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Shovels & Rope, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

By Stephen Thompson
Published July 28, 2014 at 11:52 AM EDT
Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent of Shovels and Rope perform at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival.
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Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent of Shovels and Rope perform at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival.

Equal parts rowdy and loving, the husband-and-wife South Carolina duo Shovels & Rope radiates knockabout charm. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent are equally adept at crooning moonily while locking eyes and tearing through blistering folk-rock anthems without seeming to take a breath. Hearst and Trent often swap instruments, giving their sets a freewheeling, unpredictable quality.

Next month, Shovels & Rope will release a new album called Swimmin' Time. Hear the band perform some of its new songs and some old favorites as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.

Set List

  • "O' Be Joyful"

  • "Kemba's Got The Cabbage Moth Blues"

  • "Save The World"

  • "Tell The Truth"

  • "Keeper"

  • "The Devil Is All Around"

  • "Fish Assassin"

  • "Coping Mechanism"

  • "Birmingham"

  • "Lay Low"

  • "Evil"

  • "Hail Hail"

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    Stephen Thompson
    Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)
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