Utah Green is an up-and-coming Asheville-based singer/songwriter. So says culture.wnyc.org. Click over to listen to an mp3:
Hailing from the banjo-picking, acid-munching hills of Asheville, North Carolina, Utah Green is a songwriter to watch. She’s remained largely unknown, but with a new album full of gorgeous folk lullabies out on The Royal Potato Family label, she won’t be unknown for long. With nothing but voice and guitar, her “14:42” possesses both the loneliness and world-weary beauty of an old sailor’s shanty.
Here’s Utah Green on myspace. Green will be opening for Marco Benevento on Nov. 4 at the Grey Eagle. Here’s more on Benevento:
Marco Benevento will tour the U.S. and Canada this Fall in support of his critically acclaimed new release, Between The Needles & Nightfall. In the midst of the 21-night run, Benevento and his band, featuring bassist Reed Mathis (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey) and drummer Nick Kinsay (Elvis Perkins), appear for a headline performance at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC on Thursday, November 4. Opening the evening will be Asheville’s own Utah Green who just released her latest recording, ForTune, on Benevento’s label, The Royal Potato Family.
The Brooklyn-based pianist and “sound sculptor” is coming off a busy summer that found him on the road with his own band in addition to touring as a full-time member of Garage A Trois and Surprise Me Mr. Davis. Highlights included a solo piano set at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, a co-bill with The Books at Rhode Island School of Design and a hometown album release show at Bowery Ballroom in New York City. He is also featured on the new Manimal Vinyl release We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie with his interpretation of “Art Decade.”