Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
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TRAVIS BOOK (of The Infamous Stringdusters)
The Travis Book Happy Hour is a 90 minute variety show hosted by Travis Book; bassist, songwriter, and vocalist in the Grammy Award winning bluegrass band, The Infamous Stringdusters, streaming live from the historic Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC. Born from his desire to bring musicians and friends together for collaboration and conversation, Travis launched the series in the summer of 2020 amidst the uncertainty of the Covid-19 crisis and a country divided. Faced with a cascade of existential questions about the nature of life and of being, Travis sought an outlet for inquiry, and individuals to help him dig deeper into what it means to be a musician and a creative being in the context of an ever-changing world. Unique, spontaneous musical collaboration with friends and contemporaries leads to singular moments of harmony and the occasional musical train-wreck… The Travis Book Happy Hour is his attempt to shine light into the darkest corners of our lives; to dive deep into the nature of our being and emerge bathed in the love, happiness, grace, and gratitude that’s available to us all, and hopefully, to make some beautiful, meaningful music along the way.
Born in Wheeling, West Virginia on March 16, 1954, Grammy winning singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist Tim O’Brien grew up singing in church and in school, and after seeing Doc Watson on TV, became a lifelong devotee of old time and bluegrass music. Tim first toured nationally with Colorado bluegrass band Hot Rize, which formed in 1978. Kathy Mattea scored a country hit with his song “Walk The Way The Wind Blows” in 1986, and soon more artists like Nickel Creek and Garth Brooks covered his songs. Over the years, Tim has collaborated with his sister Mollie O’Brien, songwriter Darrell Scott, and noted old time musician Dirk Powell, as well as with Steve Earle, Bill Frisell, Mark Knopfler, Steve Martin, and Sturgill Simpson.
O’Brien says his most recent recording “He Walked On” is about “what you need to do to survive in America”. Covering work, racial issues, and modern technology, its eight originals and five covers offer an expansive portrayal of the nation from its beginnings to the present day, Personnel includes long time band mates Mike Bub (bass), Shad Cobb (fiddle) and Jan Fabricius (mandolin and vocal), along with drummer Pete Abbott, bassist Edgar Meyer, guitarist Bo Ramsey, and gospel singer Odessa Settles.
Other notable O’Brien recordings include the bluegrass Dylan covers of “Red On Blonde”, the Celtic-Appalachian fusion of “The Crossing”, and the Grammy winning folk of “Fiddler’s Green”. His 2017 release “Where the River Meets the Road” paid tribute to the music of his native West Virginia. O’Brien formed his own record label, Howdy Skies Records, in 1999, and launched the digital download label Short Order Sessions (SOS) with his partner Jan Fabricius in 2015.
Praised for their “intensity and bravado” and the “cohesion and intonation one might expect from an ensemble twice their age,” the Callisto Quartet brings together four dedicated and passionate musicians who share a love for chamber music and a desire for excellence. Since their formation in 2016 at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the quartet has quickly garnered top prizes in nearly every major international chamber music competition and praise from audiences across North America and Europe. Grand prize winners of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize Winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Callisto Quartet has also taken home prizes from the Bordeaux (2019), Melbourne (2018) and Wigmore Hall (2018) competitions.
The Callisto Quartet members are committed to continually broadening their musical horizons by drawing inspiration from diverse mentors and musical approaches. To that end, they have worked with renowned artists, including violinist Gidon Kremer, cellist David Geringas, and more! Driven by a desire to share their insights with younger students and bring music to their communities, the quartet serves as faculty at numerous schools and festivals, including the Greenville Fine Arts Center. Additionally, the ensemble has held residencies around the world at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and the prestigious Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain.
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Had everything gone according to plan, Marie Ulven — a.k.a. intimate rock/pop sensation girl in red — would’ve spent the vast majority of 2020 playing for new crowds, in new venues, and taking in new landscapes as she drove from city to city on tour. But the COVID-19 pandemic upended all of that, and so she found herself grounded, at home in Oslo, and revisiting the familiar skeletons of songs she’d begun to sketch out the year before.
She wrote and demoed 11 songs at home, and soon she was borrowing her father’s car to make the eight-hour trek from the Norwegian capital city to Bergen, a city nestled between majestic fjords in an inlet off the North Sea, to record if i could make it go quiet, her debut album out April 30th, 2021. Consider if i could make it go quiet the musical distillation of Ulven’s solitary conversations on the road: it’s an album brimming with the things we wish we could say to others, but tell ourselves instead.
Thursday – June 9 Use code CANNIBALORANGE Code valid 3/10 10am – 10pm
Cannibal Corpse at The Orange Peel on Jun 9, 2022 7:00 PM (etix.com)
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Thursday – October 20
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at Rabbit Rabbit – 75 Coxe Ave Friday – June 10 Use code MARENMAREN Code valid 3/10 10am – 10pm
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Sunday – June 19
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Queer Music Exploration with Kayla Lynn – Students will explore guitar, bass, drums, singing and piano with a focus on learning music by artists from the LGBTQ+ community. Students will have the chance to interact with their peers and share their experiences through music
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Seeking Volunteer Assistant(s) for WNCHA OutingsDo you enjoy the outdoors and history? Would you like to volunteer and learn useful skills in the process? As we prepare for another year of outdoor hikes and other outings, WNCHA seeks a volunteer or volunteers to act as an assistant and receive wilderness first aid and CPR training. If you regularly attend or plan to attend our outdoor events, please consider volunteering for a special role! WNCHA will pay for the selected volunteer(s) to receive wilderness first aid and CPR training, to act as an assistant on hikes and outings in case of injuries or emergencies. This could involve dealing with minor cuts or injuries or even having to help someone back to a trailhead or to more advanced medical care. The ideal candidate should be:
The selected volunteer(s) will also receive free admission to any outings they attend! If interested, please email Trevor Freeman at [email protected] |
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A symphonic tribute to the Fab Four with arrangements by Grammy-winner Jeff Tyzik and rare photos and images from the Beatles’ official fan magazine.
The phenomenon known as Sublime, arguably the most energetic, original and uniquely eclectic band to emerge from any scene, anywhere, ended with the untimely death of lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Brad Nowell in May of 1996. But encompassing the sense of place and purpose long associated with Sublime’s music, Badfish, a
Tribute to Sublime continues to channel the spirit of Sublime with a fury not felt for some time. What separates
Badfish from other tribute bands is that they have replicated Sublime’s essence, developing a scene and dedicated following most commonly reserved for label- driven, mainstream acts. Badfish make their mark on the audience by playing with the spirit of Sublime. They perform not as Sublime would have, or did, but as Badfish does!
Sacramento songwriter Tré Burt’s sophomore album, You, Yeah, You, is a narrated collection of songs featuring a cast of invented characters; heroes, villains, those destitute of salvation and those seeking it. The plots merge for an ultimate reckoning with the archetypal mother of these songs on the final track, “Tell Mary”, “say what you want, it’s alright child / little’s left behind / beating the drum at the wrong time / look at what you’ve done.” Like a bruised fighter, Burt goes 12 rounds in the ring against a shapeshifting and seemingly otherworldly opponent. The album represents a summoning of will to fight the unknown rather than surrender to fear and fatigue. Like his late label mate and songwriting hero John Prine, Burt showcases his poet’s eye for detail, surgeon’s sense of narrative precision and his songwriters’ ability to transpose observation into affecting verse. You, Yeah, You is a cohesive body of work that illustrates the ever expanding space in which Tré Burt’s voice belongs.
From his humble roots working menial day jobs; as a maintenance technician, servicing airplanes at SFO International, taping boxes as a UPS worker, Burt has been, and always will be, a working class musician. His clear-eyed vision of America, it’s deep faults and the beauty of the humanity that resides within its borders, comes through with compassion and tenacity.
Tré wrote his protest anthem, “Under The Devil’s Knee”, in 2020 which features Allison Russell, Sunny War and Leyla McCalla, in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and the unmitigated police violence across the country. His work caught the attention of scholars and activists, namely Dr. George Yancy, Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Khalil Muhammad, and garnered an invitation to speak on a panel with the latter two at Harvard’s Kennedy School through Dr. Muhammad’s Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project.
Burt finds the exported packaging of Black culture en masse tiresome, claustrophobic and boring, especially when applied to art and expression. Like literary writers Baldwin and Angelou, Burt acknowledges the limitless expanse of Black narrative. He is committed to the rich continuum of the tradition of Black expression claiming the space of artistic weirdness, often reserved for non-Black artists.
Tré Burt teamed up with Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, Nathaniel Rateliff) to produce and collaborate on his sophomore album. Brad’s brother Phil Cook (Megafaun, The Guitar Heels), label-mate Kelsey Waldon and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath all appear throughout the 12 songs on You, Yeah You.
On the first single, “Sweet Misery”, the album title acts as an appeal and a call to action; “You, Yeah You / who else am I talking to”. Burt speaks both to himself and the listener, conjuring a fighter’s scrappy disposition. The protagonist fights his shapeshifting opponent in the form of Misery, a foe whose shadow has cast darker and harder to ignore in the past year. “There is something kinda beautiful about people who are experiencing tragedy in chorus” Burt says. In this collective tragedy he recognizes the bedrock to build something new, a deepened understanding of oneself in relation to community and a well of compassion. “Sweet Misery you can follow me down to the end of my path but you still gotta go through me” Burt sings, reminding us that we too are the fighters who can hold our own in the ring against Misery.
On the album’s second single “By The Jasmine”; Burt presents a portrait of a young man taking a moonlit walk through downtown Sacramento. Tré interpolates his own experience of depression through the reckoning of Danté’s complex emotional universe. Danté, a young man afflicted by the realities of his own existence, in a country that seeks to destroy him. “This song is anecdotal following an incident where I was surrounded by police officers called by a white woman while minding my own business, in my own neighborhood” says Burt. Danté awakes from the freedom of his own dreams into the horrifying nightmarish reality of a sickly America. “He coulda used a little more time in his dreams”, Burt sings at the beginning and ending of “By The Jasmine”, expressing the desire for respite from the omnipresent threat colonizing his daily life. “It’s a tale in America that goes back far beyond the days of Emmit Till”.
Burt brought label-mate Kelsey Waldon to sing on “Dixie Red, his ode to the late John Prine, whose influence runs deep throughout their songwriting. The song is a treasure trove of imagery from Prine’s storied catalogue. Speaking to the allegory, Burt says that “‘Dixie Red’ is a southern grown peach and that line from Spanish Pipedream has always been so potent to me. So I used a peach as imagery to represent John’s body of work he left behind for all of us.”. Burt wrote the song after Prine’s death this past year, including the lines “Boundless in the evergreen waters / Gently down the stream / Green River knows you as its father” a nod to Prine’s “Paradise” and his final resting place in the Green River in Kentucky’s Muhlenberg County. It’s a fittingly reverential ode to the immensity of Prine’s songwriting and legacy.
“Carnival Mirror” is a song for disaffected youth weary from the tired ideals of the American dream, “For cryin out loud, I just want out / no I can’t take it anymore / this carnival mirror got everybody feelin’ sick / there’s no winners, there’s no losers / just life and its abuser / leave no trace and give no reason why / cruel by design” Despite the inherent violence of a plutocratic system that empowers the privileged and sedates the rest of us, Burt offers a hopeful alternative, “You know I’d rather live off the goodwill of strangers / and let my hair grow wild and wide / than have the shadow of money crossing over me / wherever I go I feel it under my eyes”
Burt traveled to Durham, North Carolina, to record You, Yeah, You in a single week between Sounds Pure Studios and Brad Cook’s home studio Puff City. Burt and Cook assembled a cast of heavy hitting players including Brad himself on bass and synths, Phil Cook on keys and harmonica, Alex Farrar on guitar, Matt McCaughan on drums, percussions, modular synth and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath (I Can Not Care, Ransom Blues, Tell Mary) and Kelsey Waldon (Dixie Red) on backing vocals.On You, Yeah, You, Burt demonstrates his innate ability to process exceedingly personal experiences and transpose them into songs whose ubiquitous stories resonate clearly.
Joules lives in Sacramento Ca, wasn’t brought up with a ton of music. Dabbled with drums around 15 and fiddled with the guitar their older brother bought them. In early 20s started a band named Sea of Bees.
Founded in 2016, The Spartanburg Philharmonic Percussion Ensemble is made up of longtime friends and colleagues. Some of the members have performed together for almost 30 years, beginning with their Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps days.
Currently, the core percussion section for the Spartanburg Philharmonic, Patrick Lowery, Kevin Maloney, Kevin Mavis, Adena McDaniel, Matthew McDaniel, and Veronica Weygandt make up the ensemble. When not on stage together, these percussionists perform throughout the Upstate of South Carolina and teach musicians of all ages.
The ensemble’s repertoire spans genres, historical periods, and timbres to bring exciting concerts of both melodic beauty and pulse-quickening rhythms. One audience member writes, “Having never been to this type of concert before, we had no idea what to expect. We were absolutely blown away by the amazing talent and expertise of this group.
Sister Ivy is the voice of the vine that weaves in and out of roots and open air, mixes with the weeds, and climbs to lofty vistas on the limbs of grand trees. A quizzical poet with a voice brimming with turbulent emotion and heartfelt presence, she moves to join the juxtaposed, not only lyrically, but musically, with careful dissonance and timely resolve, blending the mundane with the magical, providing unexpected nourishment and plenty of food for thought.
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Ryan Keberle and The Catharsis Trio
In a special bites-and-drinks experience in the Henry LaBrun Studio, discover a stunningly innovative, out-of-the-box take on the classic jazz trio, rich in melodic invention, rhythmic grooves and “songs that swell and recede,” creating “gorgeous weaves of musical textures” (Wall Street Journal).
This supergroup of up-and-coming artists is fronted by trombonist and composer Ryan Keberle, who has performed with a jaw-dropping roster of legendary musicians — from jazz greats Maria Schnieder and Wynton Marsalis to R&B superstars Beyoncé and Justin Timberlake — even playing in the house band on Saturday Night Live. Together with his Catharsis Trio, a pared-down and intimate version of his regular band, Catharsis, Ryan combines that wealth of influence with the talents of some of the most compelling, creative and groundbreaking jazz musicians today.
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Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway—her brand new band of bluegrass virtuosos featuring mandolinist Dominick Leslie, banjoist Kyle Tuttle, fiddle player Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, and bassist Shelby Means—will tour the United States in 2022 in support of Tuttle’s forthcoming Nonesuch Records debut.
An award-winning guitarist and songwriter, native Californian Molly Tuttle continues to push her songwriting in new directions and transcend musical boundaries. Since moving to Nashville in 2015, she has worked with many of her peers and heroes in the Americana, folk, and bluegrass communities, winning Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards. Tuttle’s 2019 debut album, When You’re Ready, received critical acclaim, with NPR Music praising its “handsomely crafted melodies that gently insinuate themselves into the memory,” and the Wall Street Journal lauding Tuttle’s “genre-boundary-crossing comfort and emotional preparedness,” calling the record an “invigorating, mature and attention-grabbing first album.”
Tuttle’s accolades also include Folk Alliance International’s honor for Song of the Year for “You Didn’t Call My Name,” from her 2017 Rise EP, and consecutive trophies for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year; she was the first woman in the history of the IBMA to win that honor.
During the pandemic, Tuttle recorded a covers album, …but i’d rather be with you, which was released in August 2020. The record, which features guest vocals from Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor, includes songs by musicians ranging from FKA Twigs to Cat Stevens, Rancid to Karen Dalton, and The National to The Rolling Stones. The New Yorker’s Jay Ruttenberg, in praising her rendition of the Stones’ “She’s a Rainbow,” says: “In Tuttle’s reading, the song uses a bluegrass spirit to look to the past—and a feminist allegiance to peek at the future.”
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For the past 30 years, Trever Keith has been best known as the founder, lead singer/guitarist, and main songwriter of the renowned punk rock group face to face, but throughout his career he’s done much more than helm the band. For more than two decades, he’s owned and operated the boutique record label Antagonist. He’s recorded and/or produced more than twenty albums. He’s written lyrics to more than one hundred-fifty songs which have recently been collected into an anthology book. And recently he’s been performing with an acoustic guitar instead of an electric one.
It might seem like for punk rock singers, the venture into solo acoustic performances is almost a rite of passage. Keith shrugs off the cliché citing a “real and intimate connection” with performing acoustic that is both inspiring and unique. In 2021, Keith officially joined the ranks performing shows across the US and abroad as a solo artist. He also released his first acoustic single; a cover of Zach Bryan’s Heading South. “…when I found out about this kid (Bryan), I was immediately drawn to his style and especially the lyrics of this song. It’s honest and rebellious like a punk rock song,” says Keith.
Trever has been writing and developing his own brand of singer/songwriter music, collaborating with Americana stalwarts like Austin Lucas and Tim Vantol. Throughout 2022 he will be performing across the US and internationally. He joins Austin Lucas for a European Tour in April/May.
Join Zach Williams and special guest Anne Wilson for a night of music and ministry that will fill your heart and have you singing along all night long! Grammy award winner Zach Williams and his signature blend of southern rock, country and faith-filled songwriting are truly unlike anything else in Contemporary Christian music today. He and rising star Anne Wilson can’t wait to bring the Spring 22 Tour to your city, will you be there?
“Beautiful” simply does not describe the incomparable force known to the world as Patti LaBelle. Often credited as the Godmother of Soul, this multi Grammy® Award winner’s hits include “Lady Marmalade” – which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, “If Only You Knew,” “New Attitude,” and “On My Own” – a duet with Michael McDonald.
Belting out classic rhythm and blues renditions, pop standards, and spiritual sonnets, this soulful songbird’s name has become synonymous with grace, style, elegance, and class. In addition to being on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame, LaBelle has been honored with the NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year, the BET Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award, the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the World Music Awards’ Legend Award.
LaBelle has written six books: Don’t Block the Blessings, LaBelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About, Patti’s Pearls, Patti LaBelle’s Lite Cuisine, Recipes for the Good Life, and her most recent, Desserts LaBelle. She stars in her own highly rated cooking show, Patti LaBelle’s Place, on the Cooking Channel and has a successful product line, Patti’s Good Life, that includes a variety of sauces, sweet potato pie, cobblers, and cakes. Recently, LaBelle appeared on American Horror Story: Freak Show and as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars.
WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS
Ryan Keberle and The Catharsis Trio
In a special bites-and-drinks experience in the Henry LaBrun Studio, discover a stunningly innovative, out-of-the-box take on the classic jazz trio, rich in melodic invention, rhythmic grooves and “songs that swell and recede,” creating “gorgeous weaves of musical textures” (Wall Street Journal).
This supergroup of up-and-coming artists is fronted by trombonist and composer Ryan Keberle, who has performed with a jaw-dropping roster of legendary musicians — from jazz greats Maria Schnieder and Wynton Marsalis to R&B superstars Beyoncé and Justin Timberlake — even playing in the house band on Saturday Night Live. Together with his Catharsis Trio, a pared-down and intimate version of his regular band, Catharsis, Ryan combines that wealth of influence with the talents of some of the most compelling, creative and groundbreaking jazz musicians today.
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Special master class, March 12 at 4pm
At the age of 14, Daniel discovered one of Nashville’s best kept secrets, The Don Kelley Band at Robert’s Western World. This legendary house band played five nights a week, four hours a night, and regularly hosted Music City’s finest guitarists. The band’s approach to their 100+ song setlist of classic country and bluegrass music was unique and packed out Nashville’s most famous Honky Tonk on a nightly basis. For three years, every Saturday, he gave the band his business card, in hopes that he could join their legendary roster.
He got the gig.
464 shows, 1856 hours, and 20,880 songs later, the ways of this band live and breathe in every note he plays and sings. The COVID-19 pandemic ended this band’s career, and in tribute to the immense inspiration they brought to Nashville, “Cosmic Country & Western Songs,” was born.
The songs and sounds from this album are the sounds of Nashville’s finest country band rocking the house in Music City’s most famous Honky Tonk on a Saturday night, with a twist of #CosmicCountry woven in.
2021, in an otherwise very difficult and competitive touring climate, has been a major year of growth for Daniel with his Lost Highway Podcast reaching new heights, career-high attendances in every market, new band member personnel helping the music acheive new dimensions, and a bullish outlook to the future. Cosmic Country is alive and well and the future is bright.
Hailing from Atlanta, GA, Frute offers a unique brand of space-themed rock, blending elements of psych-rock, funk, and americana. Their second album, “Stephen Hawking Told Me So” marks a distinct turn from their freshman album, “The Great Surround.” The upcoming album explores an array of soundscapes, from the groove based “Farewell to Earth” to the western swing of “Greenhouse Boogie” to the Pink Floyd-esque “Told Me So,” all infused with a galactic sensibility.
Since Frute’s genesis, the band has written, produced, and mixed all of their own music. They have also created all of their own artwork. The band’s tireless dedication is reflected in their distinctive and captivating live performances. Learn more about Frute at linktr.ee/Frute
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Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session
Sundays
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Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.
Jack of the Wood
95 Patton ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 252.5445