Music is the main event this Valentine’s weekend in Asheville
Feb. 11th, 2010 A mantis is an insect with an exceptional range of vision. “Mantis” is the Greek word for prophet. And Mantis is the epic new album by Midwestern monsters of improvised rock, Umphrey’s McGee. Consisting of Brendan Bayliss (guitar, vocals), Jake Cinninger (guitar, synthesizers, vocals), Joel Cummins (keyboards, vocals), Andy Farag (percussion), Kris Myers (drums, vocals), and Ryan Stasik (bass), Umphrey’s McGee enters its second decade together with their hardest, darkest, and most artistically cohesive album to date. A long-time-coming labor of love as well as an inspiring affirmation of musical brotherhood, Mantis is Umphrey’s first fully fleshed-out studio statement since 2006’s Safety in Numbers, which was followed by 2007’s odds-and-sods collection The Bottom Half and the double live album Live at Murat. So when Brendan Bayliss sings, “We believe there’s something here worth dying for,” to kick off Mantis’s majestic twelve-minute title track, you should take him at his word. The Orange Peel
Feb. 12th, 2010 From Canada, this classical crossover sensation provides the perfect entertainment to kick off the Valentine’s Weekend. Pop with an opera flair, Destino enthralls by combining the romance of opera with pop, gospel, and soul selections delivered via its award-winning, classically trained professional tenors. Diana Wortham Theatre
Feb. 12th, 2010 The steel pan, an amazing musical discovery born in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago, is often times associated with sandy beaches, tropical climates, and cruise ships: that’s not exactly what you get at a show by the jazz-fusion quartet, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. Here you have a classically trained composer turned steel pan maestro (front man Jonathan Scales), heavily influenced by sounds from banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck to rapper Jay-Z, joining forces with a super-solid but sensible Rock & Roll drummer (Ryan Lassiter). Rapid-fire blues guitar (Duane Simpson) and powerfully finessed bass work (Shannon Hoover) hold this concoction together with jazz edge and classical sensibility. Steel pannist and virtuoso composer, Jonathan Scales, formed the ‘Fourchestra’ in 2007 as a means to deliver his musically complex, but somehow assessable, ideas to anyone willing to listen. Since then, Scales has released two well received, full-length works (2007’s One-Track Mind and 2008’s Plot/Scheme) featuring the likes of Jeff Coffin, Joseph Wooten, and Jeff Sipe. Scales’ versatility and innovative nature has allowed him to share the stage with acts like The Wooten Brothers Band, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, The Duhks, Everyone Orchestra, Toubab Krewe, Ben Sollee, and Futureman.
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Feb. 13th, 2010 Guerilla Union, producer of Rock The Bells, The Cypress Hill SmokeOut, and Paid Dues Festival, is proud to present the return of the legendary Goodie Mob. Touring for the first time in ten years, Goodie Mob will be backed by a full live band, and performing with all original members: Cee-Lo (from Gnarls Barkley), Big Gipp, Khujo, and T-Mo. Goodie Mob – along with fellow Dungeon Family group Outkast – helped put Atlanta on the map as a Mecca for hip-hop, and introduced southern rap to mainstream America. Also joining the tour is very special guest, B.o.B. Also known under the alias Bobby Ray, this talented new artist has blasted onto the music scene with endless tracks and mix tapes that set to prove B.o.B. is indeed a name to remember. The Orange Peel
Feb. 14th, 2010 Join us for a romantic Valentine’s Day Pianoforte concert featuring the works of Clara and Robert Schumann — one of music’s greatest love stories! Pianists John Cobb and Deborah Belcher will perform, joined by Gwen Roberts reading some of the Schumanns’ writings. Asheville Art Museum
