{"id":29248,"date":"2025-04-15T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=29248"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:59:43","slug":"30-days-out-april-2025-2-la-luz-bonnie-raitt-empire-strikes-brass-badbadnotgood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/30-days-out-april-2025-2-la-luz-bonnie-raitt-empire-strikes-brass-badbadnotgood\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Out, April 2025 #2: La Luz, Bonnie Raitt, Empire Strikes Brass, Badbadnotgood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Tax Day! Go see some live music. If you please, here are a few really, really good suggestions. The Ramones sang \u201cNew York City really has it all,\u201d but I\u2019d argue that so too does Asheville.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: La Luz<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: The Grey Eagle<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, April 19, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $25.86
\nLa Luz is a pretty amazing band. On their first few albums, the Seattle-based foursome combines ethereal vocals with garage-rock textures. But on their latest, the all-female band moves beyond those styles \u2013 actually building on them \u2013 to make something even more compelling. I\u2019m really excited about seeing them live. I interviewed leader Shana Cleveland; that feature will be online here soon.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Bonnie Raitt<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Harrah\u2019s Cherokee Center<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $ (anybody\u2019s guess; resale only)
\nIt shouldn’t be remarkable that a female guitarist is still notable as such, but here we are. Bonnie Raitt has been making great albums for decades now; these days she has nothing left to prove, yet still turns out excellent work. This show is all but sold out, but tickets are available on the resale market for gawd-knows-how-much. I\u2019m glad I saw her at AmericanaFest some years ago. (Thanks, press pass!)<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Empire Strikes Brass<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Highland Brewing<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, May 4, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $17.65
\nThis beloved local outfit combines second line jazz with funk, making some exuberant and uptempo sounds in the process. The musicians in ESB are the cream of the WNC crop, and that\u2019s saying something. I\u2019ve interviewed the band twice (here<\/a> in 2017 and here<\/a> in 2022) and reviewed their 2020 album here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Artist<\/b>: Badbadnotgood<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: The Orange Peel<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Satuday, May 10, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $49.40
\nI have my adult kids to thanks for a lengthy list of things. One of them is for consistently turning me onto new music. They did just that some years ago when both insisted I join them in attending a show by Badbadnotgood. I was dazzled: the group’s very modern take on the jazz aesthetic achieves two things at once: it satisfies jazz lovers (like me), and it serves as a kind of gateway drug into the genre for people who \u2013 as the saying goes \u2013 \u201cdon\u2019t like jazz.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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