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With gut-wrenching emotion, ‘Army of Love’ faces down childhood cancer

Jason Sandford January 3, 2019

Singer-songwriter Dave Desmelik penned one of the most powerful Asheville albums of 2018; it's a record about childhood illness.

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Asheville Music

Desmelik organizes Asheville-area musicians into Army of Love for benefit

Jason Sandford November 30, 2018

The show is set for Dec. 9 at The Grey Eagle, and will feature Amanda Anne Platt, Shannon Whitworth, Laura Blackley, Jane Kramer and many more.

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Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Asheville: Grey Eagle concert, Diamond Brand Wednesday

Jason Sandford September 5, 2017

Details are still coming together for the Grey Eagle show, which will feature Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters and many more local musicians.

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Asheville Music, Asheville News

LEAF Downtown AVL ’16 announces lineup: WAR, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Bill Myers & The Monitors, much more

Jason Sandford June 7, 2016

Also, LEAF SoulTown Review, The Broadcast, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, AJ Ghent Band, Les Amis and much more.

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Andie and the rest

One more note on Andie, then I’ll shut it. Andie and Rosie were on TV last night – did you …

Music galore in Ashvegas this week

Ashvegas and the surrounding mountains will be alive with the sound of music this week. Check out this line-up: Tomorrow, …

A Rose by another name: Andie MacDowell

Rose Qually is hot – her career is sizzling and the woman who goes by the big screen name Andie …

Roaming WNC: Pottery for the people at Mud Dabber’s

There’s a great pottery tradition in Ashvegas and surrounding parts. Let me tell you about a little studio I stumbled …

More photos from Biltmore

Here are some more photos from Biltmore, shot last weekend when it WASN’T snowing. See my earlier post and my …

Ashvegas of the past

A few things I miss about Ashvegas – Bill Stanley’s Bluegrass and Barbecue; Gatsby’s; Sunny Sparachino’s; 45 Cherry; Dinner for …

Blackberry winter

Blackberry winter – that’s what the mountain folks around Ashvegas call this cold snap we’re having. But I’ve lived most …

Rashad comes to town

Basketball and Bible-thumpin’ don’t really mix for me. That’s why I’m glad I didn’t go to see today’s exhibition game …

Blog bits: Ashvegas A-listers

More blog bits for ya. I watch the celebs so you don’t have to: From the ATL to the AVL …

Sylva: On growlers and Greening Up the Mountains

I visited Sylva last weekend. Let me tell you about Sylva. Like most of the small towns across WNC, they’ve …

Biltmore’s flower festival

George’s houseMe and my boo went to check out Biltmore’s flower festival. What a day! It was absolutely beautiful and …

Blog bits: Weasel words and mollycoddles

A few assorted items: The new pope We have a pope. Ratzinger from Germany. Pope Benedict the 16th. The bells …

Britney: 60 million in record sales can’t be wrong

Britney is a cultural barometer. That’s why her pregnancy is news in this celebrity-obsessed culture. I said it in my …

Eric’s manifesto: Part II

The Hunt Washington was lucky that day in Birmingham, they had a witness who happened into a fortuitous position, and …

Eric’s manifesto

In my earlier post Eric Ruolph post (see link below), I said all our questions about him and his motivations …

Britney is preggers

Britney is knocked up. We all saw the magazine pictures. It was only a matter of time before she admitted …