The Wood Brothers

The Wood Brothers have learned to trust their hearts. For the better part of two decades, they've cemented their reputation as freethinking songwriters, road warriors, and community builders, creating a catalog of diverse music and a loyal audience who’ve grown alongside them through the years. That evolution continues with Heart is the Hero, the band's eighth studio album. Recorded analog to 16-track tape, this latest effort finds its three creators embracing the chemistry of their acclaimed live shows by capturing their performances in real-time direct from the studio floor with nary a computer in sight. An acoustic-driven album that electrifies, Heart is the Hero is stocked with songs that target not only the heart, but the head and hips, too.

South Carolina husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope channel country, folk, bluegrass, Americana, and blues through a nervy indie rock prism. Emerging in 2008, they found success with the albums O' Be Joyful (2012) and Swimmin' Time (2014), both of which cracked the Billboard 200. In addition to studio LPs like Little Seeds (2016), By Blood (2019), and Manticore (2022), the pair have released multiple volumes of their popular "Busted Jukebox" covers series, which has seen them collaborate with a wide array of artists like Brandi Carlile, the Milk Carton Kids, M. Ward, Rhett Miller, Sharon Van Etten, and others.