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🎙️ A matter of record

Echo Mountain Recording announces a new studio destination
Recording studio equipment board and speakers at Echo Mountain Recording.
This news hits the right note. | Photo via Echo Mountain Recording
For nearly two decades, Echo Mountain Recording has been housed in a historic church building on the edge of downtown Asheville — but a new kind of sanctuary is on its way. This week, the award-winning studio announced plans to create an expansive recording retreat on a property just north of downtown, a song + sound oasis of sorts for artists of all kinds.

So we’re going on record about the details:

Keyboard and other instruments and equipment set up in Echo Mountain Recording studio.

A historic church building is the current studio’s home.

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Photo via Echo Mountain Recording

The new places

Echo Mountain’s eco-conscious facility will be on a 68-acre property and include acoustically designed recording spaces for projects big + small — everything from individual songwriters to audiobooks to film and television projects.

To keep the creative juices flowing even after the mics are off, the property will also include on-site accommodation and full-service hospitality and catering. And of course, there will be no shortage of the inspiring mountain and river views we all know and love.

The project will be financed by the sale of Echo Mountain’s downtown property locations, but the studio will continue to operate while the new property is under construction. The team hopes to open the retreat sometime in 2026.

An artist sits at a keyboard in the foreground and a drummer sits in the background at Echo Mountain Recording.

Artists have filled this studio with their sound.

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Photo via Echo Mountain Recording

The old faces

Even though the studio will be moving onward and upward from its original home, the sound captured in that space has been just as historic as the building itself.

Local artists like Rising Appalachia and the Asheville Symphony have made their mark, but Echo Mountain has also hosted artists like The Avett Brothers for “I and Love and You” and “The Carpenter” (among other albums), The War on Drugs’ “Lost in the Dream,” The Infamous Stringdusters’ “Silver Sky” — not to mention Gladys Knight, Band of Horses, Flogging Molly, the list goes on.

The team has recorded for “The Hunger Games,” captured the voice of Serena Williams, and had partnerships with Audible and Simon & Schuster. Music, movies, television, and books have filled the Echo Mountain spaces for 18 years, and we can only imagine that this next chapter will be a memorable one.
 
Events
Friday, March 15
  • Vault: Cold Choir x Dreamkill | Friday, March 15 | 7 p.m. | Eulogy, 10 Buxton Ave., Asheville | $15.99 | Dive into a dystopian night of danceable debauchery.
  • Story Mixer: Equinox | Friday, March 15 | 7-10 p.m. | Story Parlor, 227 Haywood Rd., Asheville | $20-$25 | Settle in for an evening of storytelling, music, and poetry that honors light, darkness, and new beginnings.
Saturday, March 16
  • Bookmaking: Sketchbooks | Saturday, March 16 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain | $80 | Create a sketchbook and its cover art from scratch — supplies are included.
  • Find Your Familiar: Black Cat Adoption Event | Saturday, March 16 | 12-5 p.m. | House of Black Cat Magic, 841 Haywood Rd., Asheville | Free with adoption application | Look for a fluffy little shadow at this special adoption event for black cats of all shapes, sizes, and ages.
  • A Spring Equinox Starlore + Stargaze | Saturday, March 16 | 7-10 p.m. | The Sundial at The High Meadow, 65 Sanford Way, Weaverville | $10-$40 | Welcome back the spring season with stargazing and storytelling of Appalachian ecology, Pleiadian folklore, and the mythos of fertility.
Sunday, March 17
  • Latte Art 101 Workshop | Sunday, March 17 | 2-3:30 p.m. | Coffee Curious Workshops, 45 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville | $75 | Learn how to turn your latte into a masterpiece with the help of an expert barista.
  • Tyler Groce | Sunday, March 17 | 6:30 p.m. | Catawba Brewing Company South Slope, 32 Banks Ave., Asheville | $15-$18 | Spend your Sunday with a comedian who takes on serious topics in his signature smart, silly, and absurd way.
Monday, March 18
  • Fringe Short Films | Monday, March 18 | Times vary | Grail Moviehouse, 17 Foundy St., Asheville | $16 | The work of local, national, and international filmmakers takes to the silver screen.
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Wellness

Not your grandpa’s hearing device
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News Notes
Civic
  • As part of the review process for proposed short-term rental amendments, Buncombe County is hosting a listening session on Monday, March 18 at A-B Tech’s Ferguson Auditorium starting at 5:30 p.m. Join in person to offer comment or watch live online.
Opening
  • Guajiro Cuban Comfort Food announced El Patio de Guajiro, a new culinary concept next to its truck in Asheville Cotton Mill Studios. El Patio will serve up local brews and refreshing wine, with a grand opening on Thursday, May 2. Plus, Guajiro will extend its hours until 10 p.m. starting Monday, April 1.
Development
  • Asheville City Council approved a 99-room hotel, restaurant, and retail space from The Kessler Collection in the Biltmore Village Historic District. Providing public benefits wasn’t required to clinch zoning approval, but developers offered voluntary contributions to affordable housing or reparations and public art. (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Number
  • 1.5 million. That’s how many diapers WNC nonprofit Babies Need Bottoms has distributed since its founding in 2017. It will be celebrating this milestone at the one-year anniversary of its home, Ernest Co-Warehousing, today, March 15 at The Mule from 4 to 8 p.m. Bring a pack of diapers for a free drink.
Featured
Transit
  • Buncombe County’s Affordable Parking Program still has 57 spaces available for locals who work downtown. The initiative, which focuses on retail and service industry workers, offers parking passes for $40 a month for eligible applicants. Explore the requirements and submit an application.
Featured Home
  • We love design elements like clawfoot standing tubs, wide windows, and modern kitchens. And would you look at that? This home has them all. Take a peek.*
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Kids

A kid’s guide to Asheville

30+ kid-friendly activities in and around Asheville
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Enjoy hands-on exploration. | Photo courtesy of the Asheville Museum of Science
We’re not kiddin’ around. From major attractions like the Asheville Museum of Science to hidden gems like the KOLO Bike Park, there’s something in Asheville for children of all ages. You’ll have no trouble entertaining the youngsters with this list of 30 kid-friendly activities around the 828.

🌳 Great outdoors

WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Rd. | $9.95+
With 42 acres of exhibits, you and your kids will be able to get up close and personal with all kinds of wildlife from southern Appalachia. Kids will remember seeing their favorite animal.

🎳 Indoor adventures

FOX-N-OTTER Adventure Escapes, 3 S. Tunnel Rd., Ste. K14 + 3749 Sweeten Creek Rd., Unit 2 | $87+ per group
Enjoy an escape room experience that’s designed for younger adventurers. Kids will remember solving the riddle before you do.
25+ more ways to play
The Buy

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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
Molly
From the editor
Now, let’s be clear — I have zero dancing skills. (You’re probably thinking, “Molly, you always say things like that. No poetry, no art, now no dancing — what skills do you actually have?” Which is fair, but I digress.) Even so, I was excited to hear that The Cellar at Haywood Park Hotel is kicking off the inaugural Cellar Swing event next Thursday, March 21. From 6 to 9 p.m., dance the night away or just listen to the sounds of jazz and swing from Russ Wilson and his Haywood Park Hotel Orchestra.
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