Day: July 29, 2014
Beer Scout: Catawba to open satellite brewery in South Slope
If you get up every morning and drive an hour to work, you have a good idea what it’s been like to work in sales or deliveries for Catawba Brewing. For the past 15 years, Catawba has been driving thousands of barrels of beer from its brewery in Morganton to Asheville, the company’s largest territory since day one.
Sound investment: WNC’s burgeoning music industry
While the local music scene might be hard to typify, it’s easy to point to: Musicians, venues, festivals and street performers compose the visible face of a vibrant arts culture. The local music industry, however, is more difficult to quantify. There are some well-known recording studios and instrument manufacturers and the occasional high-profile guitar sale, … Read more
Becoming reality: Building a community-centered music scene
Recording studios tend to focus on a single thing: crafting great albums. Echo Mountain does that well, with Grammy-winning projects by the likes of the Steep Canyon Rangers and the Zac Brown Band to its credit. But the downtown Asheville studio, opened by Steve Wilmans in 2006, does a lot more than just make records. … Read more
Sounds like money: New projects seek to increase local music tourism
Asheville may never be able to swipe the “Music City” moniker from a certain similarly named titan of sound in Tennessee, but several new initiatives aim to boost this area’s image as a serious music destination. The Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau, building on its success in helping nurture the city’s growing national reputation as … Read more
Yoga for one and all: Lifestyle coaching aims for root causes
When I first walk into his office, Abbas Rakhshani offers me a warm, generous hug. “Hugging communicates and transfers energy,” he says. I immediately feel comforted by his calm, compassionate presence. And by the end our interview, I feel like I’ve had a healing session myself. Rakhshani opened the Yoga Wellness Center in South Asheville … Read more
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler July 30-August 5: Get on Guardians of Grand Seduction
In Theaters. This is the week we get Guardians of the Galaxy and that — near as I can tell is all that matters to most of the world. I guess Bradley Cooper as a talking raccoon is hard to beat. But for the 10 or 12 folks looking for something else, there’s also the … Read more
Safe and sound: GearTrack helps recover stolen instruments
Every musician’s worst nightmare is to lose a favorite instrument, and it happens all the time. Thieves can and will nick anything from a lone guitar to an entire trailer full of instruments, and recovery is often a long and difficult process. But there’s hope: GearTrack, a website with roots in the Asheville area, aims … Read more
