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Host Michele Scheve sits down with Krave Amiko members Rob Walsh and Steph Barcelona to take an inside look at their debut album "Before The Words"

Michele sits down to chat with the front man of Andrew Scotchie and the River Rats about their upcoming Live EP "Live... From A Distance".

John Kirby, John Hawkins and Chad Nance sit down with Michele to talk about the bands origins, new music and to answer the timeless question: Roth or Hagar?

Michele sits down with prolific artist Andrew Massey, of both Andrew Massey and the Midnight Americans and Sycamore Bones. They talk about juggling two bands, family life, writing and working during the past year as well as plans for new music releases and exciting gigs in the coming months.

Michele gets to chat with the band about finally getting back out and playing shows in front of actual, living, dancing people, about writing new music and planning for their big upcoming show at The Orange Peel.

Michele sits down with local artist and author Rory Jagdeo to talk about his new releases, balancing multiple creative projects and upcoming shows.

Guest: Stephen Evans, Singer / Songwriter

GUEST: Polly Panic

Michele chats with Matt Langston of Eleventyseven about their new Single "Wild" and about writing and recording during Covid.

Michele welcome Silas Durocher, of The Get Right Band, to a special episode of Backstage Pass. Don't miss their upcoming show at The Orange Peel!

Eleanor Underhill, of the acclaimed group Underhill Rose, sits down to chat with Michele about her upcoming Eleanor Underhill & Friends show at the Orange Peel in Asheville, as well as her solo work and more.Keep up with Eleanor at https://eleanorunderhillmusic.com/

Michele chats with Ryan about his brand new EP, writing and recording over the last year and even asks about his RnB name.

Underhill Rose to Play The Orange Peel - (Matt Mittan fills in as Host)This will be their ONLY hometown show in 2021. Follow this link to get tix for Saturday night. THE ORANGE PEELClick here to follow UNDERHILL ROSE

You'll get the chance to check out Bless Your Heart live at Fleetwood's on Saturday, July 24th, but first hear some of the "behind the music" stories of the band and their latest efforts on Backstage Pass.

Alex Krug Combo:Life is at its very core about exploring. We can remain stagnant and rooted in place, or take a page out the Alex Krug Combo’s playbook and dive headfirst. The thrill of adventure looms ahead of this heart-driven blues-rock band, and with their brand new single, My Best launching September 9, 2021, the Asheville-based players strike a stunningly evocative chord about life, being an outsider and the kind of heartache that transforms your soul.In their burgeoning career, the Americana six-piece already boasts quite a list of accomplishments. To date, they’ve shared stages alongside such movers and shakers as Horse Feathers, The Hip Abduction, Erin McKeown, and Donna the Buffalo, among countless others, and stormed such gigs as LEAF Festivals, All-Go-West Festival, Grey Eagle, Orange Peel, and Pisgah Brewery. Additionally, their 2015 EP, Gentle Spotted Giants, features production work from the prolific Michael Selverne (Motley Crew, Steep Canyon Rangers, India.Arie), as well as contributions from Bill Berg (Bob Dylan), Lyndsay Pruett (Jon Stickley Trio).It’s been seven years since that very first project, one that is as bold as it is raw. Lead singer, songwriter, and musician Alex Krug is a colossal force of power, strength, and charm, and her voice emerges as a diamond in the rough. Having grown up in rural Maryland, Krug didn’t have many friends, but she did have a record player in her room. Left to her own devices, she would jam out to many classic ‘60s records spanning every genre you could think of. “I’d get lost in the sounds,” she says. Krug also made frequent visits to her grandmother and would tinker around on an old piano to pass the time.Krug’s parents later purchased her a Yamaha keyboard, and she soon began writing her own songs and playing music. Free from inhibitions, she followed her muse wherever it so happened to lead. In 2007, she moved to Asheville, North Carolina, and initially, she abandoned music altogether. Her work took her to Wilderness Therapy, an organization to help troubled teens with behavioral and emotional problems find a new lease on life.Two years later, though, music beckoned her back in, and she formed the Alex Krug Trio, a collaboration which included her now-ex-girlfriend. “It ended in a heartbreaking way,” she remembers. The Combo iteration as she now knows it kick-started around the time.  She met Bill Berg in preparation for recording their first studio EP as Alex Krug Combo, and they rehearsed together. “Drums changed things a lot in a great way,” she says.Gentle Spotted Giants took shape, and her artistry reached soaring new heights. “That album was really huge for me. I got to meet Bill, and it brought us all together. He has an insane sense of groove, and he’s one of the best drummers in the country,” says Krug, whose vocal inflections are tightened with production that’s earthy, yet slick. “He slays all the way.”Berg’s pedigree not only includes a brainstorming studio session with the one and only Prince, but he once worked as a senior animator for Disney. His credits include work on The Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty & the Beast. You could say Berg’s vast style and sense of color and ambiance spilled between media in a way that revitalized what Krug could do on her recordings.“That album also overwhelmed me. I got to work in an awesome studio, so it took me a year or two to lean into having a drummer and learn how to play with a really good drummer,” she says. “I was letting go and trusting the music and them. Once that started happening, it was really freeing. We like to set each other free, and it’s like a machine now.”Sleeping on the Woodlands is four tracks of rollicking, organically produced Americana. Recorded at Echo Mountain Recording and mixed at Welcome to MA

ON LOCATION @ Merle Fest: Guests: The Maggie Valley Band

Recorded Backstage at the 2021 French Broad River Festival in Hot Springs, NC.

Recorded Backstage at the 2021 French Broad River Festival in Hot Springs, NC

Recorded Backstage at the 2021 French Broad River Festival in Hot Springs, NC

A self described "dumpster-folk / thrift store Americana duo", Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler (Plus 2 dogs & 1 hamster) have been zig-zagging across the country sharing their music and art. And now they are coming back to Asheville for one show this weekend. Matt Mittan sits down to talk about the last year and a half, their latest album and their upcoming show on Dec 4th at Isis Music Hall in West Asheville.For more information visit https://www.theroughandtumble.com/