Day: March 1, 2006

• If you have an interest in the state of area art education at the college level, check out a faculty show at Warren Wilson and a UNCA faculty/student show at the Center for the Arts in Black Mountain (which might be more interesting if information had been provided about which teacher chose which student … Read more

CD reviews Mother Vinegar, Mother Vinegar (Monkey Fuzz Records): Three Stars • Genre(s): Rock, funk, brushes with metal. • You’ll like it if: You want an album with more twists than a circus contortionist. • Defining song: “Gypsum Cave” – This gypsy-jazz number swings like a school playground. Haunting tales of mountains of cocaine and … Read more

Musicians tend to toss out that I’m-one-with-the-crowd line like candy at a parade. But local singer Nathanael Markham is keeping the goods to himself. “The only thing I ever wanted to do was play in front of an audience exactly the way I am at home, and show them no intimacy – because that’s not … Read more

Raitt gets real: Bonnie’s new disc is for diehards. Generally speaking, Bonnie Raitt’s audience can be divided into two camps – the Original Bonnie-Maniacs and the Bonnie-Come-Latelies – and the two don’t exactly see eye-to-eye when it comes to choosing their favorite Bonnie Era. But on Raitt’s last couple of records, including her latest, Souls … Read more

Sweet success: Liz Gilbert, author of The Last American Man,went abroad to taste the spiritual life. “Inner peace is not a destination, like: ‘Here’s a picture of me on top of the mountain of Inner Peace – I finally got there on September 28, 2005!’ “No, inner peace is a process,” reveals author Elizabeth Gilbert. … Read more

The rift among the critics is as predictable as “Old Joe Clark”: Those who dread the pretensions of Swan Lake-style choreography (not to mention Tchaikovsky and his ilk) are pleasantly surprised when the folksy strains of bluegrass drift across the stage. Those who love the refined art of classical dance, however, aren’t exactly leaping to … Read more