socially- and politically-charged music. But unless you speak his language (and you probably don\u2019t) you won\u2019t pick up on the subtleties. Still, the music gets much of his message across, providing \u2013 if it were needed \u2013 that music truly is a universal language. The music is great, and his back story is an inspiring and fascination one. Some of the outlines of it are covered in my 2021 feature\/interview with him<\/a>. Bat Fangs opens.<\/p>\n

See you at the show!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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