PATIO: Dissimilar South
– ALL AGES- LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVEDDISSIMILAR SOUTHBased in Durham, North Carolina, Dissimilar South has been likened to both Indigo Girls and Boygenius, locating them in the abundant space between folk and indie rock. Their refreshing sound is characterized by honest lyrics, luscious harmonies and exciting instrumental ideas. Though the full band is a four piece, Dissimilar South’s core is the musical relationship between Carter Hodge and Maddie Fisher, now a six year affair. Following their debut EP in 2019, the band enjoyed a successful release of Tricky Things (full album) in 2022, produced by the Grammy nominated Jason Richmond. Fisher and Hodge bring their songs to life with robust support from some of the best instrumentalists in North Carolina, including Joseph Terrell (Mipso), Alex Bingham (Hiss Golden Messenger), Joe Westerlund (Sylvan Esso, Watchhouse) and Joe McPhail.
POSTPONED: PATIO: Amanda Neill
– ALL AGES- LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED**THIS SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED**AMANDA NEILL Originally from Nashville, Amanda Neill grew up with music deeply embedded in the fabric of her life, singing harmony with her three sisters from a young age. Moving to NYC in her late 20s, she spent 8 years singing and playing in the Brooklyn Americana scene, regularly taking the stage at staple venues such as Rockwood Music Hall and Joe’s Pub, most notably with Jamey Hamm and Ivy Beck & Neill. During this time, Amanda and her husband also owned and operated a small coffee shop in Brooklyn, which stood as a thriving hub for local musicians, artists, writers, and poets. After moving to Marshall, NC, in 2019, Amanda co-founded The Greybirds in 2021, quickly making a splash in and around the Asheville area. Amanda’s new project, Amanda Neill and the Blue Roses, retains a lot of the same focus on lyrical songwriting and musical dynamics, while continuing to draw on the influences of American Folk and Rock music from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as more modern singer-songwriter content. The vibe originates from Amanda’s Wurlitzer keyboard and her warm, powerful voice, and the sound is carried forward through vocal harmonies, thoughtful drumming, bass, and an array of guitar tones and sounds, both electric and acoustic. From feel-good rockers to tear-jerking, intimate musical moments, one can always expect melodies that feel familiar, even on first listen. “I intend to live with heart and conviction, asking honest questions through lyric, in quest of fulfilling dreams, one melody at a time.” -Amanda Neill “A voice containing all the ragged edge and electricity of a Janis Joplin or Joe Cocker… Joni Mitchell after a lot of nights at the Tom Waits school of late night blues bars… And while those may seem like very broad strokes of comparison, the more you hear Neill sing the more you’ll hear that same world-weary, raspy husk that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.” – On The Back Edge Of The Beat
PATIO: Strawhouse, Old Weather and Taylor Knighton
– ALL AGES- LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVEDSTRAWHOUSEA band based out of Asheville, NC that weaves the musicial leanings of Joey Lee Intermingling Folk, Rock, Americana, Country, and Pop writing into a style that catches your ears and sticks with you. Crafting songs starting in the Latter half of 2020, Strawhouse was built upon the prior experience playing in other projects throughout the years. With a thought provoking and soulful vocal style as well as the skillifill guitar playing of Joey Lee , Strawhouse is bringing you our brand of Folk Rock right to you.OLD WEATHER Absolved by time, an instinctive design. Inspired by shape and shade, shadow and line; a boy in a world left to the utterly blind. An unknower of truth and seeker of mind, the unsung story of the gracious sublime.TAYLOR KNIGHTONSinger-songwriter Taylor Knighton grew up on the Gulf Coast but now calls the mountains of Western North Carolina home. Her musical stylings reflect her southern roots, with plenty of twang, a big heartfelt voice, and a sweet pop influence. She likes to incorporate her love of mythology and folk tales into her songwriting, telling timeless stories with a fresh, fun spin.
PATIO: Carley Arrowood
– ALL AGES- LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVEDCARLEY ARROWOODCarley Arrowood is already a veteran when it comes to the bluegrass music scene. Touring for five years with Darin and Brooke Aldridge found her gracing notable stages all over the country, including 13 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, and even overseas for performances in Prague, Czech Republic and Ireland. In 2017 she received one of three Instrumentalist of the Year Momentum Awards given to rising young artists from the IBMA. Now a thriving solo artist, Carley continues to catch ears with her long-awaited debut album from Mountain Home Music Company, “Goin’ Home Comin’ On”, released in April of 2022. She continues to make her mark as a singer, a songwriter, and of course a cutting-edge fiddler, and her forthright delivery of every song shows an uncommon poise for so young an artist. Her music continues to reach new heights as she prepares to release her sophomore album from Mountain Home, another collection of mostly original songs that paint a picture of astounding versatility and musicianship that will enchant listeners everywhere. Be on the lookout for this release later in the summer of 2023.
Asheville RuedX TimbaLive Social
-ALL AGES-STANDING ROOM ONLYA magical Cuban dance weekend culminating into a dance social with TimbaLive. TIMBALIVE project burst onto Miami’s music scene in august 2008, created by Leo Garcia, (drummer and director), offering the best of the Cuban music with a blend of different rhythms from around the world and coupled with sophisticated production techniques and a spectacular live show.Timbalive is one of the Hottest Latin bands, based in Miami, and their first Album, “From Miami a la Habana”, will create the most unexpected success in the Latin Music History.Timbalive’s Members are all well trained musicians from different Cuban’s music schools, and some of them have played with some of the most well known artists from around the world like Amaury Gutierrez , Willy Chirino , Albita Rodriguez, Isaac Delgado, Manolin (El Medico de la Salsa), Grupo Afrocuba, Carlos Manuel, Luis Enrique, Rey Ruiz, Marc Anthony, Celia Cruz, Pablo FG, Clave y Guaguanco, Oscar de Leon… and they are all together to realize their musical dream, the biggest and most successful Timba band in the United States.
OUTPOST: Sirius.B
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINESirius.B’s “impressively irreverent, combustible, three-ring circus of sound [and] high-energy style is difficult to neatly categorize. They play foreign music as well as upbeat and serious originals, with a lyrical style ranging from the quirky to the absurd.” -Mountain XpressSirius.B’s music is created with an eclectic mix of vocal harmonies and instruments including cello, accordion, violin, multi-cultural percussion, charango, flamenco and acoustic guitar, banjo, and melodica.
GILLA BAND
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLYGILLA BAND Whilst Dublin 4 piece Gilla Band’s cataclysmic sound avoids consignment to any singular genre, it’s thrusting noise-rock guitars, heavy techno drum beats and wailing vocals paired with frontman Dara Kiely’s witty, mundane and often surrealist lyrics create ‘as perfect an expression of rock’n’roll’s essential auto-destructive impulse as this writers ever heard.’ (The Guardian). Trailblazers for modern Irish alternative music and known for their ferocious live shows which have been described as chaotic, electrifying and ‘genuinely dangerous, like one last rave before the apocalypse’, Gilla Band are not just a band, but a force. In 2015 they signed to Rough Trade Records and let loose their debut album Holding Hands With Jamie to rampant critical acclaim, and topping this was to be no easy feat, but following a 4 year hiatus, they returned in September with their second studio album, The Talkies, heralded as ‘one of the biggest comebacks of the year ‘ (Mary Anne Hobbs, 6Music). The Press landscape hailed it as ‘more abstract and more focused than their debut’ with outstanding reviews from the likes of Crack Magazine (9/10), The Irish Times (5*) and Record Collector(5/5). The Talkies was Recorded in November 2018 at Ballintubbert House, Ireland – the alien construction of the house and its corridors help to navigate their cataclysmic sound within a world of its own. And this enigmatic manor became Gilla Band’s sonic playground. It is an album which is living and breathing, in a continual state of metamorphosis, and it encompasses everything there is to love about the Dublin 4-piece while simultaneously instilling an exciting level of discomfort. Their third album “Most Normal” comes out this October 7th on Rough Trade Records.BAMBARAIf the start of the breakthrough for Bambara was the radically reimagined sound of 2018’s Shadow On Everything (dubbed by NPR a “western gothic opus”), then the moment it truly arrived was on the cinematically riotous noir-punk of 2020’s Stray. In the UK, buoyed by the enthusiasm of 6Music DJ Steve Lamacq (who called the band, “one of his favourite discoveries of the year”), the band rose sharply, immediately selling out shows across the country. Meanwhile, back in their native US, KEXP’s John Richards echoed the same sentiment. Things were set. In fact, tickets had just gone on sale for their biggest show to date, a 1500 cap headliner at London’s Electric Ballroom.Then…well, then same as for everyone. Shutdown, lockdown, hibernation, nothing. It was a hammer blow. But rather than rue their misfortune, the band desperately tried to turn it into a positive, immediately moving to try to make more, and – they were determined – better, music. The result is the career-high Love On My Mind – a six song mini-album, mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer – that condenses all the energy and darkness that has made Bambara so compelling but rearranges them into something defiantly new.
OUTPOST: Carpal Tullar
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINE Carpal Tullar is the name of both the recording project of Asheville-based Chris Tullar, who has been recording his original music for over 20 years, and the band who plays Carpal Tullar tunes live (with some cover songs added to the mix). The music is infectious, lyrically witty, upbeat rock, and spattered with influences from the greats of the 1960s and 70s. The live band is comprised of Chris on vocals, keys and guitar, Dave Baker on harmony vocals, guitar, and keys, Rob Heyer on bass, and John McKinney on drums, and they have been playing together as Carpal Tullar since 2015.
OUTPOST: Anya Hinkle
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINEAnya HinkleWith vivid storytelling, vibrant musicianship, and arresting honesty, Anya Hinkle explores the beauty ofsong craft through the lens of the Appalachian string band tradition. Originally from the mountains ofVirginia, Anya’s music is steeped in the tones of folk and bluegrass and seasoned by travels across theworld. A founding member of Asheville-based bands Dehlia Low (Rebel Records) and Tellico (OrganicRecords), Anya released her first full-length album under her own name last year on Organic Records.No Depression hailed music from that project “one of roots’ music gems…”
Celebrating John Prine with The Knotty G’s
– ALL AGES- PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW THE KNOTTY G’S For this, the 2nd annual “Celebrating John Prine,” The Knotty G’s will be joined again by some of the finest musicians from the “big ‘ole goofy” town of Asheville to celebrate the music and legacy of one of America’s most influential and beloved songwriters, John Prine, on his birthday, October 10th. Husband and wife, Chuck and Gill Knott are the core of the Soul-Soaked Americana powerhouse, The Knotty G’s. Since 2017 these two have toured the country, sometimes calling on a wide range of musical companions to form everything from intimate trio to behemoth 8-piece band performances. In the short time The Knotty G’s have been a team, they have amassed an impressive list of stages and festivals, including the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, The Blue Ridge Pride Festival, Strangecreek Campout, Wormtown Music Festival, and The Ladybug Festival. Seeing The Knotty G’s perform their gritty, yet funky mountain music LIVE leaves you feeling like you’ve reconnected with some old friends.
