Tonight. Downtown. 5 - 8pm.
Mountain Xpress did a roundup of the April Art Walk.
Asheville homeboy Tyler Ramsey was in the studio at Oregon Public Broadcasting at the end of April and you can hear the interview and songs.
While you are there check out the Avett Brothers session.
Like many nights, you’ve got your pick of what to do tonight…
The Barrel House Mamas, those sultry Appalachian ladies, will be at The Grey Eagle at 9pm with No Strings Attached. $10
The boys from The Amity Front have come down all the way from Northampton, MA (one of my favorite cities) to play at Jack of the Wood at 9:30pm. $5
The North Mississippi Allstars have taken a break from touring with John Hiatt to rock The Orange Peel with Alvin Youngblood Hart at 9pm. $18
If you are still awake after all that, Labiators will make some noise at Broadways with Jimmy and the Teasers starting whenever they feel like it…a lesson I learned after a raucous Reigning Sound show last night.
Basia Bulat and Devotchka played The Orange Peel tonight. Basia opened and was brilliant. That girl can rock the autoharp like nobody’s business.
Then…the waiting…
I’ve long since learned that complicated stage setups are a sign of a band taking themselves too seriously. The Peel krewe can through and made me put away my camera because “the band brought their own photographer”. Uh-oh. The fog, the moving lights, the outfits. It felt like a bored mariachi band playing on 80s hair metal stage. All the kids with Xs on their hands were loving it. I guess they haven’t been to enough great shows…or I’ve been to too many.