Shovels & Rope, Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Trapper Schoepp

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Todd Cooper

Shovels and Rope

This show features not one, but three can’t-miss folk rock acts. Shovels & Rope (pictured) are a husband and wife duo whose stomping barroom tunes sound far bigger than you’d expect from just two people. Joining them is English folk punk Frank Turner and his band, The Sleeping Souls, one of the hardest working and most consistently great bands in the genre. Rounding things out is Trapper Schoepp, a Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter who recently made headlines by helping complete a lost Bob Dylan song about Wisconsin.

$27.50.

press release: Acclaimed duo Shovels & Rope will co-headline The Sylvee with Frank Turner on May 5 in support of their new album By Blood, which releases on April 12 via Dualtone Music. Known for their honest, literate and narrative-driven songwriting, Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent (aka Shovels & Rope) inject raw and fiercely passionate emotion into the 10 new tracks on By Blood. The husband and wife team have built a reputation as boldly honest, heart-on-sleeve artists who put everything into their craft and their incendiary live performances. Listen to the album's biting, personal debut track “The Wire” and view the recent Billboard Feature for more insight. 

As storytellers, Shovels & Rope create cinematic vignettes built around flawed characters who strive for greatness but are often overtaken by their shortcomings. With songs that portray messages of hope, love, and an unbreakable familial bond, By Blood features the strong, yet vulnerable approach and Southern-infused roots/rock/punk style that has defined Shovels & Rope's career. As with their previous work, the new album was produced by Michael Trent and recorded at their in-home studio, with the duo performing nearly all instruments on the tracks. By Blood is the follow up to the group's 2016 release Little Seeds, which garnered critical praise including The New York Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Wired, Paste, Noisey and much more.

Ten years in, Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent are a fierce little family band and business that show no signs of slowing down. Along with By Blood, 2019 will see the release of an illustrated children’s book based on the track “C’mon Utah” off the new album, as well as their film “Shovels & Rope: The Movie”, turning the concert film format on its head. 2019 also marks the third year of Hearst & Trent’s highly anticipated High Water Festival in their hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. In an ever-changing music business and media landscape, Shovels & Rope continue to evolve, exploring new ways to express their creativity while maintaining the highest levels of integrity. Their latest release By Blood just affirms that we are all the better for it.