The blues are among us! You’ll be among the blues when you tune in the Blueshound and Soul of the Blues this Thursday from 12-2pm on AshevillFM! Listen live in Asheville at 103.3fm or stream it live and anytime you want for 2 weeks after the show airs at ashevillefm.org! Got plenty of great new blues music for you with Tas Cru, soul blues from Joe Louis Walker, Boston’s Walk That Walk, Danny Liston from St. Louis, a live John Nemeth gift and another live one from harmonica master Brandon Santini! Also, got some vintage Koko Taylor for ya’ll! Our Notcho’ Blues Artist this week is Ashley Heath and Her Heathens. Ashley Heath is a local star with an incredible voice! You’ll love hearing her rock out with her band! Join the Blueshound this week for 2 hours of mind tripping, butt flipping blues!

A fountain of blues is coming your way! Quench your thirst for the blues when you tune in the Blueshound on Soul of the Blues this Thursday from 12-2pm on AshevilleFM! Listen live in Asheville on 103.3fm or stream it live and anytime you want for 2 weeks after the show airs at ashevillefm.org! Got some new releases for you from master songwriter-Tas Cru, Boston’s Walk That Walk and soul blues from Joe Louis Walker! You’ll hear Maria Muldaur pay tribute to blues artists from the 20’s and 30’s, Austin’s Omar and the Howlers, harmonica great Paul Butterfield and Detroit harmonica ace, James Montgomery! This week’s Notcho’ Blues Artist will feature new songs from Asheville songbird, Ashley Heath! Join the Blueshound this week on Soul of the Blues for 2 hours of mind stomping, butt romping blues, baby!

Now it’s time for a round up of queer events happening in and around Asheville for the next week.

• Kiki Thursday Drag Party, every Thursday night at 9pm at Asheville Beauty Academy.

• Thursday March the 9th, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers with Sunny War at the Grey Eagle. Doors at 7, show at 8.

• Friday, March 10th, starting at 5:30pm, Join Blue Ridge Pride at Banks Ave. Bar. for their first ever monthly social hour(s).

• Also Friday the 10th, WHIPLASH: A full fetish drag experience, at The Getaway River Bar. Doors at 8, show at 9pm.
  
  -Saturday, March 11th, Youth Outright is holding a volunteer info session for those interested in learning more about the organization’s values, programs, roles in the community, and ways to get involved. Visit “youthoutright.org” to learn more.
  
  Also Saturday, March 11th, Served by Sev! Drag brunch brought to you by Emote and Different Wrld. Brunch by Truckin Delicious and is 11am to 5pm, and drag show is 1pm to 2:30pm. At Different Wrld. 
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  Party Foul drag show at The Odd every Saturday Night. Doors at 7, show at 8pm.
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  – This Sunday, March 12th, see Tina and Her Pony perform an album release show at the Grey Eagle. Doors at 6, show at 7.
  
  -Also Sunday, March 12th, Cornbread and Roses is hosting a cooking class and meal from 5 to 7pm. Check out “cornbreadroses.com” to learn more.
  
  – Every Tuesday it’s Trivia with a drag queen at Avl Beauty academy at 8pm, followed by karaoke at 10pm.

• Betula Embodiment & Resiliency is offering Spring Birding for Queers, BIPOC, and Immigrants. Every Friday, March 17th through May 26th. More info at “betulaembodimentandresiliency.com”

• Calling all queer artists 11 to 20! Revolve Art Gallery is looking for submissions for their WNC Queer Youth Art Gallery. Deadline for submission is March 31st. See ‘ccghvir’ on instagram to learn more.

That wraps up our weekly Calendar of Events!

Archive for the March 3 Life Out of Tunes radio show is online. Host Joey Books shared memories of attending the North American debut performance of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ on March 4, 1973 and re-created the concert setlist. It’s available through Thursday, March 16 on the Life Out of Tunes show page. (It will not be available on Mixcloud.)

Todd Rundgren’s groundbreaking Progressive Pop, critically acclaimed fourth album, dropped to earth on March 2nd, 1973; and JD will celebrate by playing the entire record, without interruption, at 2 PM on Thursday, March 9th. Tune in to hear all 19 tracks, that blend together as a stream-of-consciousness experiment in psychedelic infused Pop, Rock, Soul and Show tunes… All written, engineered, produced and performed by Todd Rundgren. It was a radical departure for Todd, and paved the way for his Progressive Rock band, Utopia. Look for the 50th anniversary vinyl reissue next month on Record Store Day