Natalie Spears in Concert and Conversation

Natalie Spears & David Brown are a duo rooted in a shared love of old songs and a strong sense of place. With hand-made instruments, close harmonies, and deep reverence for traditional music, they approach roots songs with thoughtfulness and quiet joy, allowing time-worn material to open into new shapes. Blending Natalie’s evocative voice, songwriting, and clawhammer banjo with David’s rhythmic sensibility and wide-ranging instrumental fluency, their music is grounded yet exploratory. Drawing on David’s long lineage of Appalachian musicianship and years shaping the sound of Rising Appalachia, alongside Natalie’s work as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and solo recording artist, their sound is shaped by care, listening, and restraint, feeling both timeless and alive