{"id":96835,"date":"2026-08-22T08:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=96835"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:45:25","slug":"ashley-heath-her-heathens-w-matthew-parsons","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/ashley-heath-her-heathens-w-matthew-parsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Heath &amp; Her Heathens w\/ Matthew Parsons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STANDING ROOM ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Heath &amp; Her Heathens<br \/>\nAshley Heath is often described as \u201cVelvet Soul\u201d with her prolific songwriting, strong and airy vocals, bluesy guitar playing, and has garnered national and international attention with her latest album \u201cSomething to Believe\u201d released by Organic Records in Asheville, NC in 2022. She also has two previous albums; \u201cWhere Hope Never Dies\u201d recorded with her full band Ashley Heath and Her Heathens and \u201cA Different Stream\u201d recorded solo. She has been voted Best of WNC by Mountain Xpress voters several years in a row for Vocalist, Songwriting, Blues, and Americana\/Country and also winning Merlefest band competition in 2018. Heath has opened for headliners Pat Benatar, Anders Osborne, Black Joe Lewis, and many more acclaimed artists.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Sidney Parsons<br \/>\nMatthew Sidney Parsons is a songwriter, poet, and educator from Olive Hill, Kentucky. He wrote the title track on Bronwyn Keith-Hynes\u2019 2025 Grammy-nominated album I Built a World. Raised in a bluegrass family, Parsons performs solo and with his band Whistle &amp; Fish and has taught songwriting and traditional music across Appalachia through Morehead State University, Berea College, and Hindman Settlement School. He has performed at events including The Bluegrass Jamboree in Germany, Kentucky Arts &amp; Letters Day, WDVX Blue Plate Special, and Bernie Sanders\u2019 Fighting Oligarchy Tour, touring with acts like Sarah Kate Morgan, The Local Honeys, and The Berea College Bluegrass Band. He has shared stages with Peter Rowan, Tim Stafford, Dale Ann Bradley, and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes. Parsons is the author of Mountain Roosters and Holy Land, and creates character-driven performances that celebrate mountain culture while addressing universal human experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STANDING ROOM ONLY Ashley Heath &amp; Her Heathens Ashley Heath is often described as \u201cVelvet Soul\u201d with her prolific songwriting, strong and airy vocals, bluesy guitar playing, and has garnered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":96837,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-96835","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ashley Heath &amp; Her Heathens w\/ Matthew Parsons - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/ashley-heath-her-heathens-w-matthew-parsons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ashley Heath &amp; 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