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Hailed by many as one of the best kalimba players alive today, Kevin Spears musical gifts have astounded audiences around the world and rewritten what is possible on this exotic musical instrument. Playing since the age of 10, Spears' takes the kalimba, a traditional African instrument and masterfully weaves horns, bass, ...
Hosted by Phil McGlynn. Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam. A great afternoon of music.
Wayne Bishop was born and raised in Cedar Mountain, NC and majored in music at Brevard College. He traveled across the country and Canada singing a variety of music for 20 years with his brothers. Wayne has played shows with The Beach Boys, Reba McIntyre, The Inspirations and many others. He currently ...
Join us for a community potluck from 6 - 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal with you.
Jason hosts our Jazz series every Thursday from 2 - 4 pm through August 4th. Plans are to continue the series on another day and time. We will announce the details as soon as we have them finalized. Thanks for supporting our artists! Thursday August 4: Steve Wilson (trombone)
Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal with you.
Singer/Songwriters Lillie Syracuse and Patrick French present a night of original songs and stories in the round.
Hosted by Phil McGlynn. Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam. A great afternoon of music.
Mark grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, learning to play music with some neighborhood friends, eventually forming the bluegrass band Chicken Hot Rod and playing colleges all over the eastern states. He met Sally, a fine Scruggs-style banjo player, in 1970 around a campfire at a bluegrass festival. A few years later, ...
Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal with you.
Join Moving to Conservers for a plant-based potluck and presentation by the new service Know Waste. Becoming a community free from waste requires a few services. One is a sharing club which Conservers created in 2020. It is great to have a sharing club but becoming free from waste can be a ...
Photo courtesy of Jerry Hyman. Thanks Jerry. Iliana Rose is coming back to the Canteen to perform with Jason and a couple of others. Her show is fantastic. She brings Cuban jazz to our listening venue that is sure to have you out of your seat and dancing.
The mother/daughter country duo whose tight blood harmonies drive the music came to be when Jenny Renee, a single mom, relocated her two kids, Blu Belle and Bud, from New York City to a remote cabin in Western North Carolina during the pandemic. There, they wrote songs on the porch inspired by ...
Hosted by Phil McGlynn. Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam. A great afternoon of music.
Hazel Ketchum is the Artistic Director for Mountain School of Strings and Music Teacher at Rosman Middle & High School where she teaches Chorus, Guitar and Appalachian Music. Hazel plays guitar, lute, drums, banjo, fiddle, piano, sings and is a composer. Hazel is most recently back from a tour in Ecuador where ...
Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal with you.
The Blue Skyline Duo Reborn during the pandemic after a 30-year hiatus, Richard and Evelyn are an acoustic duo who enjoy performing a selection of Americana songs along with a few originals. Both Richard and Evelyn play guitar and sing while Richard also adds fiddle, harmonica and fiddle and performs a few ...
Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal with you.
Jason DeCristofaro's Friday afternoon Jazz Series is bringing Lynn Beach Smith back to the Canteen. Lynn is a power house and holds nothing back when she sings. She brought chills down my spine as she filled our listening room with her passionate and joyful voice. We are grateful Jason is bringing her ...
Singer/Songwriter Lillie Syracuse 7-7:45 and Buffalo Kings 8-9 Buffalo Kings is a soul/pop/funk rock band that came together on the streets of Asheville, NC. The band was organically formed when singer/songwriter Trevor Darden met drummer Will Carr while Trevor was busking Downtown. The two sparked an instant friendship, and started playing music ...
Hosted by Phil McGlynn. Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam. A great afternoon of music.
Jenn Rhea Linville, Jonlyn Linville Siniard and Jessie Leigh have been playing music together for almost 20 years. They met standing around a grand piano as teenagers and the rest is history! With influences from folk, country, and singer-songwriters like Eva Cassidy and Gillian Welch, together they offer original music with three ...
Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal with you.
Marc brings a great selection of unique story songs with tinges of Delta blues and Texas twang. Marc plays rhythm guitar, resonator guitar and blues harmonica to compliment a rich singing voice. Marc’s musical journey started after his retirement on the New England coast. He landed in Brevard 6 years ago and ...
Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal with you.
Join Jason DeCristofaro as he welcomes Frances Eliza to our listening venue for a wonderful afternoon of jazz. This will be Frances first visit to the Canteen and we are looking forward to welcoming her to the family. You can see more about her at her website https://www.franceseliza.com/
Carrie Morrison's music will break your heart - in the best way. Melodic and memorable, her songs make connections. The singer/songwriter/pianist, a native of Louisville, Ky., has been playing piano since age seven. She moved to WNC in 2004, and has been a popular act in the area for more than 15 ...