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Ash Devine

About Me



Ash Devine has written over 150 songs, and more coming, Ash's music and artist themes relate to social justice, poetic webs of society, nature and the relationships between it all.
Ash Devine has lived and performed in Asheville North Carolina for over five years. Asheville is home to thousands of artists seeking vehicles for their work. Ash's growing repretuar of songs continuously awes audiences with a fresh folk fusion style integrating old time and celtic traditional styles with jazz, african and eastern music and alternative experimental sounds. The lyrics are infused with meaning, telling stories of people, nature and social revolution.
Ash Devine performs with a three piece band: Quetzal on Cello, and Brian on percussion. Together, the trio creates hauntingly beautiful and emotionally powerful musical compositions.

The Debut album Ash Devine will be released in August 2009. The release will be followed by a CD release tour of the Northeastern and South Western United States and in 2010, the tour will continue to the Western United States and beyond.

With the strong belief music is a tool for education, healing and community transformation, Ash is always searching for ways to emerse her art into humanitarian and social change efforts.

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Member Since: 25/01/2006
Band Website: ashdevine.net
Band Members: Ash Devine(Lead vocals/Guitar/Ukulele) Quetzal Jordan (Chello/mandolin/vocals) and Patrick Turner(Bass) Sky ( Drums/Percussion)
Influences: Appalachian music, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Ani Difranco, Doc Watson, Old Timers of SWVA, Billy Holiday, Peggy Seeger, Utah Green, Key Andrew, Mad squirell, John Fahey, Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Mozart, Bach, Joan of Ark, Richie Havens, All those amazing people out there. Family. City Streets. Puddles. The mountains. Trees. Pollution. Meg-a Corporations (got to thank them for always being there ) Too many to mention.
Sounds Like: Original Folk Fusion Sound. Unique and captivating with an innovative finger picking guitar style. Sounds like: Lucinda Williams, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, Ani Difranco, Bob Dylan and Tori Amos, Billy Holladay, John Fahey, Mazzy Starr .
Record Label: INDEPENDENT

My Blog

death of a lifetime

death is the beautiful certainty of lifewe spend life in the breath of uncertainty wrapped and unraveledfrayed and curled ribbons of spoken wordshow can i reach you, death?i have been dancing around y...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:54:00 GMT

The Journey

The Journey begins here.We walk the lines of spiraling journey quietly we ponder the depths of oceansand our skin feels the pulse of a breathing earthour feet are sinking in the sands and mosses of th...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:10:00 GMT

finished with college

i am finished with youyou self loathing loverthe place i always wanted to leave the pensive portrait i never knew how to lovei learned to appease you, i learned to let you be there for mei learned to ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 10:31:00 GMT

we shall be a storm

we shall be a stormdancing across chopped water salt crusted lips and the sound of spirals wofting up in evaporationthe music of green waves slip softly across the face and we smile with uncertaintyth...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:04:00 GMT

Ash Devine on YouTube

Go to YOutube and type in Ash Devine, to see Ash Devine and Friends Live at RosettasCommunity STew Night. Now Every sunday at Rosettas, food by donation community discussions and live music. Thanks R...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Feel

Letting go of tumorsis like unclenching the fistso long held tightas if to hold onto thelast bit of dignity.there are some things you can't take away from a personlike clenched fistsunless you take th...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:14:00 GMT

Tomorrow I go to Guatemala

leaving short momentsto enter into longevity of magicancient culture seeds cracked and eager this time i seek mirrors of the present and i go with a chariot  strong and steady balanced intention clean...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:18:00 GMT

An evil corporation stole my website www.ashdevine.com

A pharmacuetical company stole my domain name www.ashdevine.com when my domain expired unexpexedly. apparently they had the domain on back-order so that they could snatch it from me the minute it expi...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:56:00 GMT

The Power of Language

The Land of RightsMary Ann Glendon  Commentary regarding this essay. By Ash Devine To me, this text speaks about the language and concepts in society that can shape culture and the habits of citizen...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Clouds Beneath the Rain

There are clouds beneath the rainthey are filling up teetering their fluff on the edge of too much their fancy fillingsare not white enough to pass through customs and in their moisturethey feel stuck...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:07:00 GMT