Asheville FM

Drag Sounds/ Konvoi @ The Lazy Diamond
2017-05-21 22:00 (America/New_York)
21+. $5 Suggested.

Mac DeMarco, Tonstartssbandht, Boulevards OUTDOOR SHOW at The Meadow
2017-05-21 19:00 - 22:00
12 Old Charlotte Highway
All Ages – 12 and under requires venue approval
$25 ADV/ $28 Day Of

BASK (Ramble Beyond Record Release) w/ Nest Egg, HAAL @ The Mothlight
2017-05-20 21:30
21+. $10
BASK : Progressive; heavy; psychedelic; americana, have all been used to describe Bask. The truth, we are four musicians based in Asheville North Carolina who love making music. We want rhythm heard for miles, melodies remembered for weeks and an honesty and sincerity felt to your bones. Most of all we want you to listen without concern for what you are hearing. To listen only for the sake of hearing.
Esse Quam Videri,
-Bask
Nest Egg has already made a name for themselves with their amazing fog-heavy, zoned and honed live show. Warping minds and winning fans with their heady, atmospheric take on progressive, ethereal vibed-out rock music. Psychedelic when the mood turns mellow, but driving when they hit the gas and float the cosmic flux. Really, when you get right down to it, Nest Egg are bringing on a sound that few have had the ability to channel and refine with this level of mastery.

Sahba Sizdahkhani/ Falcon Mitts / Sarah Louise & Tashi Dorji Duo @ Downtown Books & News
2017-05-20 19:00 - 23:00
All Ages. $5-$10 Donations.
Sahba Sizdahkhani
Sahba is an Iranian musician currently based in California. His love affair with sound began at age 12, upon hearing The John Coltrane Quartet for the first time. Drums were his first instrument and led to performances with Peter Brotzmann, Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto), Mary Halvorson, Marc Ribot, and Sophia Knapp. He has recorded with bands on the imprints of Dischord Records, Southern Lord, and Drag City. Sahba launched his solo project recently, where he primarily plays 104-string custom Persian santour.
https://soundcloud.com/sahba13
http://www.sahbasizdahkhani.com/
Falcon Mitts
https://soundcloud.com/patrickkukucka/5514-halcon-falcon-mitts
Sarah Louise & Tashi Dorji Duo
Is a duo guitar improvisations

Sidewalk Surfers/Phantom Playboys/Shaken Nature @ Burger Bar
2017-05-19 21:00
21+ $5

Doug Tuttle (formerly MMOSS) w/ Nightlands, Livingdog @ The Mothlight
2017-05-17 21:00
21+. $7
*New Hampshire-native Doug Tuttle (ex-MMOSS) presents the follow-up to his 2013 solo debut self-titled album with It Calls On Me.
Eschewing the jittery, love-lorn anxiety of his first solo outing, It Calls On Me presents a decidedly more dreamy journey through softer, sun-burnt landscapes, while still showcasing Tuttle’s trademark masterful guitar-work and his very own brand of impeccably-crafted, fractured psychedelic pop.
*I Can Feel the Night Around Me, the third album from Philadelphia’s Nightlands, showcases Dave Hartley’s finely tuned ability to layer his voice and conjure some of the most beautiful and elaborate virtual choirs in modern music. If his first two records were vocal layering experiments, his third stands as Hartley’s thesis statement: “I was determined to use vocal stacking to enable my songwriting, not shroud or obscure it.”
He recorded most of the album alone in a cold warehouse basement, which he affectionately calls The Space — it’s where The War on Drugs (of whom Hartley has been a core member for the past decade) formerly rehearsed and stored their equipment. Indeed the music seems more geographically inspired by the microclimates of the Lost Coast and the moonrises of Big Sur than the post-industrial cityscape of North Philadelphia. Perhaps his periodic westward sojourns and healthy obsessions with mid-career Beach Boys albums and Denis Johnson’s Already Dead: A California Gothic were influencing him more than he was aware.
*Livingdog is the moniker under which Corey Robert Parlamento writes and performs his own unique brand of indie-folk music. Originally from South Florida, Parlamento spent some years away from song writing to travel and work. These experiences range from a life as a shepherd’s right hand in the Piemonte mountains of northwestern Italy tending to herds of goats and sheep, all the way to the life of an operating room orderly carrying severed limbs to laboratories in a hospital somewhere in the sun soaked mires of eastern South Florida. His music weaves in out of those two worlds. At one minute you could be a gentle breeze on pasture wheat in a cool Italian summer, and the next you could be a pool of blood on cold linoleum. But, whichever world of his you end up in, you still get a sense of the beauty that lives within it. Currently living in Asheville NC, Parlamento spends most of his time writing and recording. He has self-released two albums since his emergence in the Western North Carolina music scene.

Friends of Community Radio Board Meeting
2017-05-15 16:30 - 18:30, 2017-04-17 16:30 - 18:30, 2017-03-20 12:30 - 14:30 | AshevilleFM Studios, 864 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC, 28806, United States

The Soul Shakedown
2017-05-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Boathouse Riverside Pavilion, 318 Riverside Drive, 318 Riverside Drive, Asheville, United States
Join Green Opportunities on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 6:00-9:00 pm for the Second Annual Soul Shakedown by the River!

Come down to the Boathouse Pavilion at 318 Riverside Drive in Asheville’s River Arts District for a soul shakin’ party. Dance to the grooves of Asheville’s own Natural Born Leaders playing a mixture of funk, soul, reggae, and hip hop. There is musical performances by some of Green Opportunities’ all-star alumni, including GO Build members 18Bird (Eric Howell), Doug Dew (Doug Dewberry), Alpha Lee (Greg Lynch), and Siyah (Isa Whitaker).
The event will feature soul food favorites from Green Opportunities’ Southside Kitchen and Guest Chef Joe Scully of Chestnut and The Corner Kitchen.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door and include entertainment, food, and two drinks (wine or beer). All proceeds benefit Green Opportunities’ work to build a strong, inclusive workforce for Asheville by providing job training to adults facing employment barriers.
Green Opportunities would like to make the Soul Shakedown accessible for GO students and low-income community members, so please consider sponsoring an inclusivity ticket.
Ticket page and more info here.

Spring Pledge Drive
2017-04-29 - 2017-05-05
Tune in for our Spring Fund Drive and help us reach our on-air fundraising goals! Call now to make a pledge 828-259-3936. Or pledge online at www.ashevillefm.org/donate

Quarterly Station Meeting
2017-03-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Bonfire Barbecue, 1056 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC, 28806, United States
