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Jeff Sipe
by Alan Bryson
Jeff Sipe is a drummer based in Asheville, North Carolina, and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. For decades he has been a conspicuous presence on the Southern music scene. He was an original member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, and the phenomenal trio Hellborg, Lane, Sipe. He's known as Jimmy Herring's go-to ...
Guitar Legend Adrian Belew Announces Massive North America Tour
Asheville, NC – Adrian Belew is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist, who has released 20 critically acclaimed solo albums. He has worked alongside some of the most innovative artists of the past 30 years, including Paul Simon, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Frank Zappa, Laurie Anderson and Nine Inch Nails. For 33 years he was ...
Palo! Fever Is Spreading Across The Nation As New CD, Palo! Live, Gains Airplay
MIAMI, FL – PALO! Live, the sophomore CD by Miami’s award-winning Afro-Cuban Funk band, PALO!, debuted at #20 on the CMJ World Music Chart. Recorded live in front of a standing room only crowd last August in Miami, the CD is now reaping airplay in the band’s hometown as well as across the country. Among the ...
Asheville Percussion Festival Announces 2014 Schedule Of Events
The third annual Asheville Percussion Festival returns to Western North Carolina on June 20-22, 2014. Hosted by renowned multi-percussionist River Guerguerian and Jazz recording artist Lizz Wright, the three-day percussive arts festival will feature workshops, panels and performances led by acclaimed musicians from a variety of drumming concentrations. The event takes place in the scenic mountain ...
E. Normus Trio: Love and Barbiturates
by Glenn Astarita
These Asheville, NC musicians started collaborating in 2007, leading to this debut release that skirts the boundaries of jazz-rock, free-jazz and progressive metal-jazz. The jazz and improvisational elements accentuate most of these works, fueled by adrenaline rushes amid the trio's broad arsenal.Excitable but largely cohesive, lead soloist and clarinetist Steve Alsford bridges torrid breakdowns ...
Asheville Percussion Festival To Take Place June 8th-10th, 2012 At The Creative Technology And Art Center – Odyssey School In Asheville, Nc
Asheville, NC: The first annual Asheville Percussion Festival will take place June 8th-10th, 2012 at the Creative Technology and Arts Center – Odyssey School in Asheville, NC. The theme is ‘Tradition to Innovation’. The festival will be hosted by Asheville’s ambassador to rhythm River Guerguerian. There will be workshops with Master teachers such as Jamey Haddad ...
David Sanborn and John Pizzarelli at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa - January 29 through January 31
A legendary resort hosts the legends of jazz ASHEVILLE, NC -- The eighteenth annual “All That Jazz" weekend at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa will bring legendary jazz artists to Asheville, North Carolina for two days of concerts and jazz themed special events. Jazz legends David Sanborn and The John Pizzarelli Quartet will headline ...
George Duke to Perform Benefit Concert for Bob Moog Foundation and Miuseum of Making Music
Jazz, Funk and R&B Legend George Duke and Quartet To Perform Benefit Concert for the Bob Moog Foundation and the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA On Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7 PM, George Duke--whose very name is synonymous with funk, R&B, pop, soul and jazz and who is heralded as a world class ...
Grammy Winner Al Jarreau Headlines "All That Jazz" Weekend at the Grove Park Inn
Al Jarreau, Kevin Mahogany & The Godfathers of Groove, The Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Bonnie Bramlett and Vince Lewis will perform at The Grove Park Inn ASHEVILLE, N.C. (January, 2009) - The seventeenth annual “All That Jazz" weekend at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa will bring legendary jazz artists to Asheville, North Carolina, January 30 ...
Eclectic Rockers MarsupiaL Defy Genres with Fourth CD
Asheville, NC - The progressive music community is buzzing with the anticipated new CD release by MarsupiaL, one of the most pioneering ensembles to emerge from North Carolina in many years! Defying genre labeling, MarsupiaL's special blend of progressive rock, jam-band, southern roots and jazz transcends any preconceived classification. Mick Skidmore of Relix Magazine explains, “The ...
