Fancy and The Gentlemen
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesAn alt-country and honky tonk band based out of Asheville, NC, Fancy and the Gentlemen plays down home roots style originals while paying homage to the greats of country music from the 40s to the 80s. Featuring rich harmonies and family style tele, Fancy Marie leads the band with crisp clear vocals twinged with the […]
Hannah and The Wistfuls
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesHannah Kaminer is an artist and singer-songwriter writing songs about love, loss, and home. Raised in small towns in Western North Carolina, she fuses echoes of Appalachian and country traditions with wistful, Americana-style songwriting.
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 […]
Random Animals
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesRandom Animals is an Asheville, North Carolina based Indie-Soul quartet. A product of years of collaborations among the tight-knit quartet – most of whose members play in other bands in town (including The Get Right Band, Supatight and the Diamond River Band) – Random Animals’ unique sound is defined by dreamy vocal harmonies, a driving […]
Lyle de Vitry
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesMuch like life itself, the music of Lyle de Vitry comes in cycles. With his intricate, ambient fingerpicking guitar style and suede-soft baritone voice, de Vitry mesmerizes audiences into meditative serenity. Immersed in rich and nuanced harmonic composition, listeners are gently drawn into the here and now. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and […]
The Feels
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesSinger-songwriters, Lange Eve and Sarah Roberts bring their soulful and engaging energy as they showcase their original music. This five-piece group packs their sets with fusions of Soul, R&B, Funk, and Groove with tasteful throwback/retro vibes that will make you feel so many things! In addition to Lange on guitar/vox and Sarah on Ukulele/vox/percussion, this […]
Charlotte Bluegrass Allstars
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesCharlotte Bluegrass Allstars are a genre-defying powerhouse hailing from the heart of Charlotte, North Carolina. This unique collaboration brings together a diverse ensemble of musicians, each drawing from distinct musical backgrounds, including rock, blues, classical, jazz, and jam band influences. United by a shared passion for Bluegrass, they’ve woven a tapestry of sound that defies […]
Lazybirds
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesA classic American roots band, the Lazybirds Band specializes in good time music, impossible not to move to. Pulling from blues, jazz, and good old ragtime, this band has a hillbilly flare that gets your toes tapping. With a talented ensemble that plays strings, piano, and harmonica, they cover all of the great sounds rooted […]
Anya Hinkle W. The Billy Sea
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesUsing the medium of Appalachian string band tradition, Anya Hinkle is a force when it comes to storytelling through song. With arresting honesty and a beautiful voice reminiscent of whiskey – smooth with an alluring hint of smoke – Hinkle straddles the bounds of bluegrass and country, resulting in some of the best Americana Roots […]
Peggy Ratusz Trio
The Purple Onion 16 E Main St, Saluda, NC, United StatesA tambourine totin' Blues Chanteuse named Peggy Ratusz and her Trio perform an infectious, sultry, multi-layered brand of original, traditional and modern Blues, Soul, R&B, and Jazz. She and her backing bands are particularly impressive during live performances where audiences witness her very core as it shines and is inspired by the rhythm, the melodies […]
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