AyurPrana Listening Room

12/10/2024

Just Announced: Make Noise and APLR have come together to offer an alt meditation residency; Experimental Meditation Club. Every Tuesday in January, Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando will host astral voyages through heavy drones, breathwork, and psychedelic introspection. While everyone is welcome, this will be tailored to people who are new to meditation, or rekindling a practice, and like the company of deep sonic vibrations. This event is free to the public - RSVP at the link in the bio.

Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando

Every Tuesday in January, we’ll convene as the Experimental Meditation Club.

We’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).

You are invited to all four sessions, but don’t have to come to all of them to enjoy the experience. Here’s a general idea of what will happen:

Each 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. Themes include Grounding, Equanimity, Self-Compassion, and Growth.

Note: This is a rough plan and plans change so we aren’t 100% sure that it will stay exactly like this. We just wanted to give you an idea of what to expect, and invite you to be okay with the plan changing. Look at us- we’re already doing the work.

Free for all to attend. Donations accepted for Lamplight AVL.

12/09/2024

🚨LOW TICKET ALERT🚨 An Evening with Marianne Williamson is very close to selling out. We are sold out of the $25 ticket, and have a limited amount of VIP and GA tickets left!

Get your tickets now at the link in the bio.

12/06/2024

Join us next Saturday, December 14th, to celebrate the release of ’s wonderful new album ‘Worrying Boy’! Tickets are available at the link in our bio.

Chris Rosser
Asheville-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter Chris Rosser celebrates the release of his new album “Worrying Boy” with an all-star band. Chris has appeared many times at the AyurPrana Listening Room with his duo Free Planet Radio, Sean Johnson & the Wild Lotus Band, and many other Listening Room favorites.

12/03/2024

Benefit Show! 100% OF PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO LAMPLIGHT AVL in their efforts of Hurricane Helene relief! Mary Lattimore's whimsical music is a perfectly paired treat this wintery holiday season! and it helps the community! Link to tickets in comments!

11/27/2024

APLR is coming back to life in Dec/Jan - please join us for these incredible events! Stay tuned, more to come…

11/25/2024

Saturday, January 18th, the enchanting Natalie Jane Hill comes to APLR for an evening of melodies that will melt your heart.

Opening act, Ellicott Hooligan, is a new local act featuring Animal Collective founder, Avey Tare, and Shane McCord and Mikey Powers of Sham.

Single #1 off of Natalie Jane Hill's 'Solely,' out via Dear Life Records digitally and on CD 10/29, vinyl on 12/3pre-order here: https://nataliejanehill.band...

11/25/2024

We cant wait to hear Mary Lattimore in APLR's beautiful acoustics! We hope you'll join us, Friday, December 27th, for a truly stunning evening of mesmerizing beautiful music! 100% of proceeds will be donated to Lamplight AVL in their efforts to help artists effects by hurricane Helene.

11/18/2024

Mary Lattimore and the wonderful team at Ground Control Touring have decided to present the show on December 27th as a benefit for Lamplight AVL’s Recover, Remain, and Thrive initiative.

The artists and arts organizations that make the Asheville area the special, vibrant place we call home have been deeply impacted by Hurricane Helene. Many have lost homes, studios, equipment, and livelihoods. Lamplight AVL is an Asheville-based 501c3 that supports the community through engagement with music and the arts. 100% of the proceeds from this event will go to this program, which enables artists to recover, remain in the area, and continue to create the work that inspires our community. Funds are distributed directly to artists over multiple phased projects, ensuring that recovery is both immediate and foundational, and maintaining the Asheville area’s identity as an arts haven for residents and visitors alike.

Don’t miss your opportunity to see this incredible show featuring the incomparable Mary Lattimore, with special guests Min Xiao-Fen and Tashi Dorji, and know that by purchasing a ticket you are changing the lives of Asheville area artists.

11/15/2024

APLR is elated that we were able to reschedule this phenomenal bill featuring Natalie Jane Hill and Ellicott Hooligan, please join us on Saturday, January 18th to celebrate two wonderful local artists.
jane.hill brings her brand of shimmering kaleidoscopic folk to the APLR stage on Saturday, January 18th, with support from Ellicott Hooligan, a new project featuring members of and . Tickets are available at the link in the bio.

Natalie Jane Hill
Natalie Jane Hill is a Texas native guitarist and singer-songwriter currently based in the mountains of North Carolina. She writes songs that reach for the haunted and comforting corners of the natural world, dressed in a gently virtuosic and singular approach to finger-style guitar.

‘Solely’ is a celebration of knowing ourselves well enough to be able to accept the darkest paths of introspection, which can allow us to combine our creative influence with others to construct the experiences we want to have. Like lived experience itself, this music breathes and inhabits the space you allow for it, constantly revealing new qualities and inviting repeated reflection.

Ellicott Hooligan
Ellicott Hooligan is a new band of 3 friends

11/15/2024

Tickets are now on sale for this incredibly intimate, can’t-miss, show at APLR, featuring Hiss mastermind and bandleader M.C. Taylor performing his acclaimed album Bad Debt in its entirety, along with other cuts from the Hiss catalog. Joining Taylor, another brilliant NC-based songsmith, , who will perform a rare stripped-down solo set.

This event is also a benefit for ’s Recover, Remain, and Thrive Program; which offers grants to WNC-based artists and musicians whose livelihoods are impacted by the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene.

Tickets are available at the link in our bio!

11/14/2024

Tickets are moving fast - don’t miss your chance to experience this incredible benefit with

Political activist, presidential candidate, and best-selling author Marianne Williamson will take the stage at APLR on Wednesday, December 11th, for an evening of fundraising for Hurricane Helene relief. Tickets are available at the link in our bio.

An Evening with Marianne Williamson: Fundraiser Event for Hurricane Recovery

Marianne Williamson is coming to Asheville on December 11th to help raise funds for Hurricane relief efforts. Join us for an inspiring discussion of the qualities of both soul and society that will help us repair our many wounds. Williamson’s spiritual as well as political work makes her a unique voice in American affairs, and the evening will lift our hearts as well as our community. Funds will go to Beloved Asheville.

Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, political activist, and spiritual thought leader. Williamson founded Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization that has delivered more than 18 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients since 1989. The group was created to help people suffering from the ravages of HIV/AIDS. She has also worked throughout her career on poverty, anti-hunger, and racial reconciliation issues. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance and supports the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace. Williamson ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 and 2024.

For over four decades, she has been a leader in spiritually progressive circles. She is the author of 16 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers.

11/13/2024

Just Announced: We are thrilled and honored to welcome Hiss Golden Messenger to the APLR stage on Friday, January 24th, 2025. This incredibly intimate show finds Hiss Golden Messenger band leader M.C. Taylor performing solo and playing his adored and critically acclaimed album Bad Debt in its entirety. We couldn’t be more elated to announce that one of our favorite musicians Rosali will join Hiss Golden Messenger on this momentous occasion. Rosali, who released AOTY contender “Bite Down” this past March, will play a can’t-be-missed stripped-down solo set as well.

Portions of the proceeds from the APLR show will benefit Lamplight AVL’s RECOVER + REMAIN + THRIVE efforts. In the wake of the devastating hurricane Helene and subsequent catastrophic flooding, Lamplight AVL is working to launch phased support of local artists to ensure their immediate and foundational recovery, with a vision of artists remaining and thriving in Asheville.

The link to presale tickets is in our bio, with public on-sale this Friday at 10 AM!

11/13/2024

Just Announced: On Friday, January 17th, APLR welcomes Nasheville’s chart-topping bluegrass super-group, Sister Sadie, for An Evening with one of the most lauded, stirring and ground-breaking bluegrass collectives to ever take the stage. The presale goes live tomorrow at noon, with a public on-sale Friday at noon. Get tickets through the link in our bio.

Sister Sadie
Sister Sadie is a wildfire: raging hot bluegrass combined with breathtaking instrumental drive and awe-inspiring vocals. Comprised of original members Deanie Richardson (fiddle), Gena Britt (banjo & vocals) and newcomers Jaelee Roberts (guitar & vocals), Dani Flowers (guitar & vocals), and Maddie Dalton (acoustic bass & vocals), Sister Sadie has combined the varied talents of each of the individual women in the lineup to create something that is far more than the sum of its parts. It is a sound uniquely their own. Yes, it’s undeniably classic, hard-driving bluegrass, but it’s much more than just that. Rooted in forceful and tight vocal harmonies, this isn’t your granddaddy’s Appalachian high lonesome sound. This is something far more powerful than that—it’s the sound of the mountains themselves.

11/11/2024

🚨POSTPONED🚨 Due to fallout from Hurricane Helene, next Friday’s show with Natalie Jane Hill ft Ellicott Hooligan (formerly 7auPG) has been postponed, the show will be rescheduled into early 2025. We’ll announce the new date soon!

11/06/2024

Practices For Radiance with Jai Dev is SOLD OUT.

If you have tickets please arrive by 6PM for this special event.

11/05/2024

We dropped a stack of tickets for tomorrow night’s Six Organs of Admittance show with the beautiful folks , they’re giving these tickets away to our community, the first person to ask for a ticket will also receive a copy of Six Organs’ brilliant new album “Time is Glass.”

We love this community, and we can’t wait to see you tomorrow night.

11/05/2024

TOMORROW NIGHT! Six Organs of Admittance and Tashi Dorji. A night of intricately unique and mezmerizing guitar work. We will have a limited run of 20 of these posters available for purchase. We hope to see you there!