{"id":28760,"date":"2025-01-01T05:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T10:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28760"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:47:16","slug":"30-days-out-jan-2025-1-chuck-brodsky-heavy-mountain-fest-coverfest-iv-hiss-golden-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/30-days-out-jan-2025-1-chuck-brodsky-heavy-mountain-fest-coverfest-iv-hiss-golden-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Out, Jan. 2025 #1: Chuck Brodsky, Heavy Mountain Fest, Coverfest IV, Hiss Golden Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

This edition of 30 Days Out<\/i> marks the 11-year anniversary of the twice-monthly article (which in its early years ran in our local altweekly). Doubling down on the local\/regional emphasis, this time around I\u2019m focusing on all NC artists. January is, after all, what remains of Asheville \u201csecret season\u201d that special time of year when the tourists \u2013 bless their hearts \u2013 aren\u2019t here in such overwhelming numbers.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Chuck Brodsky<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: White Horse<\/a> Black Mountain
\nDate<\/b>: Frday, Jan. 3, 7:30 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $22 (pay what you can)
\nWith the exception of a trio of records he released in the final years of the 20th<\/sup> century, Chuck Brodsky has long been the model of the independent, do-it-yourself artist. It\u2019s just that now, the music business as a whole is catching up with his approach. He crowd-funded his last three albums, the most recent of which is Them and Us<\/i>. He\u2019s a singer\/songwriter who pens hart-on-sleeve songs with a social conscience, but he\u2019s equally likely to serve up an original tune about baseball. Brodsky possesses a keen wit that sets him apart from the pack. I last interviewed Brodsky way back in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Heavy Mtn Fest<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Orange Peel<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, Jan. 18, 2 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $50 advance \/ $70 day of show
\nRescheduled from Halloween weekend 2024 (because, y\u2019know), the Heavy Mountain Music & Beer Fest will be a great day of heavy rock. Acts on the bill include Thou, Emma Ruth Rundle, Andy the Doorbum, Generation of Vipers, Harsh Realm, and Weight Shift. The last three of those will be celebration album releases. I wrote about an earlier Heavy Mountain Feast back in (once again) 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Coverfest IV
\nVenue<\/b>: Grey Eagle<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, Jan. 19, 5 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $17.95
\nMy kids both went to Asheville Middle School (albeit many years ago), and I was always struck by the dedication of the educators there. But of curse public schools are criminally underfunded, so when there\u2019s an educational trip planned \u2013 in this case, a visit to Washington DC, the city where democracy nominally lives \u2013 there has to be a fundraiser to help make it happen for the eighth graders. It just so happens that the all-local roster for this year\u2019s event \u2013 all original artists (many of whom I\u2019ve interviewed) playing all covers \u2013 is really, really<\/i> good. Support them, support the kids. Everybody wins.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Hiss Golden Messenger<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Ayurprana Listening Room<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Friday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $40.24
\nMC Taylor is Hiss Golden Messenger. His music starts with the folk idiom and expands from there. A highly regarded singer-songwriter, Taylor writes music that connects emotionally with the listener. I still somehow haven\u2019t interviewed him, but I did pen a short essay about him in 2019<\/a>. Rosali opens.<\/p>\n

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

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