Directory
Sites for Local Music
Albatross Party - www.myspace.com/albatrossparty
Tiziana Severse sings and plays piano.
James Mitchell manipulates drums.
Andy Bishop plays bass.
Eddie Knighton plays guitar.
Brent Baldwin plays trombone, guitar, and/or multi percussion.
Jonathan Scales - www.myspace.com/jonathanscales
Steel pan virtuoso Jonathan Scales has been astounding music lovers with his unique blending of steel drums with jazz, funk, blues, reggae, and other World genres.
Marsupial - www.marsupialmusic.com/
“One of the hardest working and certainly most talented bands swimming in the crowded and competitive Asheville music Pool, MarsupiaL is a nimble crew achieving (and deserving) to explode onto the southern jam seas.” - Honest Tune Magazine
Menage - www.themenage.com/
Luscious and original, Asheville’s own ‘Ménage’ delivers a contagious mix of soul, swing, pop, country and blues that will steal your poor heart!
Motorskills - www.myspace.com/motorskills1
Hip Hop with Soul
Sons of Ralph - www.sonsofralph.com/
“Sons of Ralph “take bluegrass, turn it on its head, spin it around and re-release it in a dazzling spectacle.”-Mountain Xpress
Static Age Records - www.staticagerecords.com/wp/
We sell and know all kinds of music: jazz, noise, rock, hip-hop, metal, folk, electronic, psychemedelic… just ask.
Stephanie’s Id - www.stephaniesid.com/
Stephanie’s Id is “indie pop revelry” (Sonic Parthenon, NYC). The emotional-yet-buoyant pop band was recently voted “Best Rock Band” and “Best Indie Band” for the second year in a row in their hometown of Asheville, NC, a city widely known for its musical soul.
Tyler Ramsey - www.tylerramsey.com/
Whether it’s indie folk, country blues or finger style guitar – Ramsey is a composer of intricate, ethereal songs of melancholy and rumination.
Velvet Truckstop - velvettruckstop.com/index.cfm
Hailing from Black Mountain, North Carolina, Velvet Truckstop sits atop the nexus of blues, country, and southern-fried rock-n-roll. Throw in a tendency for hard jammin, and the Truckstop is sure to keep your feet movin’ and your ass shakin’.
Wayne Robbins & the Hellsayers - www.myspace.com/thehellsayers
yo mama’s big fat booty band - www.bootyband.com
When the Booty Band hits the stage, everybody dances! These seven guys from Asheville, NC mix triumphant horns, laid-back grooves, and heavy backbeats to encompass many styles of music that can only be described as one… Bounce Music.
