Looking Out on the World
Angela Easterling builds on the success of last year’s Witness Based in Upstate South Carolina, Angela Easterling began her recording career with the aptly…
Read MoreAngela Easterling builds on the success of last year’s Witness Based in Upstate South Carolina, Angela Easterling began her recording career with the aptly…
Read MoreHendersonville acoustic duo drops tearful tunes Trevor Walker and Lisa Tyler Ariola — the singer-songwriters behind the Hendersonville-based band Phibian — are no strangers…
Read MoreMost brothers can barely get through an innocent game of hide-and-seek without throwing ‘bows and busting noses. But then there’s Wilson, Grant, and Bennett…
Read MoreThere’s a strong cultural connection between Appalachian folk music and the traditional music of the Celts. That helps account for the enormous appeal in…
Read MoreThe Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra will come full circle this fall when it opens its autumn season by presenting Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. The performance…
Read MoreBlake Ellege may well be the busiest professional musician in Western North Carolina, performing more than 250 gigs a year near home and…
Read MoreWhen compared to modern genres, folk-music traditions around the globe are sometimes thought of as more quietly understated. But there’s nothing at all restrained…
Read MoreGuitarist Woody Platt is best known as a founding and longtime member of Steep Canyon Rangers. But after more than two decades with the…
Read MoreFans flock to songwriter/poet’s encouraging words Singer, songwriter, musician, author, poet, educator, activist. Those are just some of the ways to describe Carrie Newcomer. With 20…
Read MoreSinger/songwriter makes an important point about roots music Singer/songwriter Sam Burchfield grew up in the South Carolina foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. That regional…
Read MoreNorth Carolina band helped originate the bluegrass/Americana hybrid Since forming in 1992, North Carolina quartet Acoustic Syndicate has cultivated a style that draws from…
Read MoreLocal band plays opening night at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival More than eight years after forming, Asheville-based quintet Fireside Collective continues to build…
Read MoreTwin brothers Kyle and Eric Travers launched their band, Travers Brothership, nearly a decade ago in Black Mountain. After a few years of honing…
Read MoreSoprano soloist is newest faculty member at local music school Vocalist and teacher Michelle Lang is the latest addition to the faculty at Hendersonville-based…
Read MoreOrchestra launches another new program to fit the times Just over a year ago, the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra launched a new program aimed at…
Read MoreBrevard bluegrass heroes release a new album Steep Canyon Rangers are on a roll — still. Over the last decade, the North Carolina bluegrass band…
Read MoreVagabond Crowe went from a duo to a folk-rock five piece — and back Hendersonville band Vagabond Crowe began as an alternative Americana/folk band,…
Read MoreDecorated bluegrass band crosses genres with finesse To most listeners, the musical connection between jazz manouche (also known as “gypsy jazz”) and Appalachian bluegrass…
Read MoreOver the last seven years, Asheville-based psychedelic indie-rock trio The Get Right Band sharpened their skills as writers and musicians; each album represented a…
Read MorePretty Little Goat bridges the gap between old time and contemporary music. Loosely defined as a string band, the Brevard-based quartet draws much of…
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