Dig A Little Deeper

Musical twosome gives fans everything they’ve got

Shovels and Rope
Shovels and Rope

Husband and wife duo Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent -- better known as Shovels and Rope -- brought their rocking, Southern Gothic brand of Americana/folk music to the mainstage of the Fayetteville Roots Festival in August. Now they're returning for a show at George's Majestic Lounge on Saturday, and they might just bring everything but the kitchen sink to the stage.

"Our club show is dialed," Hearst says with a laugh, comparing their tour performances to a festival appearance. "We have too many instruments on stage -- so many instruments that we can barely play!"

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‘Shovels & Rope’

With Matthew Logan Vasquez

WHEN — 8:30 p.m. Saturday

WHERE – George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville

COST — $18

INFO — 527-6618, georgesmajesticloun…; shovelsandrope.com

"Some people maybe see the fact that we're a two-person band -- two people that happen to be married -- and they might think it's going to be a homey, folk, mellow, sweet harmonies show," Trent adds. "We're actually really loud for a lot of the show and super sweaty! It's pretty much a rock 'n' roll show with two people who happen to sing in harmony for most of it. We've been compared to The Everly Brothers, but we've also been compared to The White Stripes, so somewhere in there is what you're going to get."

Following the release of the duo's most recent album, "Little Seeds," fans may see a more vulnerable side to the rockers on stage. The storytellers ventured away from the character-based writing present in many of their songs and pulled instead from personal experiences, finishing the writing and beginning the recording just as they welcomed a baby into their lives.

"I guess putting it into music is keeping it just for you," Hearst says, considering the balance of what to share and what to keep private of her personal life. "What we've always done, for better or worse, is process what happens to us in our lives through that medium. The actual writing of the music makes us able to cope with whatever we're going through. But since we made the record that way, it hopefully can serve the emotional needs of the person who listens to it."

"It's not ours anymore at that point," Trent adds. "It's for everybody else to interpret and get what they need to out of it. We're just happy that people care. And to make somebody feel anything with your music is the greatest compliment that there is."

NAN What's Up on 03/24/2017

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