The Asheville-based Jon Stickley Trio -- led by guitarist Jon Stickley with bandmates Lindsay Pruett (violin/fiddle) and Hunter Deacon (drums) -- brought their unique blend of instrumental Americana to the intimate upstairs room of the SGHR Saturday night.

JST’s concoction of instrumental Americana, acoustic jazz, folk, punk, Celtic (and so forth) is matched in its oft-symphonic compositional beauty by its captivating uniqueness. And the complexity of JST’s music is performed without pretension.