Asheville, North Carolina

Everything Asheville is known for

15 songs mention this city 77 artists from here

Asheville, North Carolina, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, has a vibrant music scene. The city is home to 77 artists across various genres, including indie artists MJ Lenderman and Wednesday, folk groups like Songs From The Road Band and Steep Canyon Rangers, and metal bands such as Daylight Dies and Feminazgûl.

Fifteen songs in our collection mention Asheville, reflecting its presence in popular music. These include "Asheville Nashville Austin" by The Band of Heathens and "Hard Times" by Gillian Welch. The city's musical identity is deeply rooted in old-time mountain music, but it also embraces innovative sounds.

Music in Asheville

Songs About Asheville

Asheville Nashville Austin
The Band of Heathens
79%
"down on Patton Avenue"
Hard Times
Gillian Welch
49%
"So come all you Asheville boys"
the witches of appalachia
derek spencer
42%
Swanno Mountain
Roscoe Holcomb
41%
"I'm going back to the Swanno Mountain"
Liquor To Like Her
Hank Williams Jr.
29%
"Little brown jug upon my lips"
Fool Hearted Lover
C J Garton
26%
"Well, I sold my soul for a chunk of coal"
No Guarantees
Cody Jinks
26%
"I hear the voice of Jesus and hear the Devil talkin'"
Black & Blue
Red Shahan
26%
"The handle black, barrel blued"
Dialogue #1
Johnny Cash
19%
"about eighty miles from Ashville"
All Comes Floodin’ Down
Brian Mccomas
15%
"We'll throw the sand into those bags"
Here for a Good Time
George Strait
10%
"Pour me some moonshine"
Working Man’s Dream
Luke Bell
10%
"I could rattle the hands of time With a shovel and rope"
Baby Let Your Hair Roll Down
Roscoe Holcomb
10%
"I don't like a railroad boss"
evergreen
richy mitch & the coal miners
10%
Charlotte Street
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4%
"Which was down on Charlotte Street"

Artists From Asheville

C
Chase Rice
country Pop: 55
M
MJ Lenderman
indie Pop: 55
S
Songs From The Road Band
folk Pop: 55
W
Wednesday
indie Pop: 53
D
Daylight Dies
metal Pop: 48
W
Warren Haynes
americana Pop: 43
T
Town Mountain
americana Pop: 42
B
Bryan Sutton
folk Pop: 40
S
Steep Canyon Rangers
folk Pop: 39
F
Feminazgûl
metal Pop: 38
T
Toubab Krewe
world Pop: 36
H
Handmade Moments
rock Pop: 35
A
Ahleuchatistas
rock Pop: 34
F
Firecracker Jazz Band
jazz Pop: 34
T
Tyler Ramsey
folk Pop: 33
M
MANAS
metal Pop: 32
D
Duncan Trussell
other Pop: 31
T
The Honeycutters
americana Pop: 30
H
Honeycutters
americana Pop: 29
C
Chris Rodrigues
folk Pop: 29

Showing top 20 of 77 artists

Rivers & Roads in Song near Asheville

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Asheville.

Highway I 40 10 songs

History of Asheville

A Castle and a Beer Town in the Blue Ridge RoadyGoat

Asheville tucks the largest house in America into the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Biltmore — George Vanderbilt's 250-room French Renaissance chateau, built 1889 to 1895 and designed by Richard Morris Hunt — holds roughly 178,000 square feet, with grounds laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture. The town also raised a literary giant: novelist Thomas Wolfe grew up in his mother's downtown boarding house, the 'Old Kentucky Home,' the model for the setting of 'Look Homeward, Angel' (1929). The book's unflattering portrait of the town got it banned by the local library for years. Today Asheville is a craft-beer capital, repeatedly ranked with the most breweries per capita in the U.S. Wedged in the mountains with an arts-and-makers streak running through downtown, it pairs old grandeur with a free-spirited present.

Asheville, NC RoadyGoat

Asheville, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains at over 2,000 feet, has always drawn interesting people. The Cherokee called this land home long before it became a town named for Governor Samuel Ashe. Even before the Gilded Age mansion, the Biltmore Estate, began to rise above the landscape, this area was already attracting attention. That estate, started by George Vanderbilt in 1889, still dominates the region. It's no surprise that a place with such a dramatic natural setting and a history of innovation would nurture creative talent.

Asheville, NC RoadyGoat

Asheville sits cradled in a valley carved by ancient forces, a geological story etched into the very landscape. The Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the vast Appalachian chain, rise sharply around the city, their slopes a tapestry of hardwood forests. These mountains, worn down over eons, lend a sense of enclosure and protection, shaping the climate and the flow of water. The French Broad River, one of the oldest rivers in the world, snakes through the valley, a crucial waterway that has sustained life here for millennia, now home to the elusive hellbender salamander. For thousands of years, the Cherokee people understood this land intimately, their lives interwoven with the rhythms of the mountains and the river. Later, European settlers arrived, drawn by the promise of fertile land and abundant resources. The mountains isolated the region, fostering a spirit of self-reliance and independence. Even the grand ambition of George Vanderbilt, who built his Biltmore Estate here in the late 19th century, couldn't fully subdue the spirit of the place.

Biltmore Estate

1889

America's largest privately owned house, built by George Vanderbilt with 250 rooms.

3.8 mi away

Blue Ridge Parkway - Craggy Gardens

1935

America's most-visited unit of the National Park System, stretching 469 miles along the Appalachian spine.

12.1 mi away

Things to Do in Asheville

historical 3.8 mi away
Biltmore Estate

America's largest privately owned house. 250 rooms of Vanderbilt excess in the Blue Ridge.
nature 4.3 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway

469 miles of America's most scenic drive through the Appalachian Highlands.

Everything Near Asheville

32 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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