WHAT: Album Release Show
WHO: Asher Leigh w/ Life Like Water
GENRE: Alternative/Contemporary Folk
AGES: All ages welcome
SUPPORTING BAND: Chris Rosser of Free Planet Radio, Madelyn Ilana, Mattick Frick
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WHERE: The Grey Eagle
COST: $10, $12/day of show
SEATING: Seated show
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Join Asher Leigh and her band, The Eyes of Amber, for this Album Release Show at The Grey Eagle introducing her new album, Roots Alive to be released March 1st, 2019.
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ASHER LEIGH is a singer/songwriter from Asheville, NC who shares alternative folk music blending unique styles of contemporary pop with lyrics nostalgically inviting listeners into deep, personal reflection and connectedness. Her “soul-inspired folk” asks audiences to listen beyond what is seen and heard, allowing the music to connect us with a timeless experience within.
Making a debut appearance onto Asheville’s music scene this year, Asher has helped bring several successful projects to life including a collaborative music/spoken word performance for TEDx (in Tryon, NC) and a collaborative children’s music album (“Come Play with Me,” performed by original duo band, Dolphin Bum Bum).
Asher’s passion for positive songwriting and soulful-expression are fused by the integrative self-discovery process she stumbled upon when she began playing music at age 25. What followed was a long road of experiences mirroring low self-worth, painful emotional imbalances, and lifelong family struggles. Through these challenges she has learned how to cultivate inner fulfillment, harmonious relationships, and loving communication through her creative voice on and off stage. In addition to performing, Asher inspires other musicians/artists seeking self-nurturance to access emotional clarity, inner wisdom, and activation of a loving, creative voice through classes, workshops, public talks, and individual programming.
Asher has shared the stage with local musicians Luna Ray, and David LaMotte, performed at TEDx Tryon, and also supports community causes such as domestic violence awareness, youth empowerment, and community activism. Her new album, Roots Alive is publicly available March 1st, 2019.
Website: www.asherleighmusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/radiantsong.asherleigh
AUDIO: www.soundcloud.com/asher-leigh
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LIFE LIKE WATER is the brainchild of David Matters and is a musical response to a radical shift in awareness. Together with his bandmates, Megan Drollinger and Charles Furtado, Life Like Water has developed a sound that straddles the edges of contemporary folk and traditional music from around the world.
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CHRIS ROSSER is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer and producer. As a solo performer, he has opened shows for folk and pop luminaries such as John Mayer, Tom Rush, David Wilcox, Shawn Mullins, John Gorka, Nickel Creek, and more. He has released four solo singer-songwriter recordings, Archaeology (1998), The Holy Fool (2000), Hidden Everywhere (2006) and A Thousand Hands (2014).
Rosser illustrates his talent as an instrumentalist and composer in the world fusion trio Free Planet Radio. He plays the Indian dotar, sarod, Turkish cumbus oud, melodica, piano and guitar on their four album releases New Bedouin Dance (2004), The Unraveling (2008), Global Symphony Project (2016) and Stillness(2018). He also tours internationally as the keyboardist with master Turkish musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek, and plays piano, guitar and oud in Grammy-winning flute virtuoso Rhonda Larson’s ensemble, Ventus. In 2014 with Ventus and in 2016 with Free Planet Radio, he performed over 60 concerts in the top concert halls of the People’s Republic of China. In 2015, he began touring as the guitarist for renowned singer Lizz Wright’s band.
Rosser has won songwriting contests at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival and the Merle Watson Festival, has showcased twice at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and was a New Folk finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival. As a recipient of the 1999 WNC Regional Artists grant, he continued his studies of Hindustani classical music and the sarod (a 25-string fretless Indian lute) with world famous Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan in San Rafael, CA. In 2003 and 2017, he was awarded a prestigious songwriter/composer fellowship from the NC Arts Council. Chamber Music America awarded him and Free Planet Radio a grant in 2014 to compose and perform a three movement piece for the trio plus string quartet. Rosser earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami School of Music where he studied jazz piano and studio recording.
In addition to performing, Rosser has produced and engineered over 200 CD projects for other artists in his Hollow Reed Arts recording studio in Asheville, NC. He has composed music for national commercial spots, and TV shows on Animal Planet, TLC, Oprah Winfrey Network, PBS and more. His song “Make A Wish” was featured in the TLC show “Jon & Kate + 8” during an episode with 12 million viewers. He composed the score for the pilot and eight episodes of the TLC TV show “United Bates of America.” He produced and engineered the album “Unity” for Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band which debuted at #1 on the iTunes World Music Chart.
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MADELYN ILANA is a violinist, singer/songwriter, music teacher, energetic herbalist, and practitioner of a unique form of somatic education called Body Dialogue. She began studying music as a young child, and has woven this practice and craft into her life ever since. For Madelyn, music is a vital means of creative self-expression, and she intends to share music from a place of deep connection to nature, both inner and outer. She currently resides in Asheville, NC and teaches violin with Music Works and the Mountain School of Strings. To learn more about her work and art, you can visit her website www.Madelynilana.com
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