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Discover the Bliss of Asheville's Live Bands and Live Music

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How to Get Connected with the Asheville Music Scene via MySpace

One of the very best ways to get INTIMATELY FAMILIAR with the Asheville music scene is to check out the many dozens of MySpace websites that we've listed below... and then embark upon your own discovery of even MORE Asheville area (and beyond) musicians' by clicking on the various MySpace Friend sites they link to... the "network" of other Asheville artists friends they have created. . By doing this, you'll soon discover there are even MORE Asheville area bands and musicians on MySpace. Visit all of these bands and musicians ... listen to their music... if you enjoy it, PURCHASE their music downloads DIRECTLY from these musicians... join them as a friend and network them to YOUR friends ... attend their live concerts in the Asheville area (their MySpace pages help you keep up with all their gigs) .... and help celebrate and spread the awareness of the BLISS of the Live Music Scene that is Asheville!

Here are just a few of the zillions of MySpace Asheville area-related music websites... to get you started:

1Luv Inc Shataura Hip Hop R&B Rap

A Few Brave Souls folk/rock

A Social Function website asocialfunction.com
(formerly Common Saints)

Aaron Price Pop / Rock / Ambient
website: aaronprice.net

Adivina Latin dance and ethnofunk

Adam Tanner website AdamTannerMusic.com

Adlin and Appleford Band
Americana, Roots Music, Folk Rock

Ahleuchatistas (website Ahleuchatistas.com)

Akamai Drone

Alisa Kuumba & David 2003-2006 Roots Music

all day joey k drummer "big beat, breakbeat, funk"

Analog Moon website: RockMoon.com rock/indie

anaturale Hip Hop

Andrea Lee indie/ rock / psychodelic

Andy Burke acoustic guitar/ vocal

Arizona Psychodelic/ rock/ 'other"
website: arizonatheband.com

Asheville Reggae Crew

Ashes in Order (Shane Perlowin/ August Hoerr) pulse minimalism, genre hopping, and anything-goes-improvisation

Ashley Chambliss Indie Pop Rock "Singer-Songwriter", Keyboard Website ashleychambliss.com

Asses of the Masses

Atomic Sauce Rock / Jazz / Funk
website atomicsauce.net

August Rivers Rock/ Roots Music/ Blues
website: augustriversmusic.com ****

Auracene "... Liz L. bends sound into exotic music as Auracene using voice, cello and electricity at her Secret Orange Star Studio" Ambient/ Experimental

Autumn Rising Rock/ Alternative/ Indie
website: autumnrising.com

AxeRats Rap / Experimental

Birds on the Ground

Brian McGee & The Hollow Speed
Country/ Rockabilly/ Rock

Brian Turner Solo Piano Pop/ Classical/ Healing/ Easy Listening (website: brianturnerpiano.com)

Broadstone Country / Classic Rock
website: broadstonetheband.com

Bullets N' Lace

By Morning Rock/ Pop/ Progressive
Website: bymorningrocks.com

Caroline Pond Pop/ Jazz/ Psychobilly
website: carolinepond.com

Chach Music
"The Krunkadelic Sound of the Supa Natural Hustla"

Christine Kane Acoustic / Folk Rock / Pop

Commissioner Gordon Hip Hop

Cripes Almighty Rock / Indie / Surf

Custard Pie Rock/ Blues/ Folk website: CustardPie.info

Dave Desmelik Folk Rock / Rock / Americana
website: davedesmelik.com

Dave Turner Piano Rock

Dead Things Punk/Folk

Deb O'Nare Acoustic / Indie / Folk

Descolada Indie/ Experimental

dice fly high Garage / Southern Rock / Melodramatic Popular Song website: diceflyhigh.com

Die by the Sword
"...With the hardest hitting drums, melodic yet heavy guitar rifts, the extensive and bottomless bass and the in-your-face, aggressive vocals top everything off..."

divineMAGgees Acoustic / Folk / Rock
website: divinemaggees.com

Echo Mountain Records
(Malcolm Holcomb and Tyler Ramsey)

Eliza Lynn Other / Blues / Americana
website: elizalynn.com

Ethos Rock / Reggae / Hip Hop

Fairground Avenue

Galen Kipar Project Folk / Acoustic / Experimental
website: galenkipar.com

Grace Van't Hof Bluegrass & Blues

Gred and Forge Powerpop website

Grit Pixies Blues / Roots Music / Acoustic

Gus McGuillicutty Hip Hop / Rap
website: gurpcity.net

Gypsy Bandwagon
"... a high-energy folk band from the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Performing Irish, Mountain, Folk and Gypsy music, their show highlights include female fiddlers prevailing over their guitar and percussive sidekicks!..." website

Harvey Rock / Pop / Alternative website: harveyrocks.com

Haven Mills Alternative / Rock / Indie

Head Shotz Records Rap / R&B / Hip Hop

Hippieshitzu

Hope Massive Reggae/ Hip Hop/ Dub/ Roots

Ideal Way Experimental / Jam Band / Funk

If You Wannas
"...You can download a radio interview with live acoustic performances at our website:  www.theifyouwannas.moonfruit.com.  Just click on the music tab and scroll down.  The quality is a little sketchy, but the heart is there.  Also, at www.coolcatguide.com  you can watch a short documentary on the January Orange Peel Local Showcase with clips of live music and interviews...."

Israel Darling Indie / Folk Rock / Country

jar-e Soul / Bossa Nova / Freestyle

Jason Ross Martin Pop / Electroacoustic / Jam Band

Jason Waller

J.Gunna Hip Hop / Rap / R&B

Jen and the Juice Folk Rock / Jazz / Funk
website: jenandthejuice.com

Joel Goffin Electronica/ Breakbeat/ Trip Hop

Joltwagon Rock / Americana / Roots Music
website: joltwagon.com

Jonah Michea Judy Acoustic / Indie / Grunge

Jordan Golden Rock / Alternative / Christian

Josh Phillips Folk / Lyrical / Minimalist

Joshua Stack Folk Rock website: joshuastack.com

Just Die!

Kat Williams Jazz/ R&B / Blues/ Lounge
Website: KatWilliams.com

Kaz Manchu and the Funky Kid Wonder

Kellin Watson (see also KellinWatson.com)

Kerouac or the Radio
Indie / Experimental / Psychedelic

King Tut Experimental/ Psychedelic / Rock

Kings of Prussia Visual/ Electro/ Thrash
Website: Kingsofprussia.com

Knives and Daggers

L. A. Reeves Hip Hop/ Club/ Rap

Laura Blackley Folk / Country / Blues
website: laurablackley.com

Laura Reed and Deep Pocket Soul/ Funk/ R&B website: laurareed.com

Leela and Ellie Grace Acoustic / Folk
website: leelaandelliegrace.com

Lewis Melodramatic Popular Song / Rock / New Wave

LifesruiN Death Metal / Metal

Lil Eathra Hip Hop Rap

Lil' Warren Rap / Hip Hop / Freestyle

Linda Dickson
website: LindaDickson.com

Lo-Fi Breakdown Bluegrass / Acoustic / Neo-soul
website: lofibreakdown.com

(Loop)

Lyndsay Wojcik Folk / Folk Rock / Soul
website: lyndsaywojcik.com

Marsupial Progressive Rock/ Jazz Rock
website: marsupialmusic.com

Menage Indie, Rock, Soul website: themenage.com

Michael Libramento

Millie Palmer Acoustic/ Pop/ Rock

My Fifty Five: Joti Mara Indie/ Rock
website: MyFiftyFive.com

Nevada Indie / Rock / Psychedelic

Night's Bright Colors Indie / Pop / Experimental
website: nightsbrightcolors.com

Nikki Talley Acoustic / Indie / Rock
website: nikkitalley.com

Noah Stockdale Punk / Acoustic / Surf

No Honor Lost Hardcore/ Punk
website: nohonorlost.com

oddSTAR Electro / Gothic / Trip Hop website: oddstar.com

One Leg Up Jazz / Swing / Acoustic
website: onelegupjazz.com/

Opus Grey Rock Website: OpusGreyMusic.com

oso rey Acoustic / Folk / Bluegrass website: osorey.com

Papazi Is On The MOVE! Jazz / Blues / Experimental

Peace Jones Fusion / Funk / Folk Rock
website: peacejones.com

Pipapelli Blues / Jam Band / Rock

Polecat Creek Americana / Country / Folk
website: polecatcreek.net

Reigning Sound garage/ country/ rock

River Guerguerian Experimental / Acoustic
website: guerguerian.com

Ron Moore

Ruby Slippers Rock / Alternative / Jazz
website: rubyslippersmusic.com

Secret Lives of the Freemasons

Shane Perlowin Group

Silver Rock/ Indie/ Alternative
website: silvermusiconline.com

Sirius B. "Absurdist Gypsy Metal Folk Punk Funk" website: siriusbmusic.com

Songs From The Road Band (SFTRB)
Bluegrass / Country / Roots website: charleshumphreyiii.com

Speedsquare Progressive / Alternative / Experimental

Stacy Moore Rock / Americana / Alternative
website: stacymoore.net

Steel String Theory Acoustic / Bluegrass / Jam Band website: steelstringtheory.com "An edgy, progressive, hard-driving bluegrass band for today's hip listener."

Stephaniesid
website: Stephaniesid.com

Stickley Musique Bluegrass / Punk

Sunni D Hip Hop

Telepath Down-beat/ Dub/ Breakbeat
website: telepathmusic.com

The Barrel House Mamas Folk / Americana / Soul
"Sweet and Sultry Mountain Music"
website: barrelhousemamas.com

The Goodies Rock / Comedy / Classical Opera and Vocal
website: thegoodiesonline.com

The Grey Eagle Listening Room
".... live music venue in Asheville, NC. We are always non-smoking and our events are always all ages..." Website: TheGreyEagle.com

The Hellblinki Sextet
"...a Shape-Shifting conglomerate of eclectic musicians from Asheville, NC serving an oddly beautiful musical vision envoking Broken tooth blues in a Tux, Choral fantasies for agnostic angels, and peg-leg waltzes on the rim of Mt. Vesuvius. In the studio or on the stage Hellblinki is prone to suprises, tension, and dramatic release; its material is refreshingly unusual, while remaining accessible to mortal ears...."

The Karloffs Punk

The Kingsmen Quartet Christian Gospel website: kingsmenquartet.com

The Muses

tHE POLES Indie / Rock website: thepoleslive.com

The Rides Indie / Electronica / Folk Rock

The Stereofidelics Indie / Jazz / Rock
website: thestereofidelics.com

The Trainwreks
Rock / Country / Psychobilly
/ Western Swing

tim scroggs music Visual / Experimental / Soul

Toubab Krewe
website

Tyler Ramsey website: Tyler Ramsey)

Utah Green
(Website: Utah Green)

Velvet Truck Stop
(website: VelvetTruckStop.com)

Wooden Tit Punk / Rock / Garage

Woody Pines Roots Music / Blues / Showtunes

Woody Wood and Holly-Wood Red
Rock/ Soul/ PsychoBilly website: woodywoodmusic.com

Zach John Blew Acoustic / Folk / Pop

Here are some of the bands and musical groups in the Asheville Area

[and only then]
99 Years
A Taste Like Chicken
A Watchful Eye (Alex Newman)
Aaron LaFalce Band
Acadium
After Dark
Agent X
Akamaidrone
Akira Satake
Alien Music Club
Angela Faye Martin
Auricular
Bandazian
Bee & Boo
Betting for Benson
Billy Jonas
Blonde Blues
Blues Forgotten
Bob Burnette
Boogiedok
Bruce Black Music
Brushfire Stankgrass
Bugs Multiply
By Morning
Chad Mackey
Chicken Soup
Chris Jamison
Chris Rhodes
Christine
Chuck Brodsky
Chuck Lichtenberger
Code Adam
Cooking with Quanta
Country Farm
Craig Steven
Creech Holler
Crooked Routes
David LaMotte
Deep River
Dice Fly High
Dissent
divineMAGgees
Done for the Evening
Emma Rugg & Henry Doss
Eymarel
Firecracker Jazz Band
Galen Kipar Project
Gigi Dover and the Big Love
Greasy Beans
Gypsy Bandwagon
Hills of Home with David Hot * Doc and Richard Watson
Hubris
Ian Rutten
Jaclyn Turner
Jamuna Loop
Jar-e
Jim Taylor
Joltwagon
Jonathan Byrd
Kerouac or the Radio
Kimberly Summer
Kole
Lake Effekt
Land of the Sky Symphonic Band
Laura Blackley and the Lovehandles
Laura Michaels
Lenoir Sax
Look Beyond
Mad Tea Party
Mark Bumgarner
Mindshapefist
Monsters of Japan
Mother Vinegar
Ms Jones & the Velvetones
Oldies with Ron
On the Take
One Leg Up
PAN
Papazi
Paperboy
Patrick Fitzsimons
Peace Jones

Music Festivals

Pop Asheville
".... supports a thriving scene for modern touring bands and recognizes the importance of community and information-sharing within this scene. In the midst of a highly transitional music industry, POPAsheville seeks to bolster partnerships between touring bands and to amplify Asheville's presence on the national music map...." See Blog Asheville

See Music Festivals for MORE Asheville Area Music Festivals

Listings of Live Concerts
in North Carolina

The Village Idiot's Concert Listings
Huge listing of concerts throughout much of North Carolina

Directories of Asheville Bands, Asheville Music CDs

Asheville Bands
MySpace page devoted to Asheville bands

Asheville Jazz
MySpace page devoted to Asheville Jazz

Asheville Music Guide Directory to Recordings by Asheville Area Musicians

Live Asheville Music
on Public Radio and Public TV

Mount Dungeon: Asheville Music Television (their MySpace page)
"... a weekly no budget, locally produced underground music television show out of Asheville, North Carolina. New episodes air every Thursday @ 11PM on URTV channel 20, the local public access cable station. Each episode features a new local act performing in front of our bluescreen every week. Add crazy visuals in post production, and you have very compelling evidence MTV hasnt been doing it's job for a very long time. Asheville has possibly the richest music scene in America for a city it's size, and we're proud to be a part of it. And we encourage do it yourself media of all kinds. Seriously, if we can do this so can you...." Produced and Hosted by Matt Howard

WNCW's Studio B
"... is where the live music happens. Under the supervision of WNCW's own golden-eared audio engineer, Dennis Jones, Studio B is the station's state-of-the-art recording facility that hosts regional, national, and even international artists. WNCW broadcasts performances and interviews live on just about any given day. Some of the finest tracks captured in Studio B find their way to WNCW's self-produced Crowd Around the Mic CDs..."

Explore the Bliss of Asheville's Music Scene as Recorded on CD. Support Your Favorite Local Musicians by Purchasing Their CDs... Directly From Them at Their Website if Possible ... or via the following links.

The Same and The Other Re-issue by Ahleuchatistas in Feb 2008
Even in the Midst ".... [Ahleuchatistas] are an instrumental gtr-bass-drums trio from Asheville, NC that elicts a pretty formidable "recommended if you like" list: Don Caballero, Minutemen, Captain Beefheart, Lightning Bolt..... plenty mighty purveyors of lean, driving, punchy "math rock" (as it now seems to be tagged)... All the complex tempo and time-signature shifts are here, but hey aren't those some tasty melodic fragments popping up throughout too!..."
Flying: Live from the Grey Eagle by David LaMotte "...David Lamotte is an amazing singer and song writter. I love his music and I love his passion that he uses when he sings. This is worth purchasing!..."
Not Forgotten "... is Malcolm Holcombe at his very best, which, considering his back catalogue, is sayin' a whole helluva lot.... this is a work to be remembered, to be listened to time and again... --Shaun Harvey, Americana Roots ".... a performer of national stature, and an uncommonly unique guitarist/vocalist about whom Rolling Stone magazine says: "Haunted country, acoustic blues and rugged folk all meet [here]...."
Vista by David Wilcox "... For fans of Wilcox's earlier work, this will be a welcome release with a return of excellent musicianship and strong lyrics. The style of the music varies from the funk of Same Shaker to the bluesy sounds of Brandon Wilford Hayes to the sweet, easy-flowing Celtic rhythms of Grateful for Her Beauty (my favorite song on the album)...."
A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea by Tyler Ramsey "... This is Tyler Ramsey's third CD, and his best so far. Ramsey has a personal indie voice, great musicianship, with deep roots in jazz and folk. Although there are 12 tracks listed, keep listening, as there is a secret 13th track that takes you back into the 'long dream.'..."
Scare Tactics -- The Afromotive "...The Afromotive has hit the nail on the head with this inspiring, upbeat jam. From start to finish, this album has everything you'd want in world music: wonderful beats, groovey jams, inspiring lyrics and fun, fun, fun! A great album and a great buy. It will definately be in my top 10 list for 2007...."
Grus Americanus by Stephanie's Id. "...is a meticulously produced, handcrafted work of art that stands out in a world of sweat-shop rock. It is to be savored. It wants to be digested. From the foreboding introductory piece "Wash us Down with Sea Saline" to the wistfully playful closing track "Bounce," Stephanie's Id manages to seamlessly traverse the bridge from one emotion to the next..."
Marching Home - Balsam Range "... It is rare to find five people with similar backgrounds, similar beliefs, and similar commitment. Balsam Range is that…and more! This group feels that it is an honor to share their musical heritage, to showcase their mountain culture, and to create exciting music each time they walk on stage...."
Neighbor Girl - Cary Fridley "... I love every minute of this CD. its sparse, clean, pure, mountain and old time. Highly recommended." "...Listening to this album is like listening to an early recording without all the pops and distortions. This record is truly a respectful tribute to American country/folk music...."
Time Bomb High School by Reigning Sound "... From the first twenty seconds this is addictive stuff, some kind of revelation..... It's classic in the sense that its so well-rounded eg. cool as hell lyrics, well placed tempo shifts from song to song, real passion and rawness in the playing, a depth of sound. As a fan of ragged and urgent vocals, Greg Cartwright's vocal pleas are awesome - a hark back to garage greats..."
Breakfast in Bed by Kellin Watson from her Paper Bird Album

Livin in the Red by Crank County Daredevils

Sleaze Rock

Discover the Bliss of Live Music... and Marketing Your Indie Music Label

I Don't Need a Record Deal!: Your Survival Guide for the Indie Music Revolution "...For artists forging an independent path in this brave new world of IPods, ringtones, and struggling major labels, this book is truly a godsend. Filled with practical info and advice culled from numerous interviews with working musicians, Daylle peels back the mystique behind today's evolving music industry and advocates empowerment and independence from hoping for that major label "deal" that may never happen...."
Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook: 201 Self-Promotion Ideas for Songwriters, Musicians and Bands on a Budget ".... This book is full of little "aha" moments - ideas that are at once practical and unusual. There are no magic secrets in the Guerilla Music Marketing Handbook, but page after page of resources, inexpensive (or free) ways to promote yourself and your music and helpful true-life stories to illustrate the content and give further inspiration...."
Guerrilla Music Marketing, Encore Edition: 201 More Self-promotion Ideas, Tips and Tactics for Do-it-yourself Artists "....You'll get techniques that work in ANY marketing medium, including live shows, postal mail, fax, email, or web. If you're willing to do just a little bit of work in an organized way, or willing to teach others how to do that work for you, you'll see results. This book (and the 1st one) are real bargains. When it comes to your bottom line, most musicians will benefit more from the Guerrilla Music Marketing series than "classic" music business books such as This Business of Music...."

 

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