Shovels & Rope
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Shovels & Rope is American folk duo of husband and wife Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst from Charleston, South Carolina. The duo began with two guitars, a junkyard drum kit (harvested from an actual garbage heap- adorned with tamborines, flowers and kitchen rags), a handful of harmonicas, voices, and above all.. songs. Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent prefer to keep it simple. They have cleverly managed to take 3 separate recording projects and combine them into 1 cohesive
Influenced by: The White Stripes, Gillian Welch, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell
- Active:
- 2010-present
- Scene:
- Charleston, South Carolina
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