The Reason for the Benefit

Why is it important to keep places like White Horse Black Mountain alive and well?

White Horse Black Mountain makes a difference in the lives of people.

The venue has been a huge asset for the people of Black Mountain and the surrounding areas of Western North Carolina. The venue has been praised by musicians, audience members, and members of the community for it's quality peformances and it's warm and welcoming spirit.

But it goes beyond that. White Horse Black Mountain has demonstrated that it truly cares about people and desires to make a difference in the lives of people; locally, regionally, and around the world.

During early March, White Horse Black Mountain held it's 2nd Help Haiti Heal Benefit event. Asheville resident and friend of White Horse, Lorin Mallorie, was in Haiti at the time and helped arrange and remote Skype broadcast of Haitian musicians who once again had a stage to share their lives and music with the world. Their performance was shown live on the huge screen at White Horse and White Horse arranged to have the performance webcast live ..... so that anyone in the world could see and hear the voices and music of Haiti.

Lorin Mallorie describes the impact of that event as follows:

On Saturday evening we stage a "live" concert via satellite call to White Horse Black Mountain, which is hosting a Haiti benefit. James Vergenau (aka Rebel) of the Haitian reggae band Yizra'el sings an original tune called "Mother Nature"; Jagat accompanies him on the hand drums. The smaller venues here are still closed for reconstruction, and it's Rebel's first performance since the quake two months ago.

They tell me the White Horse audience was in tears. But what stays with me from that night in Kenscoff is the look in Rebel's eyes, alive and inspired to once again be playing the music he loves — this time for a little town in far off America.





Ashley Chambliss

ASHLEY CHAMBLISS
http://ashleychambliss.wordpress.com/


She is one of those amazing piano-playing singer-songwriters that you hook you right from the start. I have so enjoyed her previous CDs Nakedsongs and In This Ocean that to this day I still hum them to myself from time to time.

When I first heard that Tupelo came out, I was very excited. And after listening to it several times, I am carried away by her thoughtful, melodic, and ambient storytelling. Tupelo is much more laid-back than her first two but it still tells the stories of what she's been through over the past few years with strong vivid imagery.
The mood is unmistakably thoughtful and reflective which inevitably allows us to become more thoughtful and reflective about our own lives. -- Rahim Snow


TV and Film Placements:

So You Think You Can Dance/Canada (a little more of you)
Sundance Winner 'Anywhere USA' (lead vocals)
'Skins'- UK Series (a little more of you)
MTVs, 'The Hills' (a little more of you)
ABC's, 'One Life to Live' (my Universe, a little more of you)
New York City Dance Alliance Showcase (a little more of you)


"broken-hearted phrasing that will eat your cynicism for breakfast. Comparisons (Sarah McLachlan-like beauty meets Rickie Lee Jones' melancholic cool?) ultimately fail; Chambliss' gift is too complex. .. she's blessed with an intuitive understanding of harmony; and, yes, she's got that voice. "Frank Rabey - MountainXpress, Asheville NC

"Singer-pianist Ashley Chambliss looks to be one of the brightest new young talents, with her amazing voice, top keyboard skills and profound lyrics.""Tony Kiss - Asheville Citizen Times

"Ashley Chambliss, a new-to-the-scene pianist/singer whose shockingly distinctive voice recalls some combination of Jewel, Sarah McLachlan and Rickie Lee Jones." "Marsha Barber - Mountain Xpress