Local women DJs and MCs put their spin on hip-hop
Stuart Gaines | 01/05/05 |
Local artist's gallery makes Rand McNally's latest Best of the Road list
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Megan Shepherd | 01/05/05
Is there more to this bluegrass babe than an angelic voice?
Stuart Gaines | 01/05/05
Playing Patsy Cline brings peculiar challenges -- and rewards
Obsessive detail is the greatest aspect of miniature works
Nomadic music-and-poetry forum takes shape according to its venue
Connie Bostic | 01/12/05
Three high-culture, low-maintenance day trips geared to beat the winter blues
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Film festival's mission begins after the credits fade
Stuart Gaines | 01/12/05
Compared to Steve Earle, ordinary protestors just spew static
A new biography explores the conflicting sides of North Carolina's Asheville-born Civil War-era governor
Brian Sarzynski | 01/19/05
Rev. Jeff Mosier resurrects Blueground Undergrass after three years in purgatory
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Stuart Gaines | 01/19/05
In its third year, Asheville Fringe Festival has more to prove
Stuart Gaines | 01/19/05
WCU professor nabs prestigious O. Henry prize
Resurgence of soul jazz is a mixed blessing for one of the genre's pioneers
Brian Sarzynski | 01/26/05
Film about paranormal children is nourished by grassroots devotion
Stuart Gaines | 01/26/05
The best and worst films of 2004
Our guest reviewer's short takes on 2004's best and worst
Marci Miller | 01/26/05
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Xpress Staff | 01/26/05
Satirical play takes Hollywood golden boys down a peg
Stuart Gaines | 01/26/05
Photography shows approach the medium from opposite angles
After decades of turmoil, Gregg's finally seen the light
Connie Bostic | 02/02/05
Author taunts rock stars, politicians and hippies in equal measure
Stuart Gaines | 02/02/05
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
New take on Anne Frank story is enhanced by local connection
Stuart Gaines | 02/02/05
He may not be an MD, but Dr. John has the recipe for longevity
Artist of a certain age explores flight in new works
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Connie Bostic | 02/09/05
Stepping into Asheville's walkable Arts & Crafts history
Stuart Gaines | 02/09/05
Los Amigos Invisibles cross musical borders for some seriously sexy fun
Asheville native offers his own 'Cold Mountain'-style history, with lesser results
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 02/16/05
Making a stand is easier than making a splash
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Stuart Gaines | 02/16/05
Asheville Poetry Review celebrates 10 unapologetic years
Stuart Gaines | 02/16/05
Rani Arbo finds the fun in Oh Death
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Craft school in Brasstown makes 80
Stuart Gaines | 02/23/05
( ... it's yours for the asking)
Carbon Leaf turns unpredictably toward the sun
J. Grasworth | 03/02/05
Play asks: What is art? -- and laughs at the answer
Exhibit at new Lexington Avenue gallery aims for unmarketable minimalism
A 2004 post-mortem
Connie Bostic | 03/02/05
Valuable scraps from the local-music scene
Gershwin tunes were always the main point of this silly musical
Stuart Gaines | 03/02/05
Local author tries to offer more than just a good story
Michael Reno Harrell tells a tale or two
Local producer stirs up some odd concoctions on compilation disc
Clubs, bands, stores and more
What a prayer for peace looks like, and other stories
| 03/16/05
Gross-out rockers shake up the local scene
Lifers and transplants speak out
Asheville area venues range in musical tastes from edgy pop to sugary folk
Asheville studios ready to commit your sound to disc
What Asheville's best-known open mics have to offer
The land of mountain music boasts a remarkable array of instrument stores
Western North Carolina is chock full of luthiers
Nelda Holder | 03/16/05 |
Asheville area music resources
Nelda Holder | 03/16/05
Punkabilly John Doe has a new hybrid
Author exhumes slavery's convoluted past
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 03/23/05
Mural painter's newest subjects demand to be taken seriously
Current artists vie to define Woody Guthrie
The original 'Figaro' was a Napster move in a pre-digital age
Late-blooming writer ascends to state office
Current events heighten drama at 35below
Local author manages to find hope in Alzheimer's
Greenville's Sun Domingo may be destined to liven up the airwaves
Larger-than-life women -- in miniature
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 04/06/05
Musicians push hard to keep Shindig the same
A minimalist interview with Iron & Wine's Sam Beam
Just who 'is' Eric Rudolph -- and where did he hide for so long?
Hunter Pope | 04/13/05
This tabla master's life is all work -- and all play
Despite new digital enhancements, you can't rush pinhole photography
Local writer gets personal with nature
Connie Bostic | 04/20/05
Local world band is precisely the sum of its parts
Today's great musical match-ups can be traced to a certain Mrs. Earl Scruggs
Connie Bostic | 04/27/05
Local band knows accessibility goes with everything
Otherworldly beings make fresh appearance at Gallery 520
Warren Wilson Theatre restores darkness and lost text to much-adapted Shakespearean comedy
Connie Bostic | 04/27/05
Local competition takes air guitar from the closet to the stage
Slippery Paul Westerberg finally comes to Asheville (but doesn't call us)
Anthology arrives just in time for Mother's Day
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 05/04/05
The Allmans had Twiggs, the Dead had Sharkfin -- and Panic has Vereen
Haunted by stage fright and would-be headliners, rising diva plays LEAF number 20
Russ Keith | 05/04/05
Pete Zamplas | 05/11/05
The Black Keys prefer dim light over limelight
Xpress Staff | 05/11/05
Painter plunges from cheery to scary
From 'Paper Bird' to the Duhks, local songwriter uses family connections to take flight
Connie Bostic | 05/11/05
Writers of tomorrow get play today
Why Norman and Nancy Blake don't even have a Web site
Tanya M. Williams | 05/18/05
Interactive exhibit lets Cherokees speak for themselves
'Medicine Man' deals with more than the common cold
Connie Bostic | 05/18/05
Notes on local music
Stuart Gaines | 05/25/05
Theater festival aims to up Asheville's arts ante
Stuart Gaines | 05/25/05
Highland Rep's latest production proves that the world is growing smaller
SmileFest family looks for new start after a frown-fueled 2004
Hunter Pope | 06/01/05
Putting the six-degrees concept to work
Mullen's work teases the boundaries of an already nebulous genre
Newly released documentary offers a rare conduit into Moog's world
Connie Bostic | 06/01/05
Cheeksters are doing '65 in an old-school zone
Chris Toenes | 06/01/05
Notes on local music
Ambitious installation asks colorful questions about the omnipresent terror-alert code
Hunter Pope | 06/01/05
The perpetually misunderstood Robbie Fulks sharpens his defense
Connie Bostic | 06/08/05
The Bailey Mountain Trio lives to save mountain music
The Brunettes make use of the cutie-pie curse
Hunter Pope | 06/08/05
John Lennon's artwork was all about peace and love, says Yoko Ono
Keowee Festival wants to prove that chamber music rocks
Buncombe County Chautauqua brings Civil War figures to life
Notes on local music
Unprecedented changes help revive outdoor drama in Cherokee
Hunter Pope | 06/15/05
Fluffy is for beach towels, not books
Ananda Marga followers team up to spread their message
Text-centered visual-art exhibit is perhaps too heavy on New Age platitudes
Younger-generation heartthrobs prove classical musicians are the new rock stars
Connie Bostic | 06/22/05
Book shines a (red) light on classical music
With 'Corduroy and Denim', David Sedaris reluctantly shows a softer side
Luciano's stand-alone voice spreads a message of unity
Notes on local music
'Legacy of Glass' reflects the full-blown emergence of a sleeper trend
Hunter Pope | 06/29/05
'Jack and Diane' uses plenty of slapstick to hit its high notes
Connie Bostic | 07/06/05
Modernist painting exhibit is more than the sum of its stars
World dance festival sidesteps local charges of elitism
Connie Bostic | 07/06/05
Eat your heart out, Olsens: Double trouble even predates the Bard
The post-'Famous' world of Mark Kozelek
Notes on local music
Film Project pits the camera against the hourglass
Hunter Pope | 07/13/05
Photos from Vietnam expose multiple layers of war
Flat Rock Playhouse puts its faith in Stephen Schwartz
Brian Sarzynski | 07/20/05
Cabo Verde wants you to listen, not lunge
Notes on local music
Elvis blazed a trail of rock 'n' roll stories in Asheville
Hunter Pope | 07/20/05
NPR's classical-music voice broadcasts irritation at the genre's new celebrity
Hunter Pope | 07/27/05
Local artist renders primitive forms with mass appeal
EtherMusic 2005 will draw theremin lovers and leaders
Elvis blazed a trail of rock 'n' roll stories in Asheville
Jon Elliston, Stuart Gaines | 07/27/05 |
Chris Toenes | 08/03/05
Raised the old-fashioned way, the Dowden Sisters embody all that's radical about the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Chris Toenes | 08/03/05
Furniture maker tries building a new reputation as a painter
Pete Zamplas | 08/03/05
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 08/03/05
Terpsicorps Dance risks its neck to animate Poe for the whips-and-leather crowd
Hunter Pope | 08/03/05
Notes on local music
Why Buckminster Fuller's work is never done
Hunter Pope | 08/10/05
Honey festival in Black Mountain gets mired in 'Idol' mania
Loretta's 'Van Lear Rose' is still blooming in Dixieland
Building an imaginary bridge between Loretta Lynn and Doc Watson
The Health Adventure taps into nostalgia to draw original 'Sesame Street' fans
Exhibit of architectural blueprints shows the future of arts in Henderson County
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 08/17/05
Local world-music sensation to play Goombay
Hunter Pope | 08/17/05
New theater collective wisely taps into existing local talent
Reigning Sound's Greg Cartwright rules his reverent populace
Unlike Dylan, political folkie David Rovics sings on-site
Hunter Pope | 08/24/05
Notes on local music
Growing locals-only festival now wants tourists (so they can see what they're missing)
Hunter Pope | 08/24/05
The Black Rebels are a family band first
Notes on local music
The not-so-obvious reasons why 'Hair' still rocks
Hunter Pope | 08/31/05
Mountain State Fair headliner has turned hard knocks into big hits
Celtic rockers Rathkeltair stand up to be counted
Paintings at YMI are audibly rendered
James Fisher | 09/07/05
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 09/07/05
Storyteller looks at those left 'off' Noah's Ark
Hunter Pope | 09/07/05
Understanding Swedish band's lyrics isn't the point
Push Gallery show explores the consequences of biotechnological experimentation
Chris Toenes | 09/14/05
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 09/14/05
Fusing rock with ballet moves tickets and ticket holders
Hunter Pope | 09/14/05
Jay Farrar recasts Son Volt, and creates 'an idealized corner of pop music
You don't have to believe to be there
Hunter Pope | 09/21/05
Tribes from Arizona to Alaska will meet in Cherokee to compare cultures
Notes on local music
Brian Sarzynski | 09/21/05
The Asheville Arts Center's band camp gives young musicians a taste of the dream
Hunter Pope | 09/21/05
Portland-based The Decemberists have mapped their own particular route to hipville
Jess Clarke | 09/28/05
A Southern Fried Chick dips into Dixology
Hunter Pope | 09/28/05
I don't paint because I'm an architect, I'm an architect because I paint
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 09/28/05
'1491' offers a new look at the pre-Columbian New World
Hunter Pope | 09/28/05
Shows featuring famous couples have become de rigueur for husband-and-wife-owned dance company
If the Brazilian Girls were really from Brazil, would they still exist?
Notes on local music
What happens when a singer takes a camera to a war zone
Hunter Pope | 10/05/05
'The Wilco Book' talks about itself (and John Stirratt has a few new things to say, too)
Anne Thibault embodies 20-plus characters in the ambitious but insight-poor 'Syringa Tree
none | 10/12/05
Notes on local music
Filmmaker follows the sound of bluegrass and finds a rare (and threatened) community
Hunter Pope | 10/12/05
Musical comedy blends high art and low rent
Brian Sarzynski | 10/19/05
Gen-X reporter tests Gen-X maestro on his ability to transport
Struggling artists help their own, installing where they can whatever it takes
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 10/19/05
Using best-selling, locally written spellbook, a working girl dabbles in Wicca
Hunter Pope | 10/19/05
Why the darling of horror is the censors' worst nightmare
Broadway's longest-running musical comes with groupies -- and some unexpected etiquette
'Apocalypse' shows that collaborators are survivors
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 10/26/05
Spoon's Britt Daniel says he's not out to rewrite the book
Hunter Pope | 10/26/05
Local conductor considers $20,000 reworked folk songs a priceless acquisition
Photographer focused on public displays of faith is blessed with bountiful images
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 11/02/05
Why Puremovement is pure only in name
Hunter Pope | 11/02/05
Local offshoot of worldwide event digs for the edgier side of kindness
Roll over, play Dead: Bob Weir prefers leading his Ratdog
Notes on local music
Stuart Gaines | 11/09/05
Two bands. Worlds apart. One night. Your call.
Hunter Pope | 11/09/05
'Byna' recreates Appalachia on a different plane
Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' offers new challenges for HART actors and audiences
Notes on local music
'High Atmosphere' draws much of its dark punch from Madison County
Hunter Pope | 11/16/05
Holden Gallery offers a complex look at an ancient Chinese ritual
Prodigal playwrights insist their Southern comedy springs from real roots
Connie Bostic | 11/23/05
Notes on local music
At what point is novelty just not novel anymore?
Hunter Pope | 11/23/05
Drama club's rootlessness makes taking risks easier
Notes on local music
Inaugural exhibit at Fine Art Museum goes around the world to find home
Hunter Pope | 11/30/05
Austin band's incisive naughtiness is the salt that makes the mix
Connie Bostic | 12/07/05
Coffee-table books: 2005 in review
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 12/07/05
The Bobs take lowing to new heights at Asheville's Diana Wortham Theater
Notes on local music
Haynes trumps Lewis, Rowling and Tolkien in conjuring up magical sagas for adventuresome fans
Hunter Pope | 12/07/05
This show is for the girls
Stuart Gaines | 12/14/05
Distinguished players/photographers can't picture themselves apart
Connie Bostic | 12/14/05
Local Beat nostalgists gather for 'Howl''s 50th birthday
Pete Zamplas | 12/14/05
Notes on local music
Sacred music and the modern Christmas
Hunter Pope | 12/14/05
Trained industrial designer blends an odd composite of talents
Notes on local music
Connie Bostic | 12/21/05
Hunter Pope | 12/21/05
A conversation with filmmaker Tim Kirkman
Alli Marshall, Melanie McGee Bianchi | 12/28/05
Notes on local music
Xpress exposes the wizards behind the local arts scene
Hunter Pope | 12/28/05
