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Explore Asheville music genres with Every Noise at Once

Indigo De Souza’s most recent album, Any Shape You Take, debuted in 2021. | Photo by @chajbo

Every good story needs a soundtrack, and ours is no exception. We could just pick one — but you know we love a deep dive.

Every Noise at Once is Spotify’s algorithmically generated scatter plot of music genres, from “German dark minimal techno” to “neo-trad doom metal” to “classical saxophone quartet,” and literally everything in between.

Here’s how Every Noise sorts some of our favorite local artists, plus national acts from the same genre — perfect for a nice long trail walk.

Steep Canyon Rangers | Neo-traditional bluegrass
Spotify recommends:

The Steeldrivers (Listen)
Town Mountain (Listen)
Wood & Wire (Listen)

River Whyless | Asheville indie
Spotify recommends:

Indigo De Souza (Listen)
Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters (Listen)
Natural Born Leaders (Listen)

Angel Olsen | Art pop
Spotify recommends:

Kate Bush (Listen)
Neko Case (Listen)
Tindersticks (Listen)

Roberta Flack | Quiet storm
Spotify recommends:

Natalie Cole (Listen)
Gladys Knight & The Pips (Listen)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Listen)

Moses Sumney | Indie soul
Spotify recommends:

Charlotte Day Wilson (Listen)
Kadhja Bonet (Listen)
Salami Rose Joe Louis (Listen)

How did it do? Explore Every Noise yourself and tell us your pick for AVL’s top genres.

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Monday, Feb. 27

Burger Night | Monday, Feb. 27 | 4-8 p.m. | Biltmore Village Production Facility & Taproom, 2A Huntsman Pl., Asheville | Free | Get a double cheeseburger, hot tallow fries, and ice-cold pint of beer for $12.
Ticket to Ride Tournament | Monday, Feb. 27 | 6-9 p.m. | Well Played Board Game Cafe, 162 Coxe Ave., Asheville | $5-$7 | Compete with 20 fellow board game enthusiasts.

Tuesday, Feb. 28

Quilting Bee | Tuesday, Feb. 28 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | East Asheville Library, 3 Avon Rd., Asheville | Free | Bring your own sewing machine or work on a community project.
Spanish Language Conversation Practice Group | Tuesday, Feb. 28 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Buncombe County Special Collections at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St., Asheville | Free | This immersive experience offers intermediate Spanish speakers an opportunity to work on their language skills.
Punch Bucket Lit | Tuesday, Feb. 28 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Cellarest Beer Project, 395 Haywood Rd., Asheville | Free | Fiction writer Alex McWalters and author Tessa Fontaine will headline this month’s reading.

Wednesday, March 1

Winter Works | Wednesday, March 1 | 7 p.m. | Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave., Asheville | $16-$25 | See contemporary and neoclassical dance from the Ballet Conservatory of Asheville.

Thursday, March 2

Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships | Thursday, March 2-Monday, March 6 | Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville, 87 Haywood St., Asheville | $10-$1,200 | Watch men and women’s basketball teams from the Southern Conference compete in this annual tournament — winners earn a ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
Appalachian Clogging and Flatfoot Lessons | Thursday, March 2, Thursday, March 9 | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | In His Step Dance Ministry, 159 Church St., Asheville | $19 | Learn the basics of clogging and flatfoot dance.
Women’s History Month Movie: Hidden Figures | Thursday, March 2 | 6-8 p.m. | Burton Street Community Center, 134 Burton St., Asheville | Free | Kick off Women’s History Month with a screening of “Hidden Figures,” plus free drinks + popcorn.

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Buncombe County Board of Commissioners is considering building nearly 480 affordable housing units on county property. The idea was proposed by a wing of UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Government. We’ll keep you posted as the story develops. (Mountain Xpress)

Opening

Sovereign Remedies Exchange, an offshoot of the downtown cocktail bar and eatery, opens on Wednesday, March 1 at 2645 New Leicester Hwy. The Leicester location offers coffee, wine, craft beer, and an all-day menu featuring cafe-style bites and larger meals from Good AF food truck.
Barn Door Ciderworks will reopen Friday, March 3 after a two-month winter hiatus. The Fairview favorite will celebrate with new cider releases, live music, a chili and cornbread dinner on Friday, and fireside s’mores on Saturday and Sunday. 🍎

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Due to ongoing construction at Memorial Stadium, Asheville City Soccer Club’s men’s and women’s teams will play their upcoming seasons at UNC Asheville’s Greenwood Field. The season kicks off in May. ⚽ (WLOS)

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We’ve got 3 more great gas station eats ⛽

Asheville’s best gas station eats

A Shell station has never looked so chic. | Photo by @appalachianchickexpress

Y’all are truly an incredible community. Case in point? Within days of publishing our guide to great gas station eats, we received three more star recommendations, which we’re sharing below. Bon appetit.

Appalachian Chick, 195 Charlotte Hwy.

This Veteran-owned express deli is tucked away in Fairview’s Kounty Line Shell Station. It serves unfussy, well-executed, Southern-leaning breakfast and lunch specials, like biscuits and gravy, fried bologna sandwiches, and the livermush biscuit.

The Local Joint, 1185B Charlotte Hwy.

Fairview is full of hidden gems, and biscuits at this combination gas station-breakfast joint are a prime example. Locals love the fluffy omelettes and The Big Bear, a Cajun fried chicken biscuit with all the fixins’.

Red Star Kitchen, 1397 Charlotte Hwy.

One more round of applause for Fairview, which is also home to Red Star Kitchen. Housed in a Citgo station, this deli doles out Cuban, Italian, and Reuben sandwiches for under $10, along with a fresh array of soups + salads.

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THE WRAP

Today’s issue was written by Laura.

Editor’s pick: This week, we learned about one more awesome library resource to add to our list: oral history interview kits. Learn all about how you can use these tools to conduct your own oral interviews.

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