Shovels and Rope cover Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits for Jack White’s label - Charleston City Paper
Take a listen to S&R’s rendition of The Boss’ “Johnny 99,” one of the songs from the new Third Man Records 7” release, now available for pre-order.
Shovels and Rope just don’t quit. They’re going to be on The Late Show with David Letterman next Wednesday, Jan. 30. Read all about it here.
We’re feeling pretty proud of hometown heroes Shovels and Rope — the duo’s album O’ Be Joyful, came in at No. 3 on American Songwriter’s Top 50 Albums of 2012 list. Now that’s something to be joyful about.
The crown prince and princess of the local scene, Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst — a.k.a. Shovels and Rope — will return to Charleston for some hometown shows after spending much of the year touring. “I’m hungry to get back home, quiet down, and cultivate this next batch of songs,” Hearst says. “We’ve come to realize that it takes a damn long time to put a record out, and when it comes out, you can already have another batch ready to record. Michael and I both have a ton of ideas. On the road, if you’re smart enough to write those down, you come home in pretty good shape.” (Photo by Leslie McKellar.)
“Have you seen the movie I Heart Huckabees? It was like that … a series of little coincidences that were not coincidental at all, but rather tightly integrated fibers in the space time continuum, the result of which was me on the radio,” Cary Ann Hearst says of her interview last Sunday on NPR’s Weekend Edition.
