Letitia VanSant in Concert and Conversation

After singing around campfires, fingerpicking on front porches, and performing everywhere from concert halls to tiny basements, Letitia VanSant and David McKindley-Ward are releasing the sounds of their acoustic collaboration.

David grew up steeped in folk, traditional, and protest music from all over the world. From the foundation of Pete Segeer and Stan Rogers, he found a love for Irish music on cassette tape recordings of the old folk revival balladeers from the 50s and 60s. In recent years he has made a name for himself as a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music, while still nurturing his roots in country and Americana.

Letitia’s shy childhood poems about fairies were put to music after she taught herself to play guitar on a beat-up Yamaha unearthed from an attic. Her art slowly matured into introspective indie folk ballads and Americana-rock anthems that have earned the favor of music lovers in her hometown Baltimore and beyond. “…her gentle singsong may strike you as sweet, but listen a little closer, and you’ll realize she is spitting fire,” says Paste Magazine.

David has been playing in Letitia’s band ever since they became friends as roommates in a rowdy group house of eclectic musicians. In this project he steps up to the mic as well, adding his voice and creativity to the arrangements.

“If we are talking about songs with impact…together they are a force to be reckoned with,” says Frank Hennessy of BBC Radio.

Recorded mostly live in a living room, their duo album features intricate guitar work, ethereal lyrics, and rich harmonies from two distinctive vocal styles.