Studio B

He writes, he sings, he plays, he teaches wilderness skills and foraging classes.... What's not to love about Sean? And he has a brand new release, and shows Wednesday evening in Asheville, and Thursday in Charlotte. 

Learn more at www.seanrowe.net.

Asheville jazz musician and college instructor Jason DeCristofaro has organized a WNC Solidarity Concert Series for 2017 at The Block Off Biltmore.  On the final Sunday of each month, WNC-based musicians and ensembles perform a concert to raise money for a selected non-profit whose work supports marginalized communities as well as our regional ecosystems. For our Studio B session, Jason has gathered Bill Berg, Chuck Lichtenberger, and Cameron Austin. Join us as Roland speaks with them about the series, jazz, and beyond. 

Beautiful songwriting and sweet harmonies mark the original tunes and traditional Appalachian gems from this favorite band of ours, who returns to Studio B for the second time. They certainly have a soft spot for Western North Carolina's mountains and towns, as evidenced by some of their songs. But if you detect a bit of an Irish lilt in their voices, you are correct: they hail from Dublin. They play Isis in West Asheville on Wednesday night, and Merlefest on Saturday. 

Learn more at idrawslow.wordpress.com.

Zoe is Natalya Zoe Weinstein, Cloyd is John Cloyd Miller. After a few years with the fine trio Red June, this acoustic Appalachian duo has their 2nd release, once again steeped in mountain roots music, though nearly all of their songs are originals. They'll introduce us to some of the songs on Eyes Brand New on Friday morning before their Sunday CD release show in Asheville.

Learn more at www.zoeandcloyd.com.

Australian blues-rock guitarist Geoff Achison is back with another strong new release, Another Mile, Another Minute. His Southeast U.S. tour includes shows in Asheville on Friday, Tryon on April 27th and May 3rd, Knoxville on April 28th, Anderson on May 2nd, and Charlotte on May 7th.