Shovels and Rope live in concert.
ON TOUR

Shovels and Rope

42
critic concert reviews
country

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

77
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Based on 
42
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 42 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Shovels and Rope is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Shovels and Rope concert reviews describe live shows and performances as infectious, intricate, soulful, and satisfying.

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Latest Release

O' Be Joyful (10th Anniversary Edition) (July 28, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
country
Origin
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States (2008 - present) (2008 – present)
Bio
Shovels & Rope is American folk duo of husband and wife Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst from Charleston, South Carolina. The duo began with two guitars, a junkyard drum kit (harvested from an actual garbage heap- adorned with tamborines, flowers and kitchen rags), a handful of harmonicas, voices, and above all.
Has Performed With
Shakey Graves

Critic Concert Reviews

The Aquarian Weekly (USA)

April 18, 2022
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When a husband and wife can work together at what they love and make a living from it, that is a supreme blessing. Michael Trent and Cary Ann Heart were leading separate musical careers when they met, fell in love, married, recorded music together, and toured the national music circuit as Shovels & Rope.

Parklife DC (USA)

November 9, 2021
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So much of the best music has been the result of human relationships gone wrong, gone right or our infinite quest to understand our own needs and desires.

Vanyaland (USA)

October 14, 2019
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Boston, USA

Parklife DC (USA)

July 24, 2019
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Charleston, South Carolina folk-and-country-rock duo Shovels & Rope opened the annual Wheels of Soul tour recently. Married couple Carrie Ann Hearst and Michael Trent were the first of three heads of the beast that invades Wolf Trap every July.

Times Union (USA)

March 22, 2018
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But it wasn’t until Wednesday night’s performance at the Egg’s Swyer Theaterthat the pair has played the Capital Region.

Grateful Web (USA)

March 12, 2018
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Boulder Theater, Boulder, USA

Slug Mag (USA)

March 8, 2018
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There are so many things I want to say about my time at An Evening with Shovels & Rope on March 6 at The State Room, but I’m sure I won’t be able to properly convey the complete experience here.

Past critic reviews published in

Bands of Tomorrow (Denmark), Exclaim (Canada), KDHX (USA), 303 Magazine (USA), BeatRoute Magazine (Canada) and more

Image Credit

Abby Gillardi [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons