★★★★★
South Carolina-based married couple Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent specialise in a stripped-back and primal mix of country and bluegrass that has inevitably prompted comparisons to Johnny and June Cash and the White Stripes. Their debut album is a delight, from the uncomplicated bluesy strut of Tickin' Bomb to the brass inflections on the knowingly tongue-in-cheek Hail Hail...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-05-05
★★★★★
A sassy country woman and indie dude playing pop steeped in country and Americana, Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst are inevitably comparable to the Civil Wars, who clocked up the Grammy awards with a similar sound a year ago. However, you won't find Shovels and Rope covering Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. A married couple from South Carolina, their music is less postmodern and more traditional, that odd name coming from the way old guitars go together "like a shovel and a rope"...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-05-03
★★★★★
This charming Charleston duo have been touring tirelessly since joining forces in 2010. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent were solid singers and songwriters on their own, but the pairing is truly a thing of magic. Their new record O' Be Joyful is a delightful combination of knee-slapping, bordering-on-gospel folk tracks and bluesy guitar-driven rock (with the exciting addition of horns this time around)...
- filtermagazine.com
2012-08-16
★★★★★
The second album from the Charleston, SC duo of Cary Ann Heart and Michael Trent is a gritty, edgy blend of roots-rock, blues, country, folk, gospel and more, with a raw, energetic sound comprised of rumbling electric and twangy acoustic guitars, junkyard percussion and occasional harmonica, keyboards, banjo, fiddle and horns accompanying the duo's boisterous, passion-fueled vocals and colorfully detailed lyrics.
- kexp.org
2012-06-18
★★★★★
The third album from the Charleston, SC husband-and-wife duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent is another gritty, heartfelt blend of roots-rock, folk, blues, country and gospel, combining a raw, ramshackle sound with the duo's rough-hewn harmonies and poignant lyrics. 7/11/2014
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- kexp.org
2014-07-12
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