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Some bands play songs. TAS plays entire albums — front to back, note for note — and they do it with a different lineup every time.

Led by local musician Caleb Davis, TAS is a rotating-lineup concert project with a simple but ambitious premise: assemble a crew of skilled players, pick an iconic album, and perform the whole thing live. TAS has taken on Pink Floyd's entire catalogue, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Allman Brothers, Metallica, and many more — each show a unique event with a handpicked ensemble matched to the material.

Now TAS raises the bar with "Recreating The Zappa Experience" — a complete performance of Frank Zappa's Apostrophe (') plus a set of additional Zappa classics. It's a gauntlet of odd time signatures, jazz-fusion complexity, and razor-sharp satire that has become a trademark of Zappa’s legacy. Joining Davis on guitar and vocals: Mark Stallings (keyboards), Chad Thompson (bass), Curtis Wingfield (drums), and Trevor Cook (percussion).

This is TAS at its most fearless. Don't miss it.

The Jazz Showcase is curated by esteemed pianist, scholar, and UNC Asheville music professor Dr. Bill Bares; this showcase series is dedicated to bringing the region’s finest jazz musicians and most compelling sounds to our stage in a true listening room experience.

Brevard Sinfonia
Earl Lee, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violin

Conductor Earl Lee leads the Brevard Sinfonia in a colorful orchestral program.

Featuring violinist Amaryn Olmeda in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, a work of lyrical beauty and sparkling virtuosity. Berlioz’s exuberant Roman Carnival Overture launches the concert, while Mendelssohn’s beloved “Italian” Symphony concludes the evening with sunlit melodies and irresistible rhythmic energy.

PROGRAM
HECTOR BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, “Italian”

STANDING ROOM ONLY

BUCK MEEK
A gleaner of the forgotten, Buck Meek tips over the familiar and turns the unknown into a companion. On The Mirror, the artist’s fourth solo record and second album released by 4AD, there’s a tender power, countered by immutable vulnerability. With an uncanny curiosity, Meek conjures twin worlds to reveal the uniqueness in the mundane. Inviting in reflection as collaborator and demon as friend, The Mirror doesn’t seek to know but to ask, looking to the shape of a question rather than the illusion of its answer.

Meek grew up in Wimberley, Texas, teenage protege to an old guard of mystic Texas songwriters and musicians. He later moved to New York where he met Adrianne Lenker. The two lived in a van while singing their songs across the country before forming Big Thief.

The partnership of Meek and producer, James Krivchenia, emerged from a decade of work together in Big Thief. Conceptually, The Mirror emerged from the idea to combine Meek’s band’s live, kinetic energy with an oblique electronic world. The pair invited a collective atmosphere in which simultaneous experiment could occurr––the musicians responded to each other in real time, while their instruments triggered modular synthesizers and electronic magic boxes. The Mirror welcomed in friends, family, longtime collaborators from ranging musical eras of life as vital co-creators. New creative partners and longtime friends like composer and ambient musician Alex Somers joined in on synthesizer, toy microphone, and piano, and Mary Lattimore brought in the sounds of her prismatic harp.

Lexical mirrors are handheld, tactile, and kept close throughout the record––each one holding up a new truth. The Mirror aptly embraces the unknown with an abiding curiosity and Meek continues to reveal his skill as translator of human feeling and its endless portals. The Mirror looks for duality, finding it in the weeds and overgrowth.

“My demon is my darkness and my darkness is my angel /

I taught him how to read, now I’m teaching him to write.”

Showcasing original music from local and regional songwriters in an intimate listening space. Email support@smalltowncoffeeroasters.com for booking inquiries.

The Grey Eagle and Worthwhile Sounds Present
PATIO SHOW: MY MAGNIFICENT NEMESIS
Sunday, July 19
4:30pm Doors // 5:30pm Show
All Ages
LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE

My Magnificent Nemesis is an Asheville-based progressive cinematic pop rock band with a jazzy edge, led by composer/drummer James Kylen alongside Chuck Lichtenberger (keys), Jonathan Pearlman (guitar), Ryan Kijanka(bass), and Alex Travers (violin).

Known for their high-powered musicianship and playful stage vibe, their sets showcase the band’s imaginative original music, shifting between driving rock, quirky and silly moments, sweet melodic sections, and sweeping cinematic feels—so you never quite know what’s coming next, but it’s always exciting and engaging.

Cleverly placed covers keep audiences invested and guessing, reimagining everything from Led Zeppelin and The Beatles, to Coltrane and Chick Corea, to modern pop favorites like Katy Perry and more.

Being Dead
Kurt Vile And The Violators
Sunday, July 19
Show: 8 pm | Doors: 7 pm
The Orange Peel
Ages 18+

The Jazz Showcase is curated by esteemed pianist, scholar, and UNC Asheville music professor Dr. Bill Bares; this showcase series is dedicated to bringing the region’s finest jazz musicians and most compelling sounds to our stage in a true listening room experience.

Defined by their storytelling, The Fretliners’ lean into the tradition of acoustic string instruments but reach beyond genre to reach listeners through honest and craft.

Six-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell presents a magical evening at the Brevard Music Center on July 19 for the final show of his solo tour!

Widely regarded as one of the most respected artists of his generation, the Six-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter has a rare gift for capturing life’s deepest emotions and transforming them into poetry set to song. With raw honesty and heartfelt precision, Isbell sings of the everyday human condition in ways that resonate far beyond the stage.

Following a string of critically acclaimed albums, a role in the Academy Award–nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon, and years of touring the globe with his band, The 400 Unit, Isbell began 2025 with a new chapter: his first solo record in over a decade. Foxes in the Snow strips it all back to just Isbell, his voice, and his beloved all-mahogany 1940 Martin 0-17. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the album highlights his singular songwriting talent. As Stereogum put it, “the bare-bones intimacy recenters the artist behind the persona and serves as a reminder that this guy can write a damn song.”