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Empowering Local Leadership Through Art, Liturgy, and Social Service

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By Jacqui Castle

In 2015, The Cathedral of All Souls, an Episcopalian church in Asheville, opened the Kairos Community Center in West Asheville to empower emerging local leadership through art, liturgy, and social service in the spirit of Jesus. The church’s Reverend Canon Milly Morrow and Reverend Canon Naomi Tutu talked with Local Fauna’s Kitty Love about the center and its mission.

“My work, which is also pastoral care,” said Morrow, “is to really be able to see people’s gifts for what they are, and then to help them offer that to the building of our congregation and to the building of the kingdom of God.”

Reverend Tutu explained the need from which the community center was born. “[It] was Milly’s brainchild and baby,” said Tutu. “A place that the church has offered as a space for the community to focus on—’What are the gifts as well as the needs of the community?’—and use that space to incubate ideas, and organization, and people that are about the work of economic and racial inequity.”

“There’s a nickname for our church—all sorts—for that very reason,” said Morrow. “Because we do strive to be inclusive and welcoming and open to everyone.” It was through that mission that the community center was founded. 

“The congregation came to the realization that probably the largest challenges facing us as a church and the world are racial injustice and economic inequity,” said Tutu, “and so [we] wanted to be at the forefront of that struggle for justice.”

Tutu explained that she views placing racial and economic equity at the forefront of their mission as a way to return the church to its foundation. “The church’s DNA from our formation has been about justice. That is what Jesus taught. That is justice in the world, peace in the world, care for one another, and recognizing God in each other.”

The Cathedral of all Souls was built by George and Edith Vanderbilt in 1896, designed by the renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt, who also designed the Biltmore House and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Listen to the full interview here.


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Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, June 2-8, 2019

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Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, June 2-8, 2019

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Sarah Louise and Sally Anne Morgan of House and Land, whose Across The Field (Thrill Jockey) album is #1 in AFM’s Top 30 play chart.

House and Land play their album release show June 12, this Wednesday @ The Mothlight w/the NC premiere of the documentary film, The Ballad of Shirley Collins

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JAZZ top ten

1. Maurice Louca – Elephantine (NORTHERN SPY)
2. Simon Nabatov – Readings: Red Cavalry (LEO)
3. Glen Whitehead Trio – The Living Daylights (pfMENTUM)
4. Le String’Blo – March For Nature (VETO)
5. Teodross Avery – After The Rain: A Night For Coltrane (TOMPKINS SQUARE)

6. Jeff Snyder/Federico Ughi – Duo (CARRIER)
7. Dave Rempis/Brandon Lopez/Ryan Packard – The Early Bird Gets (AEROPHONIC)
8. Nate Wooley – Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)
9. Otherworld Ensemble – Northern Fire (EDGETONE)
10. Tom Rainey Trio – Combobulated (INTAKT)

(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)

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World Music top ten

V/A _ Jambú (É os Míticos Sons da Amazônia) (ANALOG AFRICA)
Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla _ Terrouzi (SAHEL SOUNDS)
Julie Coker _ A Life in the Limelight: Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife, 1976 – 1981 (KALITA RECORDS)
Romano Drom _ Give Me Wine (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)
Altın Gün _ Gece (ATO RECORDS)

Combo Chimbita _ Ahomale (ANTI RECORDS)
Grupo Pilon _ Grupo Pilon: Leite Quente Funaná de Cabo Verde (OSTINATO RECORDS)
Luka Productions _ Falaw (SAHEL SOUNDS)
Chelique Sarabia _ Revolución Electrónica en Música Venezolana (GUERSSEN)
The Band of Enlightenment, Reason & Love _ Zota Yinne- Single (PHILOPHON)

(compiled by Marissa)

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Experimental Music top ten
1. Hildur Guðnadóttir _ Chernobyl Soundtrack (DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON)
2. Connect_icut _ No Darkness (AAGOO)
3. Headlights _ Child’s Play (s/p)
4. Simon Nabatov _ Readings-Red Cavalry (LEO)
5. Jan St. Werner _ Glottal Wolpertinger [Fiepblatter Catalagoue #6] (THRILL JOCKEY)

6. Our Lady of the Flowers _ Holiday in Thule (13)
7. Nivhek _ After its Own Death/Walking in a Spiral Toward the House (YELLOW ELECTRIC)
8. Light Conductor _ Sequence One (CONSTELLATION)
9. Marissa Nadler/Stephen Brodsky _ Droneflower (SACRED BONES)
10. Juarta Putra _ V/A The Sacred Entertainment [Réak, Ceremonial Horse Trance Music from Priangan] (DISCREPANT)

(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)

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Top 30 Play Chart, week of June 2-8, 2019; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina

1.) 32) House and Land _ Across the Field (Thrill Jockey) … House and Land album release show June 12 (a Wednesday) @ The Mothlight w/NC premiere of The Ballad of Shirley Collins documentary film

2.) Lambchop _ This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) (Merge)

3.) French Vanilla _ How Am I Not Myself? (Danger Collective)
4.) 18) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard _ Fishing for Fishies (ATO Records / Fontana North)
5.) The National _ I Am Easy to Find (4AD)

6.) 27) The Mystery Lights _ Too Much Tension! (Wick/Daptone)
7.) Secrecies _ Secrecies (Idol)
8.) The 1865 _ Don’t Tread on We! (Mass Appeal)
9.) Connecticut _ Connect_icut No Darkness? (Aagoo)
10.) Maurice Louca _ Elephantine (Northern Spy)

11.) 12) Unwed Sailor _ Heavy Age (Current Taste)
12.) 30) Cate Le Bon _ Reward (Mexican Summer)
13.) 29) Wand _ Laughing Matter (Drag City)
14.) Charlie Abbott _ Ugly Little Sunflower (s/r)

15.) 5) 13) Sebadoh _ Act Surprised (Dangerbird) … Lou Barlow’s Sebadoh plays June 16 @ The Mothlight w/ Waveless (from Minneapolis, Minnesota)

16.) Second Still _ Violet Phase (Fabrika)
17.) 6) 3) Grace Ives _ 2nd (Dots Per Inch)
18.) 23) 28) 5) 6) Tacocat _ This Mess Is a Place (Sub Pop)
19.) 23) 7) Big Thief _ U.F.O.F. (4 AD)

20.) 31) 26) 25) 17) 13) Damien Jurado _ In the Shape of a Storm (Mama Bird) … Damien Jurado plays June 20 @ The Mothlight

21.) 13) 1) 4) 1) Reigning Sound _ Abdication… For Your Love (Merge)
22.) Jan St. Werner _ Glottal Wolpertinger (Fiepblatter Catalogue #6) (Thrill Jockey)
23.) X) 14) 23) 8) 9) 1) Priests _ The Seduction of Kansas (Sister Polygon)
24.) X) 15) 26) 13) 20) 19) 14) 6) Jenny Lewis _ On The Line (Warner Bros.)
25.) 9) 11) An Horse _ Modern Air (Poison City)

26.) Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla _ Terrouzi (Sahel Sounds)
27.) 25) Aldous Harding _ Designer (4 AD)
28.) Chris Cohen _ Chris Cohen (Captured Tracks)
29.) Light Conducter _ Sequence One (Constellation)
30.) 16) Clinic _ Wheeltappers and Shunters (Domino)

weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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864 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

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Breaking Ground and Braving the Elements: 24 hours at LEAF

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By Nora Donovan

Rain or shine, nothing was going to stop LEAF from carrying on its celebration of music and arts. The organizers’ ability to brave the elements and still deliver top-notch entertainment was very much on brand. 

In fact, this year’s theme, “Breaking Ground,” seemed to be very appropriate, said Ehren Cruz, artistic director of LEAF. According to him, the theme was “a celebration of our resilience, our ability to overcome the impact that we have on the earth and with each other, and also the strength we have to endure.”

Day pass holders for Saturday, May 11, were granted festival entrance at 9 am. If overnight campers were awake—the drum circle had lasted long into the previous night—they were waiting in line at the Sugar Shack, a longtime LEAF vendor, for energizing mocha lattes or french toast glazed with maple syrup.

LEAF starts mornings off swinging, with live music beginning as early as 8 am. The real dance party began at the Lakeside stage at 11:15 am with Sean Ardoin, a zydeco musician and singer and two-time Grammy nominee. You can listen to a full interview with him here:

In between music sets, LEAF featured an incredible array of handmade craft vendors, as well as food from several Asheville eateries. HomeGrown, Okie Dokie’s Smokehouse, French Broad Chocolate, Buchi Kombucha, and more. If eating, shopping, drinking or music wasn’t your jam, LEAF also had a healing arts tent where you could treat yourself to a massage.

(photo courtesy of LEAF)

“This year, my 13-year-old urged me to go,” said festival attendee Syd Speer, of West Asheville. “All his friends are coming and most of them kind of grew up coming to this.” LEAF is family friendly, with many different activities to entertain the under-18 crowd, such as zip lines, aquatic obstacle courses, medieval sword fighting, paddle boarding, a jellyfish swing, a Dragon boat ride excursion, and more.

The Flow Zone was a popular attraction, run by Full Circle Flow Arts, based in Asheville. “We provide an area for kids to hula hoop, play with poi, experience flow…we have LED toys,” said Jamie Lee Willocks. “Mostly it’s just about being in the flow and sharing all the tricks you know.”

(Photo courtesy of Nora Donovan)

The Screaming J’s, an Asheville-based, ragtime and boogie woogie trio who have played LEAF before, took the Eden Hall stage at 12:45 pm. Jake Hollifield (lead vocal and piano) led off the set by chanting “Yes!”— and soon the entire room was chanting it along with him. This positive energy reverberated throughout the performance, with everyone dancing around like Charlie Brown characters. We were able to catch up with the group’s drummer, Mikey Gray, and you can listen to that interview here: 

Some of the members of the Screaming Js (Photo courtesy of Nora Donovan)

Here’s an interview with Dave Hollister, who played with the Screaming Js at the LEAF Festival:

The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, a vintage rhythm, blues and soul outfit from Seattle, Washington, took the Lakeside stage at 2:30 pm and brought high-energy, organ-infused funk. Everyone was dancing when they played a killer Curtis Mayfield cover. We talked to Delvon Lamarr, and you can listen to that here: 

 

(Photo courtesy of Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio’s Facebook page)

The headliner was India.Arie, the soul empowerment songstress, who performed at 8 pm on the Lakeside stage. As she sang her hits, such as “Video” and “Brown Skin”, phrases like “Black Lives Matter” were projected on a screen behind her. Earlier in the day, you could have found her walking through the festival, which really echoed LEAF’s core value: building community.

(photo courtesy of LEAF)

The night finished off with performances by Black Violin, a classical hip hop duo; Larkin Poe, two female singer-songwriters; and Yaima, who performed “organic electronic folk lore.” Attendees who wanted to keep the party going returned to the drum circle, ignoring the storms and just dancing in the rain.

Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Top Play Charts, May 19-June 1, 2019

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Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, May 19-June 1, 2019

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JAZZ top ten

1. Eli Wallace/Rob Pumpbelly – Dialectical Imagination (LEO)
2. Jeff Snyder/Federico Ughi – Duo (CARRIER)
3. Marilyn Crispell/Tanya Kalmanovitch/Richard Teitelbaum – Dream Libretto (LEO)
4. Maurice Louca – Elephantine (NORTHERN SPY)
5. Tom Rainey Trio – Combobulated (INTAKT)

6. The Hallowed Plant – The Hallowed Plant (RELATIVE PITCH)
7. Glen Whitehead Trio – The Living Daylights (pfMENTUM)
8. Otherworld Ensemble – Northern Fire (EDGETONE)
9. Dave Rempis/Brandon Lopez/Ryan Packard – The Early Bird Gets (AEROPHONIC)
10. Nate Wooley – Columbia Icefield (NORTHERN SPY)

(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)

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World Music top ten

Altın Gün _ Gece (ATO RECORDS)
Combo Chimbita _ Ahomale (ANTI RECORDS)
Romano Drom _ Give Me Wine (WORLD MUSIC NETWORK)
Ahmed Ag Kaedy _ Akaline Kidal (SAHEL SOUNDS)
Dexter Story _ Bahir (SOUNDWAY RECORDS)

Ekiti Sound _ Abeg No Vex (CRAMMED DISCS)
Susana Estrada _ Amor Y Libertad (ESPECIAL DISCOS)
Los Revolucionarios _ Los Revolucionarios (VAMPISOUL)
Robert Y Su Banda _ Soy La Ley (VAMPISOUL)
Zenobia _ Zenobia EP (CRAMMED DISCS)

(compiled by World Music director Marissa)

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Experimental Music top ten

1. V/A _ The Sacred Entertainment [Réak, Ceremonial Horse Trance Music from Priangan] (DISCREPANT)
2. Matmos _ Plastic Anniversary (THRILL JOCKEY)
3. Prana Crafter _ Mindstreamblessing (ELDERDOWN/CARDINAL FUZZ)
4. OOGUI _ Travoltazuki (LEO)
5. Jan St. Werner _ Glottal Wolpertinger [Fiepblatter Catalogue #6] (THRILL JOCKEY)

6. Jeff Snyder/Federico Ughi _ Duo (CARRIER)
7. VocCOLOURS & Andrei Razin _ Ganglia (CREATIVE SOURCES)
8. Israel Martinez _ Pausa (AAGOO)
9. Joni Void _ Mise en Abyme (CONSTELLATION)
10. The Caretaker _ Everywhere an Empty Bliss (HISTORY ALWAYYS FAVOURS THE WINNERS)

(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)

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Top 30 Play Chart, weeks of May 19-June 1, 2019; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina

1.) Nots _ 3 (Goner)

2.) Wednesday _ Wednesday EP (Manic Static) … Wednesday _ “Asheville’s most adorable AND versatile indie pop band” _ plays June 14 (a Friday) @ The Mothlight w/TOPS (from Montreal, Canada)

3.) 25) Aldous Harding _ Designer (4 AD)
4.) X) 16) Altın Gün _ Gece (ATO Records / Fontana North)

5.) 13) Sebadoh _ Act Surprised (Dangerbird) … Lou Barlow’s Sebadoh plays June 16 @ The Mothlight w/ Waveless (from Minneapolis, Minnesota)

6.) Theo Croker _ Star People Nation (Sony Masterworks)
7.) V/A _ The Sacred Entertainment [Réak, Ceremonial Horse Trance Music from Priangan] (DISCREPANT)
8.) Prana Crafter _ Mindstreamblessing (ELDERDOWN/CARDINAL FUZZ)
9.) OOGUI _ Travoltazuki (NORTHERN SPY)
10.) 4) Drahla _ Useless Coordinates (Captured Tracks)

11.) X) 1) Axxa/Abraxas _ Get Weird Or Die Boring (RTA) … Asheville, NC band, played Psych Mountain Fest, June 25 @ The Mothlight

12.) Unwed Sailor _ Heavy Age (Current Taste)

13.) 1) 4) 1) Reigning Sound _ Abdication… For Your Love (Merge)
14.) 23) 7) Big Thief _ U.F.O.F. (4 AD)
15.) 16) Protomartyr _ No Passion All Technique (Domino Recording Co 2019)

16.) Clinic _ Wheeltappers and Shunters (Domino)
17.) 10) Reptaliens _ VALIS (Captured Tracks)
18.) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard _ Fishing for Fishies (ATO Records / Fontana North)
19.) The Dream Syndicate _ These Times (ANTI-/Epitaph)
20.) 6) 3) Grace Ives _ 2nd (Dots Per Inch)

21.) 12) POW! _ Shift (Castle Face)
22.) 3) Mary Ocher _ The West Against the People (KLANGBAD)
23.) 28) 5) 6) Tacocat _ This Mess Is a Place (Sub Pop)
24.) 27) Weyes Blood _ Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)
25.) L7 _ Scatter the Rats (Blackhearts)

26.) Redd Kross _ Hot Issue / Teen Babes From Monsanto (Merge) … Redd Kross plays July 26 (a Friday) @ The Grey Eagle (Dale Crover of Melvins on drums!)

27.) The Mystery Lights _ Too Much Tension! (Wick/Daptone)
28.) 8) 9) Hash Redactor _ Drecksound (Goner)
29.) Wand _ Laughing Matter (Drag City)
30.) Cate Le Bon _ Reward (Mexican Summer)

31.) 26) 25) 17) 13) Damien Jurado _ In the Shape of a Storm (Mama Bird) … Damien Jurado plays June 20 @ The Mothlight

32.) House and Land _ Across the Field (Thrill Jockey) … House and Land album release show June 12 (a Wednesday) @ The Mothlight w/NC premiere of The Ballad of Shirley Collins documentary film

weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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Asheville FM WSFM-LP
864 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

ashevillefm.org