By popular demand, The Rough & Tumble return to Sundilla to kick off the 2020 season on Friday, January 10. Showtime at the AUUF is 7:30. Advance tickets are just $15 and can be found at Spicer’s Music, Ross House Coffee, and online at sundillamusic.com; admission at the door will be $20. We’ll have free coffee, tea, water and food, and attendees are welcome to bring their own favorite food or beverage.
Three years ago Sundilla brought The Rough & Tumble to town with the prediction that they would “take the stage as unknowns and leave the stage as somebody’s new favorite.” Based on all of the “You can bring these guys back anytime!” comments that were heard after the show, it looks like they were right.
Since then, The Rough & Tumble have only gotten better, and have added two new CDs and a SERFA Official Showcase to their already impressive resume. The Rough & Tumble are as easy to detect as a stray dog on your doorstep– and as difficult to send home. The dumpster-folk, thriftstore-Americana duo, consisting of Mallory Graham & Scott Tyler, have been hobbling around the country in their 16’ camper since 2015, when their Nashville landlord left them without heat during an ice storm for 12 days. Then she tried to hike the rent. Enough was enough, and The Rough & Tumble gave their 30 days notice at their jobs and their lease, sold most of what they owned, and hopped into their shoddily built camper, in spite of the lot salesman’s advice.
They picked up a couple of actual strays along the way– two 100lb dogs, Puddle & Magpie Mae– and have been making themselves at home in living rooms, bars, theaters, and festivals across the country. They’ve been recognized as a Feature Showcase Artist at 2018 SERFA, and a 2018 honorable mention for the Listening Room Network.
“Their Americana music is restorative, their performance highly entertaining, their orchestra of unusual instruments intriguing, and… jokes and stories are worthy of an HBO special” says Linda Bolton of Cozy Cabin House Concerts.” And Red Line Roots says “…they sure as hell are peaking high and mighty in this music and songwriting game.” If you were at that 2017 Sundilla debut, you’ve been looking forward to this one. And if you weren’t, prepare to leave with a new addition to your list of favorites. They were right the first time, and they’ll be right this time, too.
“…I must confess that this is an absolute gem of an album that finds the duo not only facing some deeply dark and personal demons, but raising their game to an unprecedented level too.” — Martin Noakes, Great Dark Wonder, August 2019
” [Howling Back at the Wounded Dog] contains the fleetingness of summer, the wistfulness of romance, the magic of fireflies. But it also contains the hard-scrapple beauty of living: The scrapes and bumps accrued while working toward a goal, a summit, a golden moment.” –Alli Marshall, Mountain Xpress, August 2019
“Even when the pair’s lyrics take an occasional turn toward the melancholy, there’s an underlying sense of happiness (or at least optimism) that leavens the vibe. And the voices of Graham and Tyler — both of which avoid the affected, mannered tone so prevalent in much of today’s Americana — combine seamlessly.” –Bill Kopp, Mountain Xpress, February 2018
Full Article/Album Review Here
“…while the duo’s love story is indeed a grand tale, go see them for the music. The new record is terrific as are their previous releases. But don’t mind me if I get a little starry-eyed with a cartoon heart throbbing out of my chest with the knowledge that it was music that brought these two together in the first place.” –Aimsel Ponti, Maine Today, November 2018
“Your story is so much fun…I was enchanted.” –-Jan Hall, Folk Roots Radio, 2017
Folk Roots Radio with Jan Hall