Songwriter’s outsider energy fuels unexpected synchronicities
A low-key steady fixture on the Western North Carolina music scene, Scott Bianchi imbues his original songs with regional influences, a modern sensibility, and…
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From France to Frenchtown (NJ): Kate Grom plays Black Bear
Rising Americana songwriter Kate Grom has been compared to Gillian Welch, but with her abundance of tresses and luminous good looks, she more aptly…
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The Buzzard and the Crow
After years of old-school woodshedding, local singer/songwriter Scott Bianchi has re-entered the regional music scene with hundreds of original new tunes. In the last…
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Poultry Promises
Henderson County environmental nonprofit Mountain True has spring sowed deep in the theme of its latest presentation of Green Drinks, a casual monthly get-together…
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The Resonant Rogues Forge a New Path
“I like being a bridger of gaps,” says the ruby-lipsticked singer Sparrow, of the Asheville-based acoustic duo/quartet The Resonant Rogues. “I like that we…
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Caffeine is the most widely used addictive upper in the world, a fact that is not lost on the folks at Black Bear Coffee…
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Pack Mentality
They named their band after the leader of a wolf pack that terrorized Paris in 1450. But that gothic tale doesn’t quite fit Courtaud’s…
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