Calendar of Events

Come for the tribal beats + spirals – leave with a smile! ?? Empower your Tuesday night with Sherry Fields!

Buti Yoga draws on primal energy to combine yoga asana, dance + plyometrics to an incredible playlist that allows the energy to flow freely in an encouraging circle. Shake, Spiral, smack the mat, and discover the cure is within!

✨ ✨ ✨ ALL LEVELS welcome + celebrated AS YOU ARE to connect & thrive!

➳ 60 minutes of movement

➳ $12 drop in/ Pre-register on Mindbody app- Primal Studios to reserve your space + speed up the sign in process!

➳ Bring your yoga mat OR ?
We have Buti Yoga B-aligned mats for your use.

➳ Our Studio is in the same building as Tribe Dance & Pole at 457 N. Lousiana Ave. in West Asheville

✨ Primal Studios is a Yoga/Buti Yoga/Movement studio that inspires you to move outside your comfort zone, and connect & thrive in the community as we evolve together! Visit us at 457 N. Louisiana Ave. in West Asheville, right inside the TRIBE Dance & Pole building! www.primalstudiosasheville.com ✨

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Baby, it’s cold outside! Join us at St. Paul’s Tasting Room in Flat rock to create your own, unique, hand-cut, wooden decoration! Signs are customizable.

Each painter receives a large, wooden cutout, wire for hanging it, bow materials, use of painting supplies and step by step instruction.

Christmas decorations not your thing? Don’t worry – we got you! We’ll also have wine glasses available to paint. Come with a design in mind and we’ll help you get it on glass.

Prices:
OPTION 1
Wooden Christmas Decoration
$30 (without vinyl) or $36 (with vinyl)

OPTION 2
Wine Glass
$20 per painter
$6 each additional glass

This amazing venue fills up quickly, so you must register for the event. Email [email protected] with your project choice. If you’re doing a sign, please tell us which sign & if you want vinyl lettering, please include that in your email as well.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1942747099366068/

Baby, it’s cold outside! Join us at St. Paul’s Tasting Room in Flat rock to create your own, unique, hand-cut, wooden decoration! Signs are customizable.

Each painter receives a large, wooden cutout, wire for hanging it, bow materials, use of painting supplies and step by step instruction.

Christmas decorations not your thing? Don’t worry – we got you! We’ll also have wine glasses available to paint. Come with a design in mind and we’ll help you get it on glass.

Prices:
OPTION 1
Wooden Christmas Decoration
$30 (without vinyl) or $36 (with vinyl)

OPTION 2
Wine Glass
$20 per painter
$6 each additional glass

This amazing venue fills up quickly, so you must register for the event. Email [email protected] with your project choice. If you’re doing a sign, please tell us which sign & if you want vinyl lettering, please include that in your email as well.

https://www.facebook.com/events/288100078699589/

Tour Gatlinburg’s most dazzling light displays by hopping aboard the Gatlinburg Trolley Ride of Lights! This popular winter tradition is the perfect way to see our mountain town in all its Winter Magic splendor. Get your tickets today!

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CANVAS hosts regular life drawing sessions, where artists of all levels have the opportunity to work from a nude model. These non-instructed sessions are a wonderful way to develop a regular life-drawing practice, refine your portraiture and figurative skills, and learn new techniques and methods from other artists.

CANVAS studio provides easels, stools, chairs and Belgium drawing benches for your use. Bring your art materials of choice.

We alternate between extended pose sessions and mixed short pose sessions weekly. This session will be mixed short poses.

Every Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 PM
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*Sessions limited to 15 people. Register early to reserve your space.

Single Session: $10
Package of 5 Sessions: $40

Ages 18+; under 18 with parent/guardian permission

More info: http://www.canvaswnc.com/life-drawing.html

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Monthly Post 2 meeting for members of THE AMERICAN LEGION

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Queer Pie Night is going to be held every second Tuesday of each month! We can’t wait to see you there. Btw, need dinner after work? The quiche is so yummy, especially with a piece of pie to follow!

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Enter into the dreamscape of your inner being through guided meditation, breath work, and deeply supported restorative postures. Mid-way through our class we will flow right into a skillfully guided live drum journey that will invite you to explore deeper realms of your subconscious with the rhythmic and intuitive guidance of the drum. The drum journey will conclude with time to journal about your experience and share with the group or individually with Maeve.

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There are 5 more Tuesday eve rehearsals left before our sing-out at the Biltmore Village Dicken’s Christmas tree lighting on Nov 30! Men and Women: Come in time to sign in and say hello and join us in sharing song and holiday spirit! West Ashville Community Center on Haywood Rd.

https://www.facebook.com/events/285439645635033/?event_time_id=285439662301698

A Community Chorus for men and women who like to sing! Join us for 5 weeks on Tuesday nights, and finish with performing at the lighting of the Christmas tree at Dickens Christmas in Biltmore Village on Nov 30! Rehearsals with The Land of the Sky Chorus begin Oct 23. We’ll have music and learning tracks for everyone. Come and enjoy the season, the camaraderie, the singing!

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he loss of a loved one due to homicide has unique challenges, both legally and emotionally. The primary purpose of the Asheville-Buncombe Homicide Survivors Support Group is to provide loved ones of homicide victims with information about the legal process and with emotional support.

The free monthly meetings will be held 7pm-8:15pm, the 2nd Tuesday of each month, in the 2nd floor board room at the YWCA (185 South French Broad Ave). The group is open to anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one to homicide. Individuals are welcome to attend once or on a regular basis as often as needed. For more information: Contact Jean Parks at 828-329-8306 or email [email protected]

The co-facilitators (Tyrone Greenlee and Tamara Hanna) are trained in the unique needs of homicide survivors. They help maintain the guidelines for group sharing and discussion and can provide information about additional community resources. No one is forced to talk, and confidentiality is of utmost importance (see the posted group guidelines).

Once a quarter the meeting will begin with an information session led by law enforcement personnel covering general investigation and prosecution procedures. After an opportunity for questions and answers about general processes, the law enforcement representative(s) will leave.

The Asheville-Buncombe Homicide Survivors Support Group was developed through a partnership between the North Carolina Victim Assistance Network (NCVAN) and local agencies and individuals. The planning committee included NCVAN staff members, representatives of local agencies (Buncombe County Family Justice Center; Helpmate; Changing Together; Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office; Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office; Asheville City Police; and the US Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina), and individuals, including family members of homicide victims, therapists and others invested in our community’s response to crime. Financial support for the group is provided by NCVAN and the 28th Judicial District Bar Association.

For more information: Contact Scott Bass ([email protected]) or Jean Parks (828-329-8306 or email [email protected])

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We’ve been talking to the folks from Bardic Alchemy, a Celtic Rock band from Asheville and they’ve agreed to play at Triskelion as many Tuesdays as they can come down to the Brewery.

Bardic Alchemy is a brand new element in the Celtic Rock world. This trio, based in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina is comprised of multi-instrumentalist Connell Sanderson, guitarist Nick Marcone and percussionist and vocalist Tyler Watts.

Bardic Alchemy is best described as a psychedelic trip into a musical world that is heavily inspired by the Celtic musical traditions…run through various effects pedals. Everything from soothing, mellifluously reverberating whistle melodies supported by groovy guitar lines and thumping djembe beats to high energy dance tunes on the Scottish and Irish pipes to three part vocal harmonies and even improvised pieces, Bardic Alchemy is a surprisingly dynamic and unpredictable musical journey.

So… Tuesdays… will now be…

Celtic Rock Tuesday!

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Ben’s Music series continues with Leeda Lyric Jones Tuesday nights 7:00- 9:00 p.m. Free show
Lyric is a Western North Carolina favorite and holds several Mountain Xpress “best of” awards including, but not limited to: best funk band,best vocalist, best lyricist, best r&b/soul, best singer-songwriter. Since taking to the streets, Lyric has shared the stage with legends such as George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Mavis Staples, Gladys Knight, Booker T. Jones, Little Big Town, Dionne Warwick, Cedric Burnside, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Fred Wesley & the Lee Boys, Count M’Butu and Warren Haynes.

Lyric draws inspiration from India Arie, Tracy Chapman, and Lauryn Hill. Which isn’t surprising once one hears the way she gracefully intertwines Soul, R&B, Funk, and even a little Hip-Hop – the best portrayal of this intertwinement can be heard in “You Can Win”, which is on her “Perspective” EP.

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Danny Reed from Crooked Creek Holler will be presenting a slide show on his annual hosted fly fishing trip to the Amazon for peacock bass and other species.

All chapter meetings are held at 7 pm on the second Tuesday of each month, at the REI store at Biltmore Park Town Square. Doors open at 6:30.

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Join us for a night of great beer and all things Parks and Recreation!

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The movement that has reached hundreds of thousands of university students is coming to Arden on November 13th! Passion Music, Louie Giglio, and Travis Greene will all be in attendance so make sure to get your ticket for this amazing night of worship. This event is not just for university students, so make plans with your friends and family to attend!
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MOVING BEYOND #METOO
Join us for a six-week transformational circle in Asheville, NC that offers support for women who have experienced sexual trauma. Move beyond the daily struggle to survive and learn how to thrive!

Discover tools to help put your past into a useful perspective that supports your ability to heal and create the life you want. We will explore ways to help you organically navigate your path to remembering wholeness using a variety of modalities such as: Clinical Aromatherapy, Shen Restoration, Story Medicine, Expressive Arts, Meditation/Visualization, Open Loving Communication, Ritual, Community Witness, Music & Drumming, and more.

Explore new ways to experience the holidays without feeling traumatized.

Cost: $300 (Meets Nov 13, 20, 27, Dec 4, 11, 18)
Space is limited! Register early. Limited to 20 participants.
www.rememberingtowholeness.com

MEET YOUR FACILITATORS

ESSIE SILVERS: creator of “Who’s Running Your Life?” program.

MELINDA TONEY, M.D.: founder of “Awaken Chrysalis.”

AIMEE WILLIAMS: Certified Clinical Aromatherapist, Perinatal Health Specialist, founder of Aromatic Origins.

THEA SUMMER DEER: Clinical Herbalist , author, and award winning singer-songwriter.

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OUT OF TOWN BAND ALERT! Come check out the fabulous Useless Cans! There will be swingin’ music, and great classes for beginners! Stay late for our post dance blues hour! Plus the venue is not only gorgeous, but they have a fabulous bar!

~~~Schedule (short version- see below for details)~~~
7 pm: Blues w/ Charlie
8 pm: Beginner Partner Charleston & Jitterbug w/ Sparrow & Jean
9-11pm: Swing AVL Dance w/ Useless Cans
11-12pm: Vintage Blues Hour w/ DJ
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PRICING: Dance/Band is $5 (includes blues hour) and classes are $10/$8 for Swing Asheville members. Vintage Blues Hour is $2 suggested donation for those who didn’t pay for Dance/Band admission.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Interested in free dances or half priced lessons? Want to help promote the swing scene? Consider volunteering for Swing Asheville! To see what sort of opportunities are available and to sign up, please head over to http://signup.com/go/qiyRjLG

MUSIC
The Useless Cans are a gypsy swing folk punk band formed in the Capital Region of New York. Their repertoire of old timey swing favorites, traditional Russian celebration tunes, and driving original music have been entertaining fans in the Northeast US since 2016. They draw on diverse influences from swing greats like Django Reinhardt and Cab Calloway to raucous bands like The Doors and Jimi Hendrix. They are not afraid to step into other genres like bluegrass and the underground DIY culture of Folk Punk. Since their inception, they have been developing a set of original music to inspire the masses to reject the social injustices that plague the world today.

BLUES
Band finished and you’re not done dancing? You’re in luck… stick around for our vintage blues hour! Continue dancing to DJ’d music until the bar kicks us out. $2 suggested donation for those coming just for the blues hour.

FOOD: Feeling peckish? The bar has a small selection of vegan goodies to help keep your stamina up! Ask a bartender for more details.

CLASSES
7pm: Continuing Class: Blues w/ Charlie

The music and dance aesthetics of Blues and Lindy share a common heritage as African American artforms which developed from late 1800’s, through the turn of the century, to today. We will be looking at blues in terms of four core concepts: Grounding, Pulse, Polyrhythms, and Lag. We will also talk about the concept of ‘dance idioms,’ specifically the blues idioms of Drag, Struttin, and the Texas Shuffle. Nov 6 — Basics of blues and added vocabulary to build you blues sentences. Nov 13 — Modulation and isolations in blues and an intro to Drag. Nov 20 — Dance control, speeding up, and Struttin’. Nov 27 — The Texas Shuffle and breaking down. This series of lessons will be focused on progressive concepts which will build on one another from week to week. This would be very useful for beginners looking to move up to intermediate or for intermediate dancers to hone their core skills.

“Continuing” classes are for those dancers who have cemented the basics of the dance being featured that specific month. This includes knowing (and being able to execute cleanly and consistently) basic footwork and lead/follow skills for that dance. Some continuing classes may require no advance knowledge of a dance. This will be noted in the the class description.
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8 pm: Core Class: Beginner Partner Charleston & Jitterbug w/ Sparrow & Jean

This month we will be doing beginner partnered Charleston. Focusing mostly on side-by-side 30s style, we will also add in some jitterbug steps to give your dancing a little more variety and swing. No partner necessary! You’ll get to switch roles and dance with everyone.

“Core” lessons stress the fundamentals of swing dancing for beginning dancers. Lessons rotate monthly to focus on a different kind of swing dance (6 Count Lindy, 8 Count Lindy, Charleston, Balboa, etc.). Because good fundamentals are hard to develop in one month, we recommend repeating Core lessons (on the same topic) to help develop the solid foundation you’ll need in continuing classes. Core lessons are also great for intermediate and advanced dancers who want to “get back to basics” or learn a different dancing role (lead vs. follow).
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GIFT CERTIFICATES
Do you want to buy a gift certificate for our classes as a gift, or to pre-pay for a block of classes for yourself? You can purchase gift certificates at the door at our weekly dance! They are $40 for a block of 4, and a great way to dive into the fun world of dance.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Nov 20: Jason DeCristofaro Quartet
Nov 27: Posey Quartet
Dec 4: Community Jazz Jam
Dec 11: Queen Bee & the Honeylovers
Dec 18: TBA
Dec 25: NO DANCE
Jan 1: Russ Wilson’s Hangover Party

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**GUEST BARTENDER ALERT**

Hailing from the sandy beaches of Saint Augustine, Florida, we have the honor of hosting our dear friend Joel Kollinger for a guest shift sponsored by Campari. Joel is an incredibly talented bartender, and is known for his charismatic humor and ability to tell a ridiculous story.

A portion of the proceeds go to the “Island People Recovery”, a charity which helps people affected by the onslaught of hurricanes in the Caribbean. We are one of many stops around the country for Joel, though the only one in North Carolina, so bring yourself, bring your friends, wear your party pants and help contribute to this great cause!

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Come join us for this fun and creative Wine Glass Painting Class, open to the public! This month’s design: Fall Leaves will be held on November 13th at 7:00 pm. In this 1.5 hour class, you will hand paint a design on a wine glass guided by an instructor from Le Painted Grape. All painting supplies and wine glass included. We teach you STEP BY STEP! Sign up with your friends at www.lepaintedgrape.com! — We’re looking forward to the upcoming class!

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Back by popular demand: Disney Trivia! Because of the high demand we will be having it two nights. Tuesday the 13th and Wednesday the 14th! Come early because seating is limited! Prizes for the winners + best team name!

Sponsored by Boojum Brewing

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The Dueling Pianos show is back with two of our favorite artists…. Johnnie Blackwell and Carrie Morrison.

And…. don’t bother with dinner because pizza is included!

Price for this event is only $10, includes pizza ($15 for non-members and that includes the one year membership), and is limited to 63 people! RSVP for your tickets to Henderson County’s first show with the two that make Hendo-music what it is! You can message us or call us at 828-676-6718.

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Toward Zero Waste Asheville, NC, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, and Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina are happy to present Straws, a short documentary narrated by Academy-award winning actor Tim Robbins, which charts the history of straws and reveals our culture’s current obsession with single-use conveniences. Throughout the documentary, marine researchers, citizen activists, and business owners discuss how it’s possible to make a sea of change through the use of sustainable alternatives to plastic.
The documentary was filmed in Monterey County California, Costa Rica, Georgia, and the Blockade Runner Resort in Wrightsville Beach, NC!
Join us for this award winning film that has been sweeping the nation, and stay after for a discussion of the issue.

More details to come!

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**Learn more and subscribe to the 2018-19 Peace Chamber Series: http://bit.ly/2qVtItp**

British ensemble VOCES8 takes a cappella chamber singing to a new level. Called “impeccable” (Gramophone) and “slickest of the lot” (BBC Radio 3), the 8-voice ensemble performs everything from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary arrangements. Their broad reach has taken them to prestigious venues around the world such as Royal Albert Hall, Cité de la Musique Paris, Tokyo Opera City, Shanghai Concert Hall, and Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall. VOCES8 opens the 2018-19 Peace Chamber season.

“The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning” (Gramophone).

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Jennifer Hartswick & Nick Cassarino Duo at The Grey Eagle

Trumpeter and vocalist, Jennifer Hartswick is one of the most exciting performers in music today. She exudes confidence and joy and brings her own refreshing spirit to the stage every time she performs. Jennifer’s music is honest, soulful and comes with a maturity far beyond her years.

Hartswick is an original member of the Trey Anastasio Band and has recorded/shared the stage with Herbie Hancock, Phish, Christian McBride, Tom Petty, Aaron Neville, Carlos Santana, The Rolling Stones, Big Gigantic, Dave Matthews, Meghan Trainor and countless others.

Jennifer’s live performances are renowned as spontaneous, joyful and contagious. Her natural charisma and sincerity shines through, and each performance is a celebration of musical collaboration. And whether she is wailing on the trumpet or singing an intimate vocal solo, her performance is all part of a single seamless instrument, one that is played not only with astounding technical proficiency, but also with sensitivity, conviction and heart.

Nicholas Cassarino (Nth Power, Big Daddy Kane) “oozes more soul in one finger than most guitarists could create in a lifetime……with a voice that immediately wraps the room in sex appeal”.

Jennifer and Nicholas have been playing, writing, laughing, and storytelling for almost two decades. Born and raised in Vermont, their bond is ever present in this intimate acoustic duo. Hartswick and Cassarino have each made names for themselves, touring tirelessly. Their passion, dedication and sophistication are evident in their joyous, soulful performances, providing audiences with a truly special musical experience.

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Another week, another night of Robert’s Twin Leaf Trivia! Come on down to the South Slope for the best Trivia night of your life this Tuesday at 8:00. Free to play, teams of up to six people and lots of prizes to give away.

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Worthwhile Sounds Presents: Aaron Lee Tasjan w/ Brandy Zdan

WHERE: Ambrose West, 312 Haywood Road, 28806
WHEN: Tuesday November 13, 2018
DOORS: 7pm | SHOW: 8pm
GENRE: rock n roll
AGES: all ages
TICKETS: $15 adv. / $18 d.o.s.
SEATING: standing room only

Aaron Lee Tasjan

Most people know Aaron Lee Tasjan as one of the wittiest, most offbeat, brilliant, weed- smokin’ & LSD microdosin’ Americana troubadours writing and singing songs today. And the New York Times, NPR and Rolling Stone will all gladly corroborate. But steel yourselves, folk fans, because he’s about to follow his restless muse straight out from under the weight of everyone’s expectations into the kind of glammy, jingle-jangle power-pop- and- psych-tinged sounds he hasn’t dabbled in since his younger days playing lead guitar for a late-period incarnation of The New York Dolls.
Really, the roots of Tasjan’s new record, Karma for Cheap, stretch even deeper, drinking up the sounds of a Southern California childhood spent listening to The Beatles while riding around with his mom at the wheel of their navy blue Volvo station wagon— back to the very first pre-teen year he picked up a six-string and started figuring out all the pretty little chords in those Lennon-McCartney tunes. Back to the pure, blissful unfiltered innocence of falling in love with music for the first time. But more on that later. First, let’s ponder the brutish realities of the American Swamp.

Aaron Lee Tasjan says he aims to use his music for good, but he’s no protest singer. And Karma for Cheap isn’t some heavy-handed, didactic political record cramming a set of talking points down anyone’s throat. It’s a finely tuned rock & roll seismograph measuring the dark and uncertain vibrations of the time in which it was created. A cracked mirror reflecting back the American zeitgeist in this foul year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eighteen.

“When you’re a songwriter,” Tasjan says, you’re dealing in truths and untruths—that’s part of your commerce as a citizen of the world. And anything coming along that’s threatening to blur that line is a threat to your livelihood as a working American.”

Take it from Tasjan and Karma for Cheap, being a songwriter in the post-truth world of Trump’s America ain’t easy. Tasjan valiantly wrestles with this new normal in songs like “Set You Free” (“it’s a smokescreen scene and nobody knows what’s real”—fake news!)

and “The Truth Is So Hard to Believe.” What will we do when we can no longer map the line between fact and fiction? When we exist in a world where the truth is unknowable and we’re at the mercy of liars and charlatans? “Hearts in chains and hands are off the wheel,” Tasjan sings in hypnotic staccato, tapping the collective cultural anxiety of all the rattled millions drifting off each night to a new American dream, one in which we’re all in a big red, white and blue camaro fishtailing down some winding tree-lined road in the bible-black dark, white-knuckle-clutching the oh-shit bar, accelerator glued to the floor and not a soul in the driver’s seat.

“The sound of this new record is a little more rough and ready, more raw than anything I’ve done before,” Tasjan says. “Seems like a good time for it. We’re living in a pretty raw feed right now, and a lot of these new songs reflect that. They deal with with being stuck in the deluge of horseshit every day. On social media, you see people suckered into getting all irate over some post that, in the end, turns out to be completely fake. We have to be aware of these mindsets, these traps and emotional pitfalls that send us spinning. Music for me is a comfort thing. And I’m trying to sing about all this to remind myself not to get caught up in the game. There are a lot of people out there carrying the burden of this weird, twisted world we’re living in at the moment on their shoulders. So I tried to write a record that offers some comfort, encouragement and hope to those people, as much as it’s possible to be hopeful right now.”

Karma for Cheap is Tasjan’s third LP and second for his label New West Records, based in his current hometown of Nashville. The record was co-produced by ALT and his friends Jeff Trott (Stevie Nicks, Liz Phair, Meiko, Joshua Radin) and Gregory Lattimer (Albert Hammond Jr.) and features Aaron Lee’s road band—guitarist Brian Wright, bassist Tommy Scifres and drummer Seth Earnest—with whom he’s been touring heavily for the last two years.

While the stylistic shift from Tasjan’s palpably stoned ‘70s-country-channeling 2015 debut, In the Blazes, to his more sophisticated, introspective and lushly produced 2016 follow-up, Silver Tears, was relatively incremental, Karma’s rocked-up Brit-pop- influenced Beatles-Bowie-Badfinger vibes underscore a significant departure. The album boldly reminagines these vintage sounds, pushing the boundary of what can be considered Americana. With Karma, Tasjan establishes himself as an artist who not only evolves over time, but isn’t afraid to risk reinventing himself completely from one record to the next.

“It’s always a goal for me to be able to not listen to the part of my brain that cares what other people think, and just do something really pure and from the heart,” he says. “I needed this album to have a sense of adventure and mystery, to feel a little shaky and dangerous at times—something that wasn’t the obvious choice in terms of what people already like about what I do. I’ve come to realize that I’m a searcher, which means I’m going to be searching forever.” Aaron Lee pauses and laughs at the notion, and what’s in store for the rest of his life—ticket bought, ride in progress. “Yep, this is never going to end,” he says. “No oasis, no safe harbor to stop and say, ‘Well, I’ve gotten here, and now I’m good.’ In some ways it’s a harsh realization—living in that type of headspace can cause a lot of turmoil. But if you can find beauty in the mundane… well, there you go. I’ve definitely been making more of an effort to enjoy the journey.”

For all the album’s wrestling with social and political discord and the stresses of modern life due to the grand experiment of social media and the unforgiving tractor beam of the world-wired-web, Karma for Cheap finds its silver lining in the innocence of a wide- eyed kid’s maiden voyage into the electrifying thrall of rock & roll. The heaviness of the lyrical content is tempered by the joy and wonder of an artist reconnecting with what made him fall in love with playing music in the first place. The sound of it, the way it made him feel when he was 11 years old and it was all still as new as a fresh coat of spray paint from the can of some smug delinquent. That was 1997—the year Tasjan moved from Ohio to California, and scored his first guitar and a stack of iconic CDs by The Beatles, Oasis and Tom Petty.

A huge sonic touchstone for ALT’s new record is The Beatles Anthology, one of his childhood favorites. In songs like “If Not Now When,” “Song Bird” and “The Rest Is Yet to Come,” you can hear echoes of George Harrison’s vibrant guitar riffs and Jeff Lynne’s lavish production on those lo-fi John Lennon demos the surviving Beatles dug up and polished off in the mid ‘90s. “‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’—those were my jams when I first started playing guitar,” Tasjan says. “I was learning those and a lot of other Beatles songs. And then Oasis came out with ‘Wonderwall’ and I was like, oh that’s The Beatles for my generation, and I became obsessed with them, too.”

Perhaps the most poignant moment on Karma for Cheap is the anthemic, hypnotic “Heart Slows Down,” a tune rife with musical and lyrical references to the Beatles and Tom Petty, anchored by an unforgettable chorus with a Traveling Wilburys vibe that finds the sweet spot between Tasjan’s two earliest musical heroes. “When I was a kid, my favorite CD to fall asleep to was Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ Greatest Hits, and the last song is a cover of that Thunderclap Newman song ‘Something in the Air.’ From the time I was a little kid to when I was teenager, I used to listen to that song on headphones almost every night—I heard it in that space between wake and sleep so many times. And Tom’s passing—he was a really big hero of mine, so it hit me pretty hard. We were in Seattle playing a show when I heard, and it was a heavy thing to process. But all of those elements are there in ‘Heart Slows Down.’ The chorus, ‘I will always be around,’ is a reminder that all the good you ever got out of listening to this music is still around you. You’ll always have that.”

https://www.highroadtouring.com/artists/aaron-lee-tasjan/

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Frank Bang Electric Duo featuring former Buddy Guy Guitarist 9pm-12:30 $5 suggested donation at the door

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Tuesday Night Funk Jam – 11PM – Ca$h Donation$ – 21+

EVERY Tuesday at Asheville Music Hall wsg Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band) & Nick Cassarino (The Nth Power)!!!

Tuesday Night Funk Jam has been a huge part of Asheville’s vibrant music scene since 2008 and is #Asheville’s hottest weekly concert.

Tuesday Night Funk Jam is programmed and orchestrated by an evolved Legendary House Band with trombonist Derrick Lee Johnson at the helm.

At 11PM sharp, the Legendary House Band kicks off the night followed by opening up the stage to jam to our local community of musicians for an ‘Open Jam’.

While this is an amazing opportunity for musicians to network and refine their musical chops it is ALSO an event for the people who support our music scene and need a night to shake their hips to the best funk around town!

Regularly, nationally touring musicians, TONIGHT will feature a mini set from Andrew Thelston Band w/ band.

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