A Magazine covering Western North Carolina and the Asheville NC Art Scene
ROSS COOPER – I RODE THE WILD HORSES Ross Cooper is the rare country musician who has actually lived the life of a cowboy. The former professional bareback rider was still bustin’ broncs when his music career began. Though a knee injury sidelined his rodeo career, Cooper drives a band like he’s still wearing spurs […]
The pioneering neo-vaudeville festival celebrates ELEVEN YEARS May 26-28, 2017 in Asheville Every Memorial Day Weekend for the past ELEVEN years artists and audiences have flocked to to Asheville from around the world for the Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, aka ABSFest. With emphasis on variety in entertainment, artistic empowerment and nurturing creativity, ABSFest has […]
by James Cassara – Patrick Sweany describes himself as a musical omnivore, taking in as many styles as he can, swinging through blues, folk, soul, bluegrass, maybe some classic 50s rock, or a punk speedball, devouring every popular music sound of the last 70 years, and mixing them all together into his own stew. Yet, […]
by James Cassara – There are musicians who play traditional music – set in a style that peaked long before they were born – and there are those who live such music, whose very essence is born of a sound and style that predates them. Duluth, Minnesota native Charlie Parr is one such entity, a […]
