Arts
In one sense, Christopher Paul Stelling is always ready to tour. He drives a Ford Transit van with a lofted bed in the back, and bins of albums, shirts and buttons beneath, along with a makeshift lounge behind the front seats. "I got that with 25,000 miles on it, it's got 155,000, I got it in 2017 and I didn't tour last year," he said. "You kinda use vehicles like Kleenex." On this day, he's pulled the van into the parking lot of Summit Coffee in the River Arts District and walked to a nearby picnic table to talk about the path to his newest record, "Forgiving it All." Stelling launches the album Sept. 25 at the Grey Eagle in Asheville.