{"id":28840,"date":"2025-01-15T05:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=28840"},"modified":"2024-12-23T10:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:50:31","slug":"30-days-out-jan-2024-2-angela-easterling-alice-cooper-al-stewart-hub-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/30-days-out-jan-2024-2-angela-easterling-alice-cooper-al-stewart-hub-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Out, Jan. 2024 #2: Angela Easterling, Alice Cooper, Al Stewart, Hub New Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

A typically eclectic assortment of music highlights the remainder of January and the first half of February here in Western North Carolina. Here we go!<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Angela Easterling<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Highland Brewing<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Frday, Jan. 17, 6 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $free
\nBased in Upstate South Carolina, Angela Easterling began her recording career with the aptly-titled 2007 album Earning Her Wings<\/i>. Her fifth album, 2015\u2019s Common Law Wife<\/i> soared to the top spot on the Roots Music Report\u2019s Americana country album chart. Easterling has earned high-profile spots onstage at the Americana Festival in Nashville and the CMA Music Festival; she has toured extensively across the South and Mid Atlantic U.S., with dates as far away as Southern California. As it happens, I interviewed her almost exactly one year ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Alice Cooper<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Harrah\u2019s Casino<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $63.45
\nForget all these (relatively) modern-day upstarts; Alice Cooper is truly The Grand Old Man of Shock Rock. I saw him a few years back, and while his vice is pretty much what it\u2019s always been, that\u2019s not why you go see him in concert. His show is every bit as entertaining as ever, and his band rocks<\/i>. I\u2019ve interviewed him a couple of times and have reviewed quite a few of his releases; click here for all-o-that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Al Stewart<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Wortham Center<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $53.99
\nSure, you know him for \u201cYear of the Cat,\u201d \u201cTime Passages\u201d and other supremely tuneful \u201870s FM radio classics. But Stewart is about more than that; he\u2019s unique among singer-songwriters for his literate, history-immersed work. The man knows a lot about world history, and it informs much of his music. His overlooked pre-major-success<\/a> album Past, Present and Future<\/i> is a particular standout, and my upcoming book on concept albums (What\u2019s the Big Idea<\/i>) explores it in detail, based on an interview with the man himself.
\n\"\"Artist<\/b>: Hub New Music<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: BMCM+AC<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $15
\nWith similarities to Germany\u2019s famed Bauhaus art school, Black Mountain College was a remarkable institution; educators and students included Buckminster Fuller, John Cage and Willem de Kooning. The school closed its doors in 1957, but a museum in Asheville helps preserve its legacy. And the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center (catchy BMCM+AC for shortish) carries on the tradition by hosting truly fascinating events and concerts. Detroit-based Hub New Music is the latest; the quartet is modern classical (think Kronos Quartet) that\u2019s cerebral and thought-provoking…and entertaining.<\/p>\n

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

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