Monday, April 14, 2026 | First Horizon Coliseum | Greensboro, NC

Alexa is back living in the Asheville area, and has a new album out, following 2019’s Medicine For Living and 2021’s Headwaters.

This Colorado band has made a name for itself with its fresh blend of funk, soul, rock, jazz, and hip-hop. Perhaps you’ve caught a live set of theirs in our area the past few years, including a live set from Sierra Nevada Brewing’s amphitheatre last year that added a fun finale to our latest Crowd Around the Mic compilation.

Sunday, February 1, 2026 | The Orange Peel | Asheville, NC

Friday, January 30, 2026 | The Orange Peel | Asheville, NC

8-Piece Box! Banana Pudding! We’ll be ready for it all when one of WNCW’s favorite bands these past 30 or so years (Rick Miller – guitar and vocals, Mary Huff – bass and vocals, Dave Hartman – drums) returns to Studio B on Friday. They play the Grey Eagle on Friday evening, the Radio Room in Greenville on Saturday, and the Visulite Theatre in Charlotte on Friday the 12th.

This 5-piece band originally formed in Boone before moving recently to Asheville. Guitarists Killian Wright and Will Fentress, drummer Pauly Scott, keyboardist Isaac McMurry and bassist Ramon Garcia have just released their 7-song debut. Jam-band fans will appreciate their obvious love for acts like Widespread Panic, Phish, and the Allman Brothers Band, but they also weave in some nice pop hooks and jazz licks. They play 185 King Street in Brevard on Friday and the Boone Saloon on Saturday.

Josh Carter, Mallory Carter, Owen Grooms, Jackson Dulaney, and JT Linville comprise this Brevard band that makes fun music rooted in the old-time stringband tradition. The Mountain Song Festival, Merlefest, Charlotte Whitewater Center, Steccoah Valley Performing Arts Center, almost every brewery in the Asheville area, Firefly Festival (Delaware), the South Carolina State Fiddler's competition…They’ve played a lot of great stages over the past dozen or so years. They’re playing B Chord Live Brewery in Granite Falls on Saturday, the 20th.

On her new, 14th record, Mavis stands side by side with us in the face of dangers she knows all too well, at a time when more and more people have reason to wonder who and what could be lost. Produced by Brad Cook, it spans seven decades of the American songbook — a range nearly as vast as Mavis’ career — and includes reinventions of timeless songs as well as original music.

It's the latest project from Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee) and her twin sister, Allison Crutchfield (Swearin'), and features MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook. Each of the four artists plays a number of instruments, but the spotlight remains squarely with the two sisters, with each writing and taking lead vocals for half the songs. When they sing in harmony, you’ll notice the kind of magic that close sibling singers can create. One of the major topics they cover in their songwriting here is that of addiction, which their family has wrestled with over the years.