Revelry Unique Downtown Events and Carolina Music Planner are excited to announce that Gracie and Rachel will be joining us for a night of live music on Saturday, June 23. The historic theatre at the Asheville Masonic Temple is an artistic, intimate space, and will be the perfect setting for this special evening.
Special guests STACE & Tina and Her Pony will help us to welcome Gracie and Rachel to Asheville, NC. A night filled with stringed instruments, powerhouse female vocals, and thought provoking original music, this is an event you’ll not want to miss.
80 Broadway St. Asheville, NC 28801
6:30pm Doors/7:00pm Show
Ticket Information:
Advance: $18/balcony & $22/floor
Door: $20/balcony & $25/floor
(plus tax/applicable online fees)
Gracie and Rachel are a study in duality: light and dark, classical training with a pop sensibility, Californians in New York. On their debut full-length, Gracie and Rachel pit anxiety and tension against an almost serene self-assurance. The duo announced the album via NPR alongside the introspective video premiere for “Only A Child.” The self-titled record (out June 23, 2017) quickly won the hearts of NPR fans who voted them to #4 on NPR’s Your Favorite New Artist, with Bob Boilen describing as having “a terrific tension in the sound, an underpinning of mystery set against a baroque, but modern, pop foreground.” The duo has since recorded an NPR Tiny Desk Concert and was named to NPR 100 Best Songs of 2017, Bob Boilen’s Top 10 Albums of 2017 and Slingshot 2018, public radio’s artist incubator program for emerging artists.
Their music is a compelling juxtaposition of Gracie’s piano and lead vocals and Rachel’s violin and voice, augmented with stark percussion. The nine orchestral pop songs on Gracie and Rachel tell a story that’s rooted in the truth —their truth — but retain an enigmatic air that makes them relatable to anyone who has ever found their heart racing with doubt and pushed forward regardless or triumphed in subverting expectations imposed from without. Seen on stages with Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Joseph, Ani DiFranco, Tall Heights, and San Fermin, the live experience displays a passionate, tangible quality to their deeply rooted bond, an intimate connection that is vibrantly apparent on stage and equally imprinted on their record.
Links:
Website: http://www.gracieandrachel.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gracieandrachel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gracieandrachel
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gracieandrachel
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GracieandRachelMusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jKFMEVOa9uon9utRFsLLX
Tiny Desk Concert session: https://n.pr/2yX5k0z
NPR Slingshot 2018: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/570751142/slingshot2018 – gracie-and-rachel