In celebration of its 24th anniversary, the NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition — presented by Citizen Vinyl — will welcome eight finalists from across North America to Asheville for an evening of songs and connection The show takes place at The Grey Eagle on… (read more)
October 2nd, 2025Dominique Bianco is a DC-based Italian-American jazz vocalist who adds her own distinctive touch to jazz standards, with awe-inspiring improvisational skills, and unique melodic original compositions. (Check out her new single "Heartstrings" with Fulton Lee.) At age 21, she released her debut record I'm… (read more)
September 16th, 2025In celebration of its 24th anniversary, the NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition — presented by Citizen Vinyl — will welcome eight finalists from across North America to Asheville for an evening of songs and connection. The event takes place at The Grey Eagle on… (read more)
August 12th, 2025Jackson Grimm has immersed himself in traditional Appalachian music, from studying with Wayne Erbsen and Kevin Kehrberg and Warren Wilson College to enlisting Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist and storyteller Josh Goforth as the producer on his album. Onstage at the LEAF Performance & Songwriter Competition, on Saturday,… (read more)
May 13th, 2025Charleston-based Babe Club crafts cool-toned synth-pop with an emotive edge. The band is the brainchild of Jenna Desmond and Corey Campbell, who met at the College of Charleston and quickly became creative collaborators. After graduating, they joined the Americana act Susto, touring nationally and performing… (read more)
May 1st, 2025Andy Shaw is a singer songwriter based out of Columbus, Ohio, since 2004. Andy writes and performs music from a real place, conveying themes of love, heartache, social and political justice, and a curiosity about life and its meaning. His band the Andy Shaw Band,… (read more)
April 29th, 2025Jay Brown is a roots music one-man-band from Black Mountain, North Carolina, who has been playing guitar and piano since the age of 7. A prolific songwriter, Jay's performances draw from a couple hundred original songs, as well as countless covers from the roots of… (read more)
April 24th, 2025Linda Dunnavant is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter originally from Moultrie, GA. She calls her genre “dream folk Americana” and her songs are inspired by daydreams, delusions, second chances, old hurts, getting stuck, getting free, and the natural world. She released an EP in 2023 called Tiny… (read more)
April 23rd, 2025Jackson Grimm is an accomplished and respected multi-instrumentalist and teacher in the Asheville music community. His songs marry folk pop melodies with the lonesome sound of traditional Appalachian music. It is no surprise that Jackson’s songwriting is representative of his musical birthplace, Western North Carolina,… (read more)
April 23rd, 2025Finn O'Sullivan is an indie folk/pop singer-songwriter based in Longmont, CO. She explores love and heartbreak, patriarchal privilege, the worlds of her favorite fictional characters, and the endless what ifs that keep her up at night. Finn writes and performs with equal parts depth of… (read more)
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