Melanie Ida Chopko: “Never Had a Love Like This” Album Release
July 31 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fri, Jul 31, 2026 7pm Doors | 7:30pm Show | $20 advance | $25 door click here!
At long last, the release show for Melanie Ida Chopko’s newest album,’ Never Had a Love Like This’!
A rare full band show featuring Nic Jenkins (infinitikiss) on drums and special guests on bass and brass. Performing on voice and piano, Melanie weaves her music together with stories and comedy to create joy, deep feeling and a sense of togetherness. For fans of Regina Spektor, Randy Newman & Sufjan Stevens, of days without your phone and evenings on the front porch with fireflies. Come laugh and maybe cry with us!
‘Never Had a Love Like This’ is a dispatch from modern adulthood—a sweeping indie folk record shaped by the agony of modern dating and tech-fractured intimacy. Across these ten tracks, Chopko charts a return to the body, to human connection, and to the natural world. The album is an unflinching, satisfying work from an artist who holds an entire generation’s worth of frustration and longing in her gaze to craft for us a rare gift: recognition.
“It’s rare that a songwriter truly tries to sift through the grey areas of intimacy and romance in search of meaning, but Chopko does just that. The images her resistance-melting voice and chords paint are so vivid you can almost touch them – the songs shine like a diamond.” – Americana UK
‘The Mule’ – Tasting Room
Say hello to The Mule – a full-service bar/event space in the home of Devil’s Foot Beverage’s production facility. Draft soda, beer, & wine – as well as delicious cocktails & mocktails featuring Devil’s Foot craft sodas and the largest collection of NC-made spirits in Asheville – all at your fingertips just outside of Biltmore Village! Open now for all of your beverage & party needs! devilsfootbrew.com/the-mule
