amanda platt Archive
10 May 2022
Album Review: Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters — The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
By now, gentle reader, you’re likely tiring of reading stories of the making of new albums that spend a lot of time focusing on just how much the pandemic affected […]
28 Feb 2018
Asheville’s Holiday Hang 2017
Calling an event “Holiday Hang” suggests a loose, informal and fun way to spend a December evening. That’s accurate, but organizers of the annual event – now in its sixth […]
11 Nov 2016
Sweet Claudette: What We Learned at Bird Camp
On their 2013 For the Birds EP, Sweet Claudette successfully blended classic country and Americana, delivering six original tunes in an intimate, homespun style that focused on their vocal strengths. […]
03 Jun 2016
The Honeycutters: Creating Quite a Buzz
“I write a lot of songs,” admits Amanda Platt, leader and songwriter of Asheville-based roots group the Honeycutters. “I’m a very prolific writer; sometimes I wish I could turn it […]