CLEVELAND, Ohio – Shovels & Rope (stylized as “S+R”) is the nom de plume of husband-and-wife duo Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent. If you’re not hip to them, think a bluesy, lo-fi version of The ...

Shovels & Rope have shared plans to hit the road for a special acoustic tour this fall. The impending run, entitled Bare Bones, will include 16 dates at intimate venues across the East Coast and ...

Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels & Rope Credit: Courtesy She’s from Nashville by way of the Mississippi delta, and he’s from Charleston by way of Denver. She brings the soul; he brings the ...

The new album from Charleston's own Shovels & Rope ‘Something Is Working Up Above My Head’ is out now and we've got a preview of one of their latest tunes - "Love Song From A Dog" Single-vehicle ...

Celebrated husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope are hitting the road this fall for a special tour supporting their latest album, Manticore. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent will kick off their 2023 ...

Shovels and Rope is the rock and roll-roots duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, two Charleston, South Carolina-based songwriters who never meant to be in a band together. Though there is ...

It’s a hot afternoon in Nashville, one of those late September scorchers where summer is clinging to the city by its fingernails, but Shovels & Rope are bundling up in a chilly conference room. Cary ...

“If somebody would have said, ‘Hey, guess what’s going to happen? You and your wife are going to be in a two-man band and you’re gonna travel around together and it’s gonna work but it’s just gonna be ...

Charleston's most well-known husband-and-wife folk duo will be among 90 acts to perform for the Protecting Live Music two-day virtual festival that starts at 5 p.m. April 9 and continues through April ...

Husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope are known for crafting intricate, carefully built songs, but much of what dictated the making of their new album, By Blood, were factors outside of their control.

“Americana” is a funny descriptor to slap on Shovels & Rope’s rock ‘n’ roll-steeped sound. “Roots music” implies a traditionalism that is nowhere to be found on their latest album, Swimmin’ Time.

Acclaimed rock duo Shovels & Rope announces an intimate, acoustic fall tour titled Bare Bones. The award-winning husband & wife team of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent will kick things off in their ...