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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Prana Mela - 3 Days of Music\, Community\, and Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Prana Mela\, a three-day gathering devoted to music\, wellness\, and community at AyurPrana Listening Room. \nExperience live music\, yoga\, meditation\, healing arts\, and nourishing food in an intimate setting designed for connection and renewal. \nThroughout the weekend\, we’ll host three ticketed evening concerts:  \nFriday\, May 1st\, Simrit Acoustic Ensemble – 6PM\nFriday\, May 1st\, Simrit Full Band Performance – 8PM\n    ** SIMRIT will perform two events on May 1st: an Acoustic Ensemble Performance and an evening show. Please note each ticket before you purchase\, to ensure you’re purchasing the event you wish to attend **\nSunday\, May 2nd\, GurGanesha Band with Paloma Devi\, 7PM \nThe weekend culminates with a Sunday Community Kirtan at noon\, inviting everyone to come together in shared song and meditation. \nTickets and Event Information can be found at  ayurpranalisteningroom.com/prana-mela-yoga-live-music \nIn addition to the music\, Prana Mela will feature:\n– A nourishing vegetarian based food pop-up from Chef Sean at SoHum Mountain Healing Resort\n– Mini-Spa Pop up from So Hum Mountain Healing Resort\n– Wellness Mocktails and refreshments\n– Yoga classes including Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson and Chris Rosser\n– Meditation sessions\n– Conscious Film Sessions\n– Healing arts offerings \nWhether you join for a concert\, a class\, or the entire weekend\, Prana Mela is an invitation to slow down\, reconnect\, and celebrate. Aside from the ticketed concerts and spa treatments\, the remaining programming will operate as pay-what-you-can. Full schedule coming soon.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-prana-mela-3-days-of-music-community-and-yoga/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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SUMMARY:Ayurprana Listening Room Presents: Donna De Lory
DESCRIPTION:APLR Presents: Donna De Lory \nFriday\, April 10th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 6PM || Show 7PM \nDonna De Lory \nAn evening of inspirational song and Mantra with Donna De Lory! A performance that weaves myriad strands of world music\, contemporary pop\, sacred sounds and introspective song craft into a mesmerizing musical experience. Come be in celebration as we share sound vibration in community\, open our voices\, and dance! \nDonna De Lory is a singer\, songwriter and producer whose artistry encompasses pop\, electronic\, world and devotional music. Her voice has graced recordings by Bette Midler\, Carly Simon\, Leonard Cohen\, Selena\, Belinda Carlisle and many others. Between 1987 and 2006\, De Lory crisscrossed the globe numerous times as a touring back-up vocalist and dancer for Madonna. Her own music is heard by 100\,000 Spotify listeners a month and has garnered more than 10 million streams across several digital platforms. Now-classic Donna De Lory albums like The Lover and the Beloved\, Sky is Open\, Sanctuary and Gone Beyond have become the soundtrack for the global yoga/mindfulness movement. \nDonna’s most recent album\, Sing to the Light is an album of profound beauty and serenity. Gorgeously layered vocals are interwoven with lilting guitar melodicism and atmospheric keyboards\, taking the listener on a gentle voyage into light\, wellness\, wholeness and harmony. Her latest single release is “Om Namah Shivaya/Thy Will Be Done”\, a meditative track featuring Kirtan singer Krishna Das. \n“Donna De Lory doesn’t simply sing or play musical instruments. She invokes. She uplifts. Her sounds are truly angelic.” \n~ Marianne Williamson \n“Donna has one of the most beautiful and alluring voices that has ever been heard on the planet.” \n~ Krishna Das
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-donna-de-lory/
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SUMMARY:Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando
DESCRIPTION:Make Noise + APLR Present: Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando \nTuesday\, April 7th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 7:00 PM || Event 7:30 PM \nExperimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando \nTuesdays in September\, we’ll convene as the Experimental Meditation Club. \nWe’ll provide partially guided meditations with sonic accompaniment. Think breaths to let go of tension\, sonic ambiance\, a bit of grief work\, heavy drones\, and psychedelic introspection (without any drugs). \nThe event begins at 7:30 sharp\, so please be prompt to avoid disruption. \nYou are invited to all four sessions\, but don’t have to come to all of them. The first one will provide some more context for meditation\, but if you can’t make it\, still come to what you can\, and you’ll figure it out along the way. The best way to meditate is just to do it. That’s it! \nWhile everyone is welcome\, this will be tailored to people who: \n*are new to meditation & may be skeptical or rekindling a practice \n*like the company of sonic vibrations \n*are open to trying this experiment & okay with it being messy \n*want to test their own rigidity and capacity for expansion \n*like the idea of democratizing meditation \nHere’s a general idea of what will happen: \nEach night will include some context\, a guided meditation around the theme\, a short conversation (no one is required to talk\, so introverts don’t run away\, please)\, and a longer meditation using only sound. \nKelly Kelbel \nKelly Kelbel meditates every morning in bed\, mostly using the Happier App. She started meditating shortly after she started chemotherapy out of desperation to find relief from her fear. It worked! Chemo Sessions is a project she created to offer support to folks going through treatment through a letter\, music\, tips from pals\, and guided meditations. She is also a writer and co-owns a synthesizer company\, Make Noise\, in West Asheville. Previously\, she served as a legal advocate for survivors of sexual violence in Chicago and youth being tried as adults in New York City. She was a founding teacher of the School for Democracy and Leadership in Brooklyn\, and directed the Rise Project at Warren Wilson College. \nwww.kellykelbel.com \nTony Rolando \nTony Rolando meditates irregularly\, but notices a benefit every time he does a sit. He often uses the quiet. He is a self-taught electronic musical instrument designer who got started by obsessively reading Amateur Radio Relay League books at the public library\, building electronics for artists\, such as the light controlled remixer for Simon Lee’s “Bus Obscura” which debuted at the Whitney Biennial\, working for Moog Music\, and always playing music. Tony has recently released music with Important Records and the Asheville based Ceremony of Seasons. He is the founder\, lead designer\, and co-owner of Make Noise. \nhttps://tonyrolando.bandcamp.com/ \nwww.makenoisemusic.com
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/experimental-meditation-club-with-kelly-kelbel-and-tony-rolando/
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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Sophia Corinne with Laney Barnett
DESCRIPTION:APLR Presents: Sophia Corinne \nwith Laney Barnett \nSaturday\, April 4th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 6PM || Event 7PM \nSophia Corinne \nSophia Corinne harvests poetry for the lines of each song from her life\, one lived paying attention. Her songs offer the companionship of something beautiful for us to hold close in any season. Since 2021 she has been tending a garden of folk songs and diy shows\, releasing multiple EPs and touring extensively across North America. She is currently based in Asheville NC\, where she lives in a tiny home.** \nLaney Barnett \nA native of Asheville\, NC\, Laney is a violinist and music teacher. With deep influences rooted in Appalachia\, she remains true to her innermost voice. Her songs carry weight without naming it outright—patient\, rough-edged\, and honest. \nThis performance will be one of the first as a six-piece\, featuring Will Elliot on pedal steel. \nThe LB Band is made up of all-stars: Evan Veasey\, Quinn Brodsky\, Alec Stanley [Matt Sheppard]\, Will Elliot\, and Jonny Wright.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-sophia-corinne-with-laney-barnett/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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SUMMARY:Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser
DESCRIPTION:APLR and AYC Present: Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser \nThursday\, April 2nd\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 8:45 AM || Event 9:00 AM \nLive Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser \nRide the subtle currents of movement and sound\, guided by the heart\, in this unique weekly live music offering from The AyurPrana Listening Room and Asheville Yoga Center. Each Thursday morning\, gather in the sacred sanctuary of the AyurPrana Listening Room\, where breath\, rhythm\, and devotion intertwine. \nAsheville Yoga Center Director Seán Johnson guides a creative\, heart-centered\, all-levels vinyasa practice\, while multi-instrumentalist Chris Rosser weaves enchanting live music through every posture\, pause\, and pulse. \nThis immersive Bhakti Flow experience features soulful chanting\, imaginative and fluid sequencing\, space for intuitive movement\, and a nourishing closing sequence of gentle reclining postures and meditation. Come to move\, listen\, and open—letting music\, movement\, and community carry you into the day. \nPlease bring your own mat and any yoga props you enjoy using. \n15 spaces are available each week for Asheville Yoga Center monthly unlimited and annual members to use as a perk of their membership – register at www.youryoga.com Otherwise\, the class is $24 with tickets available at www.AyurPranaListeningRoom.com \nEarly registration is recommended\, as spaces are limited. \n*Located at The AyurPrana Listening Room* \n312 Haywood Road\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nSeán Johnson \nSeán Johnson is the Director of the Asheville Yoga Center\, a longtime yoga teacher and trainer\, and an internationally respected guide of heart-centered\, bhakti-inspired practice. With a Master’s degree focused on devotional singing and years of experience teaching chant as spiritual practice\, Seán weaves yoga\, music\, and imagination into deeply soulful experiences on and off the mat. Since 2005\, Seán & The Wild Lotus Band have merged conscious lyrics\, sacred chants from the spiritual traditions of yoga and beyond\, and roots\, rock\, gospel\, and global grooves to create a universal style of cross-cultural spiritual music.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/live-music-yoga-with-sean-johnson-with-music-from-chris-rosser-2/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Wendy Eisenberg with Sally Anne Morgan
DESCRIPTION:APLR Presents: Wendy Eisenberg \nwith Sally Anne Morgan \nFriday\, March 27th\, 2026 \nDoors 6PM || Show 7PM \nWendy Eisenberg \nWendy Eisenberg has spent the past decade as a fixture of independent music and an artist of inspired multiplicity. As a singer-songwriter\, improviser\, and virtuoso guitarist\, the coordinates of their artistry are ever-shifting\, from art-rock to jazz to blistering free improv and eloquent folk. On catalog highlights including 2020’s ‘Auto’ and the 2024 free-jazz sprawler ‘Viewfinder’\, they’ve made a signature of ambition. \nAs Eisenberg told fellow guitarist Nick Millevoi in an interview for Premier Guitar in 2021\, “I need to be in a punk band at the same time as I need to be playing free improv at the same time as I need to be playing songs. All at the same time—otherwise none of the practices will work for me.” Their musical range isn’t a glib manifestation of eclecticism\, but a genuine artistic essence
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-wendy-eisenberg-with-sally-anne-morgan/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Tara Clerkin Trio with Walt McClements
DESCRIPTION:APLR Presents: Tara Clerkin Trio \nwith Walt McClements \nThursday\, March 26th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 6:00 PM || Event 7:00 PM \nTara Clerkin Trio \nNot far off two years from the day\, Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio return to World of Echo and the EP format for a five song collection of quixotic\, emotional redolence. But do not mistake their absence for inertia. If their musical output has been a little sparse during those in-between years\, limited to a few solo ventures and an astonishing ten minute long piece as a trio\, their time has otherwise been richly spent: continuous writing and recording\, extensive live performances across Europe and Japan\, a cultivation of local and more far-flung artistic connections (musical and otherwise)\, and a monthly NTS show that\, through the voice of others\, speaks most obviously to their own unorthodox interests. It’s the conflux of that winding activity that leads indirectly to On The Turning Ground\, 26 minutes of probing\, thoughtful composition that draws from no one specific source. \nTheir inspirations might be centreless\, but the trio still possess a very obvious anchor in the form of their hometown. Bristol stands as a city of multitudes\, heterogenous and vibrant in such a way as to allow it to renew and remake time and again. Tara Clerkin Trio drink from that same well\, duly reflecting a rich musical heritage built on fwd-facing electronic subcultures and experimental urges. As such\, On The Turning Ground finds them subject to their own subtle internal evolution\, the pervasive sense that you’ve caught them mid-bloom\, on their way to becoming but never anything but themselves. \nThe two instrumental pieces that bookend the EP stand as a perfect case in point\, displaying an increasing mastery of compositional space. Pensive and restrained\, ‘Brigstow’ and ‘Once Around’ both emanate an interstitial quality that’s not so much after- as in-between-hours\, miniature dub-folk symphonies held together by the kind of tacit understanding that remains the preserve of only the closest of family units. If those two tracks are shaped by a sense of shifting temporality\, then the three vocal-led pieces that comprise the record’s core feel like a gentle ossifying of aesthetic into something approaching their own unique form of avant-pop. ‘Pop’ is\, of course\, a broadly subjective concept\, but there’s no avoiding the overt sparkling melodicism of songs like ‘Marble Walls’ and ‘The Turning Ground’\, undeniable re-directions of that late 90s impulse to bend pop sensibilities into off-centre terrain\, to render the familiar new again. This is what Tara Clerkin Trio do\, gently pulling the ground from under your feet\, turning you to face something you’d not quite seen before. To view the world as they do: sideways\, sometimes\, all of the time. \nWalt McClements \nWalt McClements is an accordionist\, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion\, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. His debut record\, “A Hole in the Fence” was released in 2021 on American Dreams\, and utilized a minimal palette of accordions processed through pedals to create glacial soundscapes and odes to hidden worlds. On his latest record\, and first for Western Vinyl\, “On a Painted Ocean”\, he expands his sonic tools to include lush synths\, droning pipe organs\, and spirited horns\, creating a vibrant journey from solitary stillness to community exuberance. The record also follows last year’s “Rain on the Road”\, a collaborative album with harpist Mary Lattimore\, released on Thrill Jockey.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-tara-clerkin-trio-with-walt-mcclements/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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SUMMARY:Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser
DESCRIPTION:APLR and AYC Present: Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser \nThursday\, March 26th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 8:45 AM || Event 9:00 AM \nLive Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser \nRide the subtle currents of movement and sound\, guided by the heart\, in this unique weekly live music offering from The AyurPrana Listening Room and Asheville Yoga Center. Each Thursday morning\, gather in the sacred sanctuary of the AyurPrana Listening Room\, where breath\, rhythm\, and devotion intertwine. \nAsheville Yoga Center Director Seán Johnson guides a creative\, heart-centered\, all-levels vinyasa practice\, while multi-instrumentalist Chris Rosser weaves enchanting live music through every posture\, pause\, and pulse. \nThis immersive Bhakti Flow experience features soulful chanting\, imaginative and fluid sequencing\, space for intuitive movement\, and a nourishing closing sequence of gentle reclining postures and meditation. Come to move\, listen\, and open—letting music\, movement\, and community carry you into the day. \nPlease bring your own mat and any yoga props you enjoy using. \n15 spaces are available each week for Asheville Yoga Center monthly unlimited and annual members to use as a perk of their membership – register at www.youryoga.com Otherwise\, the class is $24 with tickets available at www.AyurPranaListeningRoom.com \nEarly registration is recommended\, as spaces are limited. \n*Located at The AyurPrana Listening Room* \n312 Haywood Road\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nSeán Johnson \nSeán Johnson is the Director of the Asheville Yoga Center\, a longtime yoga teacher and trainer\, and an internationally respected guide of heart-centered\, bhakti-inspired practice. With a Master’s degree focused on devotional singing and years of experience teaching chant as spiritual practice\, Seán weaves yoga\, music\, and imagination into deeply soulful experiences on and off the mat. Since 2005\, Seán & The Wild Lotus Band have merged conscious lyrics\, sacred chants from the spiritual traditions of yoga and beyond\, and roots\, rock\, gospel\, and global grooves to create a universal style of cross-cultural spiritual music.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/live-music-yoga-with-sean-johnson-with-music-from-chris-rosser/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T223000
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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Rosenau & Sanborn with special guest Joe Westerlund
DESCRIPTION:APLR Presents: Rosenau & Sanborn \nwith Joe Westerlund \nWednesday\, March 25th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 6PM || Event 7PM \nRosenau & Sanborn \nAfter nearly 20 years of knowing one another\, the collaboration between Nick Sanborn and Chris Rosenau seemed inevitable but ended up accidental\, an Eaux Claires music-festival lark that had immediate chemistry. As they were playing that first show\, they realized they were already making a record. They reconvened in a small cottage in North Carolina in 2017 to finish what was started. They recorded the improvisations\, kept the working mixes and titles\, as well as the bird songs and traffic sounds that drifted into the microphones. The result was 2019’s Bluebird\, a little five-track wonder that made you feel like you were sitting in the room between them\, smiling as they found their wordless rapport. \nTwo years later\, Rosenau (Volcano Choir\, Collections of Colonies of Bees) and Sanborn (Sylvan Esso\, Made of Oak) got together again. They had fun during round two\, but the sessions were neither as carefree as that first attempt nor more focused in a way that felt compelling and new. The pair shelved those pieces to try again when the time seemed right. \nThen there was a pandemic. There were tours. There were other records. There was life at large. By the time Rosenau ventured back to Betty’s (Sylvan Esso’s studio in the North Carolina woods) to try again\, four years had flashed past. \nFor the absorbing follow-up\, 2026’s simply titled Two\, they “unprepared\,” Rosenau arriving to the sessions with a novel guitar tuning he’d never used and Sanborn with a reconfigured electronics rig that forced him to abandon old patterns. The result feels like sitting alongside two old friends as they surprise one another with unheard stories from their recent pasts and ideas for their futures. \nThe night before the duo wrote “Walrus\,” Sanborn had performed at a rave with his techno duo GRRL x Made of Oak. Of the track\, Rosenau writes\, “Honestly\, the approach on this track was ‘Ok! Saturday night… Let’s party!’ It all felt real good. From there\, we got Nick’s gear back up from the night before\, followed our process\, and went for it. I remember Nick turning into an octopus in front of my eyes as he wrangled both the modular rig he had set up for this one\, as well as the insane drum machine situation.” \nTwo is set to be released physically in indie record stores on March 6 via Psychic Hotline\, with a digital street date following on March 20. \nJoe Westerlund \nFor the last five years\, Joe Westerlund’s music has explored and documented his personal unknowns. Before the 2020 release of his solo debut\, Reveries in the Rift\, Westerlund was largely a band guy\, whether that meant charting the edges of folk-rock with his childhood friends in DeYarmond Edison and\, later\, Megafaun\, or offering the anchor to acts like Watchhouse and The Dead Tongues. But on Reveries\, he wondered what it would be like to make meditative percussive music\, to wander into the middle distance of his own introspection with his drum kit. Some of those findings reappeared on 2023’s lauded Elegies for the Drift\, where he stared into several painful ends—of a 20-year partnership and the death of multiple friends\, collaborators\, and mentors—and tried to send those relationships off with sound. These were largely open-ended and improvisational albums\, Westerlund paying less attention to sheer rhythmic patterns than emotional frameworks. \nDuring the same half-decade\, though\, Westerlund became engrossed in studying the clave\, the metric pattern that first defined so much Afro-Cuban and Latin music and then drifted into almost every corner of jazz and rock. What did it mean for an idea to be so flexible\, for it to fit so many forms while retaining its own essence? His interest in composing with this new musical curiosity—that is\, in constructing grooves that felt instinctual and irrepressible—compounded amid the pandemic\, when people desperately wanted to remember what it was like to inhabit their bodies in a room crowded by strangers. The result is another leap into the unknown for Westerlund: Curiosities from the Shift\, a 12-track playground of endlessly interwoven beats and melodies\, where Westerlund’s clave enthusiasm collides with his textural experimentalism\, where his rhythmic symphony of one shakes hands with a half-dozen friends decorating this space alongside him. \nCuriosities began taking accidental shape when Califone mastermind Tim Rutili asked Westerlund for a few ideas amid lockdown. Westerlund had been playing in Califone for years\, and Rutili was hoping a long-distance beat might spark a song. Nothing concrete came of those sketches\, as Rutili pursued other paths. So Westerlund went his own way with them\, instead\, steadily building those ideas into his own compositions. They are now the basis of the three-piece suite that holds Curiosities’ first half\, beginning with the junkyard percussion and delightful bass splashes that frame “Tem” and ending with the surrealistic boom-bap of thumb pianos and shakers on “Can Tangle.” There is a hard-won joy to these numbers\, as if Westerlund is delighting in real time in spotting a potential dead end but finding his own way forward\, anyway. \nThose songs became\, too\, a kind of working roadmap for the terrain that Westerlund explores across Curiosities\, from the call-and-response glory of opener “Nu Male Uno” to the uncanny amorphousness of closer “Felt Like Floating.” All of these songs are defined by an identifiable rhythm\, like the loping strut at the center of “Midpoint” and the head-nodding pulse that winds through “Persurverance\,” winkingly misspelled to suit his North Carolina-via-Wisconsin pronunciation. But those are springboards for other textures\, moods\, and notions\, like the New Age references—shimmering metallophones\, chattering birds\, retiring flutes—that circle through “Midpoint” or the dub-indebted delays and gamelan hymns that bubble up through “Persurverance.” This is deeply multivalent music\, each number’s propulsive core counterbalanced by a series of surprising choices. Bittersweetness and joy\, grief and liberation\, sighs and smiles: It all exists here\, tangling toward infinity. \nThis complexity stems\, in part\, from a happy accident. Late in 2023\, around the time of his 43rd birthday\, Westerlund booked a week of studio time at Betty’s\, the bucolic space built and operated in the North Carolina countryside by his friends and occasional collaborators in Sylvan Esso. He meant to be there for five days before embarking on a brief tour with Setting\, the essential instrumental trio that has become a key outlet for his improvisational vim. But after a Setting bandmate got sick\, Westerlund booked another five days alone at Betty’s\, giving himself time\, space\, and quiet to keep finessing these compositions\, to see where else his assemblages of metallophones and drums\, electronics and keyboards might lead\, what magic they still had to reveal. \nWhen\, for instance\, he took a break outside while recording “Elegy (for OLAibi)\,” a tribute to late Japanese experimentalist Ai\, he noticed that the air-conditioning seemed to be sighing in time to the music he was making inside. He recorded the sound and wove it into the track. It is now one layer among so many\, one feeling amid a diorama of them. In the months after those sessions were done\, Westerlund reached out to seven friends—Califone’s Rutilli\, saxophonist Sam Gendel\, trumpeter Trever Hagen\, and violinists Libby Rodenbough and Chris Jusell among them. Sure\, these were his most thoroughly composed and precisely built works ever\, but he wanted to hear what happened when his pals responded in real time\, when they added bits of themselves back to what he’d made. They delivered grace\, depth\, and feeling\, with their parts pulling back curtains on hidden recesses of Westerlund’s rhythmic worlds. \nWesterlund readily admits he is surprised by Curiosities from the Shift\, by its insistence on groove and meter rather than drifting abstraction. Having lived and worked so long in the trenches of bands\, he assumed he was done functioning within basic meter\, at least for a while. But music is\, of course\, rarely a binary\, where one element obviates all room for the other. These 12 songs fuse so many of Westerlund’s loves into pieces that are endlessly fascinating\, using familiar elements to\, once again\, render another of his adventures into the unknown. Playful but tender\, wistful but wondrous\, driven by beats but not bound by them\, Curiosities from the Shift is Westerlund’s definitive statement so far\, the solo drummer record that opens wide to reveal a musical and emotional landscape richer than perhaps even he imagined he might find
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-rosenau-sanborn-with-special-guest-joe-westerlund/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Marc Ribot
DESCRIPTION:Marc Ribot\, who the New York Times describes as “a deceptively articulate artist who uses inarticulateness as an expressive device\,” has released 25 albums under his own name over a 40-year career\, exploring everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler to the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodríguez. His solo release\, “Silent Movies” (Pi Recording 2010) has been described as a “down-in-mouth-near master piece” by the Village Voice and has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times and critical praise across the board\, and 2014 saw the monumental release: Marc Ribot Trio Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi Recordings)\, documenting Marc’s first headline and the return of Henry Grimes at the historical venue in 2012 and included on Best of 2014 lists such as Downbeat Magazine and NPR’s 50 Favorites. \n2018 saw the release of two politically charged albums: “YRU Still Here?” (Northern Spy)\, the long awaited third album from Ribot’s post-rock/noise trio Ceramic Dog\, and “Songs of Resistance 1942-2018” (featuring guest vocalists Tom Waits\, Steve Earle\, Meshell Ndegeocello and more on Anti- Records) voicing anger and outrage during these turbulent times\, and both albums landing on various Best of 2018 lists including NPR’s All Songs Considered. \n2021 continues with a flurry of releases including Ceramic Dog’s “HOPE”\, recorded during the pandemic\, plus two reissues on vinyl for the first time: 1993’s long out-of-print “Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus” & “Silent Movies” (2010). Additionally\, Marc’s first collection of writings\, “Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist”\, will be published by Akashic Books this August with an audiobook also in the works\, and Marc’s original score for limited series documentary\, “Queen of Meth”\, will premiere on the Discovery Channel. \nRolling Stone points out that “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new\, weird Americana on 1985’s Rain Dogs\, and since then he’s become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss\, Elvis Costello\, John Mellencamp.” Additional recording credits include Neko Case\, Diana Krall\, Elton John/Leon Russell’s The Union\, Solomon Burke\, John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards\, Marianne Faithful\, Joe Henry\, Allen Toussaint\, Medeski Martin & Wood\, Caetono Veloso\, Susana Baca\, Allen Ginsburg\, Madeline Peyroux\, Nora Jones\, Céu\, Akiko Yano\, The Black Keys\, and many others. Marc works regularly with Grammy® award winning producer T Bone Burnett and NY composer John Zorn. He has also composed and performed on numerous film scores such as “Walk The Line”\, “The Kids Are All Right\,” and “The Departed” (Scorcese).
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-marc-ribot/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T220000
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SUMMARY:Ayurprana Presents: Seán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band with Samara Jade
DESCRIPTION:APLR Presents: Seán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band \nwith guest vocalist Samara Jade \nFriday March 20th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 6PM || Event 7PM \nSeán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band \nSeán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band\, originally hailing from New Orleans\, and now based in Asheville\, have been blending ancient mantras with a rich tapestry of musical influences since their formation in 2005. \nThrough two decades of recording and touring around the country\, the band has helped thousands of people find grace and connection through their pioneering blend of East-meets-West mantra music. \nTheir music seamlessly integrates sacred chants from spiritual traditions\, conscious lyrics\, and elements of rock\, blues\, Celtic folk\, gospel\, and world grooves\, creating a sound that resonates with a diverse audience. \nFounded by vocalist\, lyricist\, and harmonium player Seán Johnson\, the band includes Alvin Young on bass and guitar\, Narada Wise on drums\, multi-instrumentalist Chris Rosser with guest vocalist Samara Jade. \nIn 2005\, Seán founded the band as a post-hurricane Katrina philanthropic music project\, raising funds across the country for relief from the devastation of the storm. The theme of searching for grace and inspiration amidst challenge and destruction has permeated their music ever since. \nIn 2007\, they released their first album\, ‘Calling The Spirits’ which caught the ears of pioneering Canadian record producer Terry McBride\, founder of Nettwerk Records and Lilith Fair. McBride signed the band to Nettwerk for the release of their follow-up album\, ‘Devaloka.’ Subsequent albums\, such as Unity\, which debuted at #1 on the iTunes World Music Chart\, and Mystery\, recognized as one of Louisiana’s best albums of the year by Offbeat Magazine\, have further solidified their place in the global spiritual music scene. \nWhen Putumayo World Music founder\, Dan Storper heard ‘Devaloka\,’ he chose music off the record to be featured on Putumayo’s first compilation of music designed for yoga. Inclusion on three Putumayo albums has helped propel the band’s music to listeners across the world. \nThey are a favorite headliner at conscious music festivals across the U.S. and made history as the first mantra-based band to perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. \n“The music of Seán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band flows from the mystical confluence of the Ganges River and the Mississippi Delta—the deep bhakti tradition of Indian devotional chanting fused with the polyglot cultural cross-currents that so enrich the music of the group’s hometown of New Orleans\, Louisiana. This beloved band evoke\, conjure and celebrate that universally felt yet impossible-to-define essence that lies at the heart of all things\, what Bob Marley once called “a natural mystic\, flowing through the air.” — Alan di Perna (Rolling Stone) \nThis concert marks the kick-off of their annual BHAKTImmersion\, a weeklong immersion for anyone who wishes to deepen their life and steep in the arts of bhakti – including devotional song\, poetry\, movement\, and music-making\, including harmonium and drum lessons. Learn more about the BHAKTImmersion here: https://meetings.youryoga.com/bhakti-immersion-in-asheville-nc
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-presents-sean-johnson-the-wild-lotus-band-with-samara-jade/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T100000
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SUMMARY:Ayurprana Presents: Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser
DESCRIPTION:APLR and AYC Present: Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser \nThursday\, March 5th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 8:45 AM || Event 9:00 AM \nLive Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser \nRide the subtle currents of movement and sound\, guided by the heart\, in this unique weekly live music offering from The AyurPrana Listening Room and Asheville Yoga Center. Each Thursday morning\, gather in the sacred sanctuary of the AyurPrana Listening Room\, where breath\, rhythm\, and devotion intertwine. \nAsheville Yoga Center Director Seán Johnson guides a creative\, heart-centered\, all-levels vinyasa practice\, while multi-instrumentalist Chris Rosser weaves enchanting live music through every posture\, pause\, and pulse. \nThis immersive Bhakti Flow experience features soulful chanting\, imaginative and fluid sequencing\, space for intuitive movement\, and a nourishing closing sequence of gentle reclining postures and meditation. Come to move\, listen\, and open—letting music\, movement\, and community carry you into the day. \nPlease bring your own mat and any yoga props you enjoy using. \n15 spaces are available each week for Asheville Yoga Center monthly unlimited and annual members to use as a perk of their membership – register at www.youryoga.com Otherwise\, the class is $24 with tickets available at www.AyurPranaListeningRoom.com \nEarly registration is recommended\, as spaces are limited. \n*Located at The AyurPrana Listening Room* \n312 Haywood Road\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nSeán Johnson \nSeán Johnson is the Director of the Asheville Yoga Center\, a longtime yoga teacher and trainer\, and an internationally respected guide of heart-centered\, bhakti-inspired practice. With a Master’s degree focused on devotional singing and years of experience teaching chant as spiritual practice\, Seán weaves yoga\, music\, and imagination into deeply soulful experiences on and off the mat. Since 2005\, Seán & The Wild Lotus Band have merged conscious lyrics\, sacred chants from the spiritual traditions of yoga and beyond\, and roots\, rock\, gospel\, and global grooves to create a universal style of cross-cultural spiritual music.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-presents-live-music-yoga-with-sean-johnson-with-music-from-chris-rosser/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T190000
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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando
DESCRIPTION:Make Noise + APLR Present: Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando \nTuesday\, March 3rd\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 7:00 PM || Event 7:30 PM \nExperimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando \nTuesdays in September\, we’ll convene as the Experimental Meditation Club. \nWe’ll provide partially guided meditations with sonic accompaniment. Think breaths to let go of tension\, sonic ambiance\, a bit of grief work\, heavy drones\, and psychedelic introspection (without any drugs). \nThe event begins at 7:30 sharp\, so please be prompt to avoid disruption. \nYou are invited to all four sessions\, but don’t have to come to all of them. The first one will provide some more context for meditation\, but if you can’t make it\, still come to what you can\, and you’ll figure it out along the way. The best way to meditate is just to do it. That’s it! \nWhile everyone is welcome\, this will be tailored to people who: \n*are new to meditation & may be skeptical or rekindling a practice \n*like the company of sonic vibrations \n*are open to trying this experiment & okay with it being messy \n*want to test their own rigidity and capacity for expansion \n*like the idea of democratizing meditation \nHere’s a general idea of what will happen: \nEach night will include some context\, a guided meditation around the theme\, a short conversation (no one is required to talk\, so introverts don’t run away\, please)\, and a longer meditation using only sound. \nKelly Kelbel \nKelly Kelbel meditates every morning in bed\, mostly using the Happier App. She started meditating shortly after she started chemotherapy out of desperation to find relief from her fear. It worked! Chemo Sessions is a project she created to offer support to folks going through treatment through a letter\, music\, tips from pals\, and guided meditations. She is also a writer and co-owns a synthesizer company\, Make Noise\, in West Asheville. Previously\, she served as a legal advocate for survivors of sexual violence in Chicago and youth being tried as adults in New York City. She was a founding teacher of the School for Democracy and Leadership in Brooklyn\, and directed the Rise Project at Warren Wilson College. \nwww.kellykelbel.com \nTony Rolando \nTony Rolando meditates irregularly\, but notices a benefit every time he does a sit. He often uses the quiet. He is a self-taught electronic musical instrument designer who got started by obsessively reading Amateur Radio Relay League books at the public library\, building electronics for artists\, such as the light controlled remixer for Simon Lee’s “Bus Obscura” which debuted at the Whitney Biennial\, working for Moog Music\, and always playing music. Tony has recently released music with Important Records and the Asheville based Ceremony of Seasons. He is the founder\, lead designer\, and co-owner of Make Noise. \nhttps://tonyrolando.bandcamp.com/ \nwww.makenoisemusic.com
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-experimental-meditation-club-with-kelly-kelbel-and-tony-rolando/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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SUMMARY:AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Crescent Choir
DESCRIPTION:APLR Presents: An Evening with Crescent Choir ft Meaghan Collins\, Lyle De Vitry\, Sarah Louise\, P’AL\, Soft Talk\, Henry Toland & Sophia Corinne \nSaturday\, February 28th\, 2026 \nAyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 6 PM || Show 7 PM \nAn Evening with Crescent Choir \nCrescent Choir is a choral project led by Sophia Corinne that brings original music by local artists to life. Rooted in the Asheville area\, the project gathers skilled musicians and experienced singers to make ambitious new work through close collaboration and deep listening. \nThe project is made up of two interconnected ensembles: Crescent Choir\, a larger mixed-voice choir\, and Moon Choir\, a small femme-centered ensemble that grows out of the full group. Together\, they form a shared artistic container devoted to collective music-making and carefully shaped live performance. \nCrescent Choir operates in focused\, seasonal cycles\, centering a small selection of original music by local songwriters\, bands\, and composers. Each season culminates in a live performance\, offering the music back to the community it came from. \nShow Description: \nThis concert features a set of original songs by Asheville-area songwriters\, arranged especially for Crescent Choir and developed over eight weeks of shared rehearsal. Each piece is shaped in close collaboration with its original artist\, expanding intimate songs into rich\, collective vocal landscapes. \nFeatured songwriters this season include Lyle De Vitry\, Soft Talk\, Meaghan Collins\, Henry Toland\, Sarah Louise\, P’AL\, and Sophia Corinne. \nJoin us for an evening of shared listening\, many voices\, and songs offered back to the community they came from.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/ayurprana-listening-room-presents-crescent-choir/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T213000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with FREE PLANET RADIO and special guest\, Aparna Keshaviah
DESCRIPTION:Asheville’s acclaimed global-jazz duo\, Free Planet Radio\, return to AyurPrana Listening Room on the evening of Saturday\, June 14th\, 2025\, with a special set of material selected to accompany and highlight classically trained Bharatanatyam dancer\, vocalist\, polymath\, and innovative movement artist\, Aparna Keshaviah.  \nFree Planet Radio is a dynamic and genre-defying band that blends elements of jazz\, world music\, and improvisation into a gorgeous and exciting musical experience. Comprising of world-renowned musicians\, River Guerguerian on percussion and Chris Rosser on piano and multi-instruments\, they are known for their rich and textured soundscapes\, intricate rhythms\, and virtuosic instrumentation. The band always aims to transport listeners on a captivating musical journey\, “exploring the infinite and seamless relationships between musical cultures through the universal language of sound.” \nAparna Keshaviah is an American-born daughter of south Indian immigrants. She grew up training in the ancient artform of Indian classical dance as well as contemporary Western modalities of movement. As a movement artist\, she celebrates both her family’s ancestral roots and her experience as an American\, through hybridization and innovation.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/an-evening-with-free-planet-radio-and-special-guest-aparna-keshaviah/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T220000
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SUMMARY:Billy Jonas - "Bridging Divides" Album Release Concert
DESCRIPTION:Longtime Asheville resident Billy Jonas invites you to “peruse the perimeters of possibility” with the heartfelt\, humorous\, healing\, and eminently human songs from his new album Bridging Divides. Many of the pieces were commissioned during and around the pandemic. “These songs are an acoustic apothecary\,” says Billy\, “Their purpose is healing. They are love letters to all those seekers and soul spelunkers yearning to sing their way through tumultuous times.” \nBilly Jonas has taken his unique blend of voice\, guitar\, and “industrial re-percussion” — instruments made from found\, foraged\, and recyclable materials — all over the world since 1987. Beloved for his ability to connect with audiences of all ages\, Billy has garnered multiple awards\, been featured in the New York Times\, and been invited to perform at the White House.  \nA versatile performer who presents a variety of shows for both adults and youth\, Billy has prepared a special show to celebrate the release of Bridging Divides\, which he’ll present in the intimate setting of AyurPrana Listening Room in West Asheville. This 16-and-up evening will feature Billy alongside special guests River Guerguerian\, Chris Rosser\, E’Lon JD\, Ashley Jo Farmer\, Juan Holladay\, Bill Melanson\, David LaMotte\, Sherman Hoover\, members of the CBHT Choir\, and more. \nEVENT INFO: \nAPLR Presents: Billy Jonas – ‘Bridging Divides’ Album Release Party \nThursday\, April 10 \nAyurPrana Listening Room \n312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC 28806 \nDoors 6 PM || Show 7 PM \nTHIS SHOW IS AGES 16 AND UP
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/billy-jonas-bridging-divides-album-release-concert/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T213000
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SUMMARY:An Album Release Concert with Chris Rosser
DESCRIPTION:Asheville based multi-instrumentalist\, producer and singer-songwriter\, Chris Rosser\, celebrates the release of his new album\, “Worrying Boy\,” with a concert at West Asheville’s Ayurprana Listening Room\, joined by an all-star band including acclaimed percussionist River Guerguerian (his Free Planet Radio cohort)\, bassist extraordinaire Zack Page\, virtuoso cellist Stephanie Winters\, master tabla player Jahidi\, and more! \nAll of the tracks from the new album will be performed live during the October 12th concert\, as well as some fan favorites from Rosser’s personal catalog and from the Free Planet Radio repertoire. One woman orchestra\, Shannon Hayden\, will open the evening with a set of her own music.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/an-album-release-concert-with-chris-rosser/
LOCATION:AyurPrana Listening Room\, 312 Haywood Rd\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806
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