First meeting on the Inauguration Day of President Obama in 2009, guitarist
Andrew Marlin was strumming away at a jam session hosted by friends in a
bluegrass band called Big Fat Gap when fiddle player Emily Frantz joined in on
the traditional standard "Bury Me Beneath the Willow Tree". After a couple more
songs, their natural musical connection was instantly apparent and the pair grew
from playing traditional tunes to creating original songs and self-producing
debut album Quiet Little Room in their home town of Chapel Hill in 2010. Marlin
had originally played guitar in rock ban...