Coming to the stage of One World West is the versatile singer A.G. Hammond. As a native sister of Asheville, the experience and sensibilities in her voice bring out the soul of each song, a blend of Jazz, Blues, Pop & R&B. With a career that stretches over 40 years, A.G.’s accolades include a Grammy nomination and the opening act for countless Blues and R&B artists like Alyson Williams and Tony Terry. As a U.S. Army soldier, she performed for families of 9/11 victims, alongside the USO, and for troops in Bosnia. Beyond her career in music, A.G. is a Mother of 4, an accomplished graphic designer and journalist, as well as the founder of Verbal Purple, a company that supports organizations that focus on domestic violence, sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Come to One World West and listen to this dynamic woman who will lift your hearts and your soul.

Also playing Ovadya-

O•VAD•YA has been playing before extremely diverse audiences for over 15 years… From opening for Eric Burdon and the Animals, to Piamenta (the “Israeli Jimi Hendrix”) and benefits, to clubs to live radio, from festivals to synagogues to intimate coffeehouses. Their music has been featured on radio nationally and locally in both Chicago and Asheville (WXRT, WNUR, WBEZ, WNUR, WLUP, WPVM and many more nationally), charting in CMJ & grabbing major (Polygram) label interest & indie label offers.

Press on O•VAD•YA includes Chicago Sun Times affiliates, Chicago Tribune, Illinois Entertainer, Yediot Ahoronot (Israel’s biggest newspaper) and many other newspapers / periodicals. Some of the band’s (older) music is on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora, Deezer and more. Studio plans for new music is in the works.
Their Asheville incarnation of the band boasts a group of sought-after local and nationally known musicians. Recently, they performed at Asheville’s Story Parlor, on Radio (103.3 FM [Lucid Pilot] and 103.7 WPVM), AVL, WTF and LEAF Fest and more.

Ticket is $15