Danielle Howle
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesA lifelong artist and natural storyteller, Howle has lived a million lives in one, releasing well over a dozen studio albums in a four-decade career that has traversed genres, styles, and cultures, encompassing everything from country-swamp-blues and jazz to folk, southern rock, indie, and Americana – all while endlessly exploring the depths of the human […]
Aaron Burdett
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesAaron Burdett is an acclaimed Americana/folk singer-songwriter and performer from WNC. No stranger to hard work, Aaron’s sense of adventure took him across the country working on various types of farms and ranches. While many mainstream country singers pay lip-service to the blue-collar working world, Aaron’s songs come from his life experiences. Aaron Burdett’s lyrics […]
Mennage
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesMénage is a swing/soul/roots band. Original members Mary Ellen Bush and Sarah McDonald are now joined by Melissa Hyman to create a sound that is intimate, harmonic, and invokes melodic landscapes of our hills. Folk-rooted, the trio will take you on a journey unlike most, where bluesy swing is conveyed in rolling grooves ranging from […]
Ménage
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesMénage is a swing/soul/roots band. Original members Mary Ellen Bush and Sarah McDonald are now joined by Melissa Hyman to create a sound that is intimate, harmonic, and invokes melodic landscapes of our hills. Folk-rooted, the trio will take you on a journey unlike most, where bluesy swing is conveyed in rolling grooves ranging from […]
Phillip Lammonds
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesDecades after carving out the reputation of a songwriter’s songwriter – a dedicated country tunesmith with as much poetic skill as commercial common sense – stepped up to the mic and put into wordsCombining an insightful creative spirit with a love of Southern sonic tradition (and a bit of meandering good ol’ boy whimsy)Lammonds shows […]
Eleanor Underhill & Friends
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesEleanor Underhill and Friends banded together in 2014 to create music that would entertain the dancer and the music nerd alike. With genre-bending grooves, thoughtful original compositions, and cover songs you would never expect from a banjo-fronted band, they create a sound that blends elements of Americana, world, pop, jazz, reggae, and acoustic rock. Unafraid […]
“The Doors: Unhinged!” (An AMC Production)
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesThis Asheville-based quintet, fronted by the charismatic and electrifying Reggie Headen, features an all-star, highly sought after group of musicians: Jonathan Pearlman, Taylor Pierson, Connor Law, and Jay Hoots. Reggie Headen started his professional career as a featured performer at New York’s famous Broadway concert venue Town Hall, playing to giants and peers in the […]
“The Doors: Unhinged!” (An AMC Production)
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesThis Asheville-based quintet, fronted by the charismatic and electrifying Reggie Headen, features an all-star, highly sought after group of musicians: Jonathan Pearlman, Taylor Pierson, Connor Law, and Jay Hoots. Reggie Headen started his professional career as a featured performer at New York’s famous Broadway concert venue Town Hall, playing to giants and peers in the […]
Michael Flynn
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesMichael Flynn is an Americana-adjacent singer/songwriter based in western NC. Though some have likened his style to that of the “Neo-pop” genre. Either way, his music is appealing in its ability to take you on a journey. One moment you will be chuckling along with a quirky turn of phrase and the next closing your […]
The Contenders
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesFolkicana duo, The Contenders, have crafted their sound after years of traveling the country. Pulling tales and stories from all walks of life, from shared experiences, from every high and and every low.. Their infectious rhythms and sublime 2-part harmonies, feed into their message or the troubadour. “Not many people know what it feels like, […]
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