WNC Original Music

 Visit our facebook group - Western NC Original Music   Click here for easy streaming or download -   https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rnxr6p/ep93joshuacarpenterpt1.mp3   Click to listen on iTunes/Apple   Stitcher   Spotify  iHeart   Listen and follow Joshua Carpenter https://jcarps.com Spotify https://www.potluckfoundation.com/   Link to WNC Musicians for Change Compilation https://wncoriginalmusic.bandcamp.com/album/until-the-job-is-done   Mike Blair and the Stonewalls https://mikeblairandthestonewalls.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/mikeblairandthestonewalls https://www.facebook.com/MikeBlairMusic   Subscribe to the podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wnc-original-music/id1378776313 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/wnc-original-music-31067964/ This link has all the other places to subscribe https://gopod.me/wncom   Follow on Social Media https://www.facebook.com/wncoriginalmusic https://www.wncoriginalmusic.com https://www.instagram.com/wnc_original_music/   All music used by permission     Joshua Carpenter has done stints with Floating Action, The Nein, and even a handful of gigs here and there with cult-hero-turned-phenomenon Rodriguez. The Asheville, NC resident currently plays with Schooner, Better Twin, & Emily Easterly in addition to writing and performing under his own name. Carpenter has released two under-the-radar-but-stellar solo albums, Full Flight, in 2011, and Prey Tells, in 2017.

Carpenter’s aesthetic lends itself to Big Star’s memorable hooks with the wry, eviscerating wit of Andy Partridge. Catchy, cerebral, and a little pugnacious.

"… traces back through songsmiths Tobin Sprout and Matthew Sweet to Robyn Hitchcock and Ray Davies - nostalgia obsessives unafraid to dress their melancholy in pop trappings."

-John Schacht, Independent Weekly (NC)