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Six String Presents: Chris Rosser and Aaron Price
Jul 21, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$15 – $25Chris Rosser is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer and producer. As a solo performer, has opened shows for folk and pop luminaries such as John Mayer, Tom Rush, David Wilcox, Shawn Mullins, John Gorka, Nickel Creek and more.
He has released four solo singer-songwriter recordings: Archaelogy (1998), The Holy Fool (2000), Hidden Everywhere (2006) and A Thousand Hands (2014).
Rosser has won songwriting contests at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival and the Merle Watson Festival, has showcased twice at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and was a New Folk finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival.
As a recipient of the 1999 WNC Regional Artists grant, he continued his studies of Hindustani classical music and the sarod (a 25-string fretless Indian lute) with world-famous Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan.
In 2003, he was awarded a prestigious songwriter/somper fellowship from the NC Arts Council.
Chamber Music America awarded him and Free Planet Radio a grant in 2014 to compose and perform a three-movement piece for the trio, plus string quartet.
Aaron Price is an Asheville-based musician and producer. A talented if not prolific writer, Aaron is a versatile multi-instrumentalist at home when playing bass, piano or guitar. He has produced many records, including local releases by the Honeycutters, Malcolm Holcombe, Stephanies Id, Kellin Watson, Cary Fridley and others.