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South Carolina band Shovels & Rope digs deep for songs about relationships and family

Shovels & Rope (Leslie Ryan McKellar)
Shovels & Rope (Leslie Ryan McKellar)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with musicians Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst about their band Shovels & Rope’s new album “Manticore.”

The album features a number of songs about relationships and family. Trent and Hearst are married with two children.

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