Moment For Asheville, A Galen Tipton And Holly Waxwing Moment

‘For Asheville’ is part of a fundraiser series in partnership with Arts Asheville to raise funds for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts via a portion of royalties. Multi-time Moment creators and nature lovers galen tipton and Holly Waxwing teamed up to transform session recordings by local musicians and field recordings from the area as their tribute to Appalachia’s rich musical culture. 

All the standard fixings of bluegrass and Appalachian folk have been sewn into a modern musical tapestry: guitars, banjos, violins, mandocellos and lap steels are turned into fresh effervescent droplets. Field recordings extend from nature to the city center, from functional foley to Theremin recordings from Asheville’s Moogseum. Rootsy drum shuffles are repurposed into brand new breakbeats, and twelve-bar blues is chopped into four-bar pop. Reminiscent of their recent album keepsakeFM, they have found ways to sample nostalgic material into bouncy and bright new diddies, while maintaining the tender heart. 

For more content from this series, check out Asheville Bluegrass, Asheville Neofolk and; Asheville Resampled.

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