Shovels & Rope at First Ave

From Charleston, South Carolina

First Twin Cities show since since February 22, 2016 • First Mainroom show since October 3, 2014 • First headlining show since October 3, 2014 • First Mainroom headlining show since October 3, 2014 • 12th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since April 5, 2011

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From last.fm:

Necessity is the mother of invention. Less is more. Make it work with what you've got. 2 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, folk rock, sloppy tonk, harmonized, loose but tight, streamlined audience killing machine. Read more about Shovels & Rope on Last.fm.

First Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar

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From last.fm:

Matthew Logan Vasquez is the frontman and guitarist for Delta Spirit. He released his debut EP, Austin, in November 2015. He plays every instrument on the album except two drum tracks and a single guitar track. "Matt’s voice and words have that Nashville outcast vibe to it,” says Jay Sweet, producer of the Newport Folk Festival and a longtime champion of Matt’s music. “He’s not California, he’s not Texas, he’s not Brooklyn—even though he’s lived in all of those places. Read more on Last.fm

Added to bill on Sep 18