Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY BRONWYN KEITH-HYNES Grammy-winning fiddle virtuoso Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is stepping into the spotlight. After several years of wowing audiences as the fiddler for Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, the 2x IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year is striking out on her own – fronting a band for the first time and bringing her voice to the forefront. Known for her fiery fiddle playing and pure, rootsy singing, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes’ debut vocal album ‘I Built A World’ earned her a Grammy nomination this past February, and American Songwriter calls her “a world-class fiddler with a golden voice.” Now, as her own entry in bluegrass history expands from celebrated instrumentalist to bandleader and front woman, Bronwyn isn’t just crafting a career in the image of genre greats like Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas; she’s bringing them along for the ride. Both Bush and Douglas are featured as players on I Built a World, and they’re not the only of Bronwyn’s musically-inclined pals and heroes to make an appearance on this star studded album. Keith-Hynes’ music blends high octane bluegrass sensibilities with the soul of country and American Roots music. Backed by a powerhouse group of Nashville musicians hand picked from her tight-knit community, Keith-Hynes represents the next generation of top tier bluegrass musicians, who will be appreciated for generations to come. With a career that has already spanned collaborations with some of the biggest names in acoustic music, Bronwyn is now forging her own path—bringing her undeniable talent to audiences in a whole new way. ASHEVILLE MOUNTAIN BOYS By their name, you know where they are from, and by their sound, you know what they are about. The Asheville Mountain Boys are on a mission to capture not just the style but the spirit of traditional bluegrass. Asheville, NC has long been known for great music and its roots in bluegrass go back to the founding of the genre (Bill Monroe’s first broadcast performance as the Bluegrass Boys was at Asheville radio station WWNC in 1938) A group that firmly stakes its claim to the tradition of the music from the area, The Asheville Mountain Boys spring onto the scene with a thought,” What happened to bluegrass?” It’s not a disparaging one that condemns current styles in the genre but rather asks, “Why do we love this music in the first place” and answers with an approach that is true to the originators of the genre in the sense of both style and philosophy. Bluegrass is raw emotion, excitement, drive, and authenticity. It is not sanitized or compromised but a reflection of the lives of those who play it. It’s storytelling that follows a throughline of tradition. With these priorities in mind, they offer their first in a series of live-recorded singles.
An Evening With Mike Cooley (of Drive-By Truckers)
ALL AGES FULLY SEATED SHOW LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE MIKE COOLEY Mike Cooley is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as a member of the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. The Alabama musical style blends elements of rock, country, and Americana, and he is recognized for his sharp, evocative lyrics and distinctive guitar work. As one of the band’s primary songwriters, Cooley has written numerous iconic tracks for Drive-By Truckers, with his songs often exploring themes of personal introspection, Southern identity, and social commentary. Alongside bandmate Patterson Hood, Cooley has been a driving force behind the band’s evolution since their formation in the late 1990s, contributing to their gritty, honest sound and critical success. In addition to his work with the band, Cooley has pursued a solo career, releasing his debut solo album The Fool on Every Corner in December 2012. The album showcases his storytelling prowess and ability to create poignant, introspective songs with a more stripped-down, intimate sound compared to his work with Drive-By Truckers. Known for his wit and keen observational style, Cooley’s solo work highlights his versatility as an artist, cementing his place as an influential figure in contemporary American roots music.
Jon Spencer
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY JON SPENCER Jon Spencer has been an innovative force in the independent music scene since the mid-80s. An acclaimed live performer, he has toured all the continents except Antarctica and has amassed a dizzying discography as the leader of Pussy Galore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, and Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, as well as with Boss Hog, The Honeymoon Killers, The Gibson Brothers, and Taxi Girls. His collaborations include (but are not limited to) working with Steve Albini, Add N To X, Nicole Atkins, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bomb The Bass, R.L. Burnside, James Chance, Coldcut, Chuck D, Dan The Automator, Jim Dickinson, DJ Shadow, Einsturzende Neubauten, Guitar Wolf, GZA, David Holmes, Japanese Popstars, Dr. John, Calvin Johnson, Steve Jordan, Khan, Moby, Money Mark, The Muffs, The North Mississippi All Stars, Princess Superstar, Puffy AmiYumi, The Sadies, Nancy Sinatra, Solex, Solomon Burke, Speedball Baby, Rufus Thomas, UNKLE, Unloved, Andre Williams, and Bernie Worrell. His production credits include: Cheater Slicks, Demolition Doll Rods, Experimental Tropic Blues Band, Perrosky, Mike Edison, Jesper Munk, Sunshine & The Rain, The Bobby Lees, and Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton.
Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast: EP Release Show
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY CAILTIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST Recommended to fans of: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bonnie Raitt, Beth Hart, Elles Bailey, & Marcus King Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast bring their unmistakable roots rock & roll sound from the mountains of North Carolina back to stage for the release of their limited edition EP album Keepsake, available only at shows this fall. The band has earned a devoted international following for their electrifying live shows, razor-sharp songwriting, and the magnetic force of Caitlin Krisko’s powerhouse voice—praised by Rolling Stone as “arguably one of the best kept vocal secrets of the Southeast”. Their new single “Heart of Gold” is already earning national airplay on Planet Rock, and it’s not hard to hear why. With lyrics that dig deep and a performance that hits even deeper, it’s a powerful glimpse into the emotional terrain of Heirloom. As Blues Matters put it: “With Heirloom on the horizon, ‘Heart Of Gold’ marks the beginning of what promises to be a defining era for Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast.” Written in the wake of profound loss from the unexpected passing of Krisko’s mother and guitarist Aaron Austin’s stepfather in 2023, Keepsake holds the first six tracks off the band’s highly anticipated full length album Heirloom (out spring 2026) which promises to explore what we inherit, and what we leave behind. It’s a record about lineage, letting go, and choosing what truly matters. Each track was shaped not just by grief, but by years of resilience, miles on the road, and a deep commitment to creating something real together. Their last run through the USA & UK left audiences stunned, with Bristol 24/7 declaring it “a night that left no one disappointed,” and calling Krisko’s voice “one of the best in the business—soulful yet raw with that raspy ragged edge… mesmerizing.” Now, with Keepsake set to release and momentum swelling on both sides of the Atlantic, the band returns with sharpened focus and undeniable urgency. Whether you’ve been following since day one or are just hearing their name for the first time, don’t miss your chance to be in the room on their upcoming album release tour. COWBOY JUDY Formerly known as Sweet Claudette, Cowboy Judy is made up of Amanda Anne Platt, Amber Sankaran, Dulci Ellenburger, ans Melissa Hymen. Calling Asheville, NC home – the band formed in 2009 after playing together in a women’s songwriting showcase. This “Country Motown” supergroup features fluid harmonies, superb songwriting, and charisma to spare.
Hannah Juanita w/ Resonant Rogues
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY HANNAH JUANITA Hannah Juanita left her home state of Tennessee in her early twenties, excited to meet the world. She travelled in search of herself, worked odd jobs, and spent countless nights singing fireside under the stars with friends, never pursuing music as a career. Eventually, Hannah made it back to Tennessee, landing in Nashville with nothing but her dog Loretta, her guitar, and a handful of heartbreak songs. She started singing around town and quickly became a staple live performer and a highly respected vocalist in the traditional country scene in Music City, known for her classic, old school sound. Self proclaimed ramblin’ gal, Hannah Juanita has toured heavily around the country since 2021 headlining and supporting acts like Kaitlin Butts, Braxton Keith, Town Mountain, Nick Shoulders, Emily Nenni, Summer Dean, and Jesse Daniel. Her debut record ‘Hardliner’ established her reputation as a full-hearted, free-spirited, and irresistibly genuine honky tonk angel. Hannah Juanita’s second full length record, ‘Tennessee Songbird’, produced by Mose Wilson, was released August 30, 2024 to high acclaim, breaking into the top 40 on the Americana Radio Chart and top 3 on the Alt Country Chart. Named one of the five female artists creating the future of country music by Grammy.com, in 2025, Hannah will be touring across America and Europe. THE RESONANT ROGUES On their fourth album, Western North Carolina-based outfit The Resonant Rogues have finally decided to self-title a project. It’s a bold move — rather like staking a claim on a sound that is both new for them and distinctly their own. From the opening notes of lead track “Sun in Winter,” the eponymous record finesses the line between country and soul. The keening of the fiddle and the sway of the pedal steel are classic sounds; the vocals — sung by Sparrow who fronts the band with her partner Keith Josiah Smith — are poetic and wistful, yet unfussy. “I miss you like the sun in winter / laying in the yard / in the snow / trying to catch that glow / before it goes,” she sings. It’s a moment encapsulated; something as lovely as it is fleeting. Sparrow and Keith share a passion for movement and sound. Both traveled extensively throughout the U.S. — Keith by hopping freight trains, Sparrow with a circus troupe. When the two met by chance in Asheville 10 years ago, they combined their talents and The Resonant Rogues were born. While the band has explored musical styles from across genres and around the globe, current influences for Resonant Rogues, and especially this album, are classic country, Appalachian old-time, and vintage soul. MOSE WILSON
Blue Dragons: Benefit for Asheville Holiday Fundraiser Album
ALL AGES STANDING ROOM ONLY BLUE DRAGONS: Benefit for Asheville Holiday Fundraiser Album, an IAMAVL & Citizen Vinyl projectA storm passed. The river rose. And now… so does the music. One year later, something powerful is returning to the stage…Blue Dragons are ready to breathe fire!Blue Dragons is a group of musical friends who call Asheville home. Blending original songs with a wide variety of covers, a Blue Dragons show is all about energy, exploration and fun. Lead guitarist and vocalist Jeff Mooney applies well-honed skill to each tune, soaring between mind-blowing solos and tasteful grooves. Songwriter, singer, guitarist and harp player Eddie Dewey creates music that showcases his Americana and jam roots. Bassist and vocalist James Fisher provides original songs that feature Dylan-influenced lyrics and a touch of funk. Holding it all together is drummer Christopher “Z” Zion, always pushing the band to explore deeper and groove harder. Featured in this show is original vocalist, Sara Judy. Sara doesn’t just sing, she embodies the lyrics with passion and grace. Blue Dragons are excited for her return to the stage! Blue Dragons seeks to create a unique experience with every live performance. Setlists are crafted to showcase each player while keeping an engaging vibe for both band and audience. Whether it’s a deep blues cover, Grateful Dead classic, or one their own tunes, the goal is to weave a rhythmic story that gets people moving! In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Asheville’s creative community is slowly recovering. To help celebrate and support our local musicians, executive producers Eddie Dewey, Jeff sipe and Gar Ragland have teamed up to spearhead the recording and release of an Asheville Holiday Album, featuring classic repertoire performed by some of Asheville’s and WNC’s premier musicians. The recording process is underway and the album is being recorded and pressed to vinyl at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville. Proceeds from the sale of the album will support local arts-based organizations that are actively supporting Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR at Pisgah Brewing Co. (outdoor stage)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO PISGAH BREWING COMPANY’s OUTDOOR STAGE LOCATED AT 2948 HWY 70 IN BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC. TICKETS PURCHASED FOR ORIGINAL LOCATION (HATCH AMPHITHEATER) WILL BE HONORED. ALL AGES STANDING ROOM ONLY GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a string of albums from 1997-2002 widely recognized as redefining what protest music can be, where longform instrumental chamber rock compositions of immense feeling and power serve as soundtracks to late capitalist alienation and resistance. The band’s first four releases—especially F#A#∞ (1997) and Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (2000)—are variously regarded as classics of the era and genre. Godspeed’s legendary live performances, featuring multiple 16mm projectors beaming a collage of overlapping analog film loops and reels—along with the distinctive iconography, imagery and tactility of the band’s album artwork and physical LP packages— further defines the sui generis aesthetic substance, ethos and mythos of this group. GY!BE has issued two official band photos in its 25-year existence (the second, left, a 2010 recreation of the first from 1997) and has done a half-dozen collectively-answered written interviews over that same span. The band has never had a website or social media accounts. It has never made a video. Few rock bands in our 21st century have been as steadfast in trying to let the work speak for itself and maintaining simple rules about minimising participation in cultures of personality, exposure, access, commodification or co-optation. Following a seven-year hiatus that began in 2003, Godspeed returned to the stage in December 2010 (curating the UK festival All Tomorrow’s Parties) and the band’s post-reunion period has now lasted over a decade, marked by hundreds of sold-out live shows and four additional albums, all of which have been met with high acclaim. “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” – the band’s fifth post-reunion album (and ninth overall) – was released on October 04, 2024.
The Music of Jerry Garcia’s and David Grisman’s Not For Kids Only
ALL AGES / FAMILY FRIENDLYLIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE DISCOUNTED FOUR PACKS AVAILABLE An All-Star cast featuring some of the areas finest players join forces to perform the music from Jerry Garcia’s and David Grisman’s timeless Not For Kids Only album. Featuring Jonathan Brill (JGBCB), Jessie Iaquinto (Fireside Collective), Ryan Kijanka, Bailey Horsely, Andy John and special guests. Music will get underway at 4pm but doors open at 2pm for family and kids activities. More details TBA soon!
PATIO: Echo Chamber
– ALL AGES – LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE ECHO CHAMBER Since its 2022 inception, Echo Chamber has been a regular outlet for all things dub-related in the WNC area. Every facet of the genre is represented, from its earliest recordings to its most futuristic iterations. The brainchild of Asheville-based musician Graham Scala, Echo Chamber exists as an outlet for decades of tracking down the headiest and spaciest explorations of inner and outer space from around the world, channeling those deep dives into the genre’s furthest recesses into a cohesive labor of love.
PATIO: Mutlu
– ALL AGES – LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE MUTLU A Philadelphia musician who proudly carries a torch for the city’s soul legacy, Mutlu makes a connection with every audience. Coming up in the Philly scene, he played around town and in area clubs before landing his first tour opening for Joe Jackson. Since then he’s toured across the U.S. and Europe with his musical brother, Amos Lee, who discovered Mutlu’s music just as both of their careers were taking off. In addition he’s found an advocate with Daryl Hall & John Oates, who invited Mutlu to support a national theater tour. Mutlu (pronounced moot’-lu) is a first-generation American whose parents moved from Turkey to the United States in the 1970s. He discovered the strength of his voice in high school while singing in a Broadway revue. He liked being on stage but didn’t anticipate pursuing it as a career. However, while earning a marketing degree from Drexel University, he spent innumerable hours practicing guitar, writing songs, and playing open mic nights. Now roughly fifteen years into a career as a professional musician, he believes that his Turkish heritage informs his perspective as an artist. “From a writing standpoint, having that multicultural background from a young age fuels your creativity in a different way,” he believes. “It makes you empathize with things differently than you would have.” Whether crooning a love song like “Caramel” (which echoes the Gamble & Huff output of the ‘70s), spreading optimism in “Lifeline,” or sharing a look into his own life as in “Scarred,” Mutlu can bring his diverse catalog together through the power of his voice. He’s been recognized by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Philadelphia Inquirer for his sweet, silky tone. Bruce Warren of WXPN once described Mutlu’s music as “a mix of soul, reggae, world music and folk, all tied together in the singer-songwriter tradition.” “The vocal connection, that’s the cornerstone of everything I do,” he says. “Everything else is in service of that, performance-wise and production-wise. In R&B and soul music, singers try to really emotionally connect, vocally. It’s about that special thing that can happen when you really dig down deep and give a performance that moves people.” Mutlu launched his music career on Manhattan Records with the 2008 album, Livin’ It, produced by mentor and friend T Bone Wolk. Since then, he’s developed his international audience through touring, multiple appearances on Live From Daryl’s House, and a steady stream of independent singles and EPs, most recently 2019’s Good Trouble. He cites songs like “Livin’ It,” “Hello Morning,” and “One Life With You” as staples in his set, yet he believes that the show experience is far more than just playing the same material every night. “For people who know the songs, it’s about giving something more than they would get on the record,” he says. “I tour a lot solo, and for me it’s about going beyond just playing the songs. It’s about creating a community and finding a way to connect with people.”
