Shovels & Rope w/ Nolan Taylor
Acclaimed DIY Americana-meets-Rock duo, Shovels & Rope, are blazing across the Idaho Panhandle this Fall!Husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope hail from the South Carolina low country, & have spent well over a decade crafting a gritty, genre-blurring sound that mixes folk, rock, country, and punk influences. Trading harmonies and MANY instruments throughout their sets, Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst deliver live shows that feel both deeply personal and high-energy.
The duo first broke through with their acclaimed album O’ Be Joyful, earning praise for songs that balance heartache, humor, and Southern grit. Since then, they’ve continued to evolve through a steady run of 10 celebrated releases and relentless touring, building a loyal fanbase along the way.
Fans can expect a set where the artists leave everything on the stage, a highly personal and energetic show filled with favorites like “Birmingham” and “I Know,” alongside newer material that showcases the duo’s ever-evolving sound and songwriting.
When describing their latest release, Something is Working, the rules were simple: "only use what we work with live and whatever we put down on tape must be accomplishable on a stage in a live setting. That’s always seemed to be when we’re at our best. Or most twitchy. Many times we’ve made records that we loved and then, after figuring out how we’d perform it live, we end up falling in love with the live arrangement because being a 2-piece band it took some real risk and struggle which led to innovation which gave it a whole new life ... So with this one we just started there and worked backwards. The result encapsulates, more than anything we’ve done before, the sound of our live performance." Resulting in what one might consider by definition, a definitive album.
NOLAN TAYLOR-Nolan Taylor is a singer-songwriter based in Cincinnati. His voice ranges from the soft fall of rain to a heavy crack of thunder, underlining songs of hard times, wild nights and heartbreak. The emotional impact of his sound is not only heard, but felt.
When Nolan Taylor grabs a guitar and steps up to a microphone, he speaks for the desperate, the deserted, and the downtrodden who deserve a voice and demand a chance to be heard. The Ohio-raised and Nashville-based singer,songwriter, and guitarist knows the hopelessness of an impoverished upbringing surrounded by addiction firsthand.
However, he also knows what the light at the end of the tunnel feels like—because he dug himself out of despair and found that light. Growing up in Blanchester, OH, he initially lived in a small home. His mother fell prey to drugs and mental health turbulence, leaving Nolan and his brother to be raised by dad—who worked several jobs to make ends meet. He bounced around from place-to-place until life settled down during sophomore year of high school.
Music offered a semblance of stability. Upon graduating high school, Nolan tirelessly gigged anywhere he could. A live video of “68” (which directly addresses the relationship with his mom and the topic of addiction) went viral and caught the attention of Atlantic Records. He gained traction with the Life & Love EP and Live From The Living Room EP.
Beyond sharing bills with everyone from The Revivalists and City and Colour to 49 Winchester, Charley Crockett, and Band of Horses he sold out his headline Cincinnati Heart Tour. He contributed “Driving You Home” to Twisters: The Album, the companion soundtrack to the blockbuster film which went on to be nominated for a GRAMMY®.
Nolan invited audiences into the heart of where he grew up (and the Heartland of the country) on his 2025 self-titled full-length debut, Nolan Taylor [Atlantic Records], and looks to expand his catalog with a new EP slated for release in 2026.
Presented by Panida Theater
The duo first broke through with their acclaimed album O’ Be Joyful, earning praise for songs that balance heartache, humor, and Southern grit. Since then, they’ve continued to evolve through a steady run of 10 celebrated releases and relentless touring, building a loyal fanbase along the way.
Fans can expect a set where the artists leave everything on the stage, a highly personal and energetic show filled with favorites like “Birmingham” and “I Know,” alongside newer material that showcases the duo’s ever-evolving sound and songwriting.
When describing their latest release, Something is Working, the rules were simple: "only use what we work with live and whatever we put down on tape must be accomplishable on a stage in a live setting. That’s always seemed to be when we’re at our best. Or most twitchy. Many times we’ve made records that we loved and then, after figuring out how we’d perform it live, we end up falling in love with the live arrangement because being a 2-piece band it took some real risk and struggle which led to innovation which gave it a whole new life ... So with this one we just started there and worked backwards. The result encapsulates, more than anything we’ve done before, the sound of our live performance." Resulting in what one might consider by definition, a definitive album.
NOLAN TAYLOR-Nolan Taylor is a singer-songwriter based in Cincinnati. His voice ranges from the soft fall of rain to a heavy crack of thunder, underlining songs of hard times, wild nights and heartbreak. The emotional impact of his sound is not only heard, but felt.
When Nolan Taylor grabs a guitar and steps up to a microphone, he speaks for the desperate, the deserted, and the downtrodden who deserve a voice and demand a chance to be heard. The Ohio-raised and Nashville-based singer,songwriter, and guitarist knows the hopelessness of an impoverished upbringing surrounded by addiction firsthand.
However, he also knows what the light at the end of the tunnel feels like—because he dug himself out of despair and found that light. Growing up in Blanchester, OH, he initially lived in a small home. His mother fell prey to drugs and mental health turbulence, leaving Nolan and his brother to be raised by dad—who worked several jobs to make ends meet. He bounced around from place-to-place until life settled down during sophomore year of high school.
Music offered a semblance of stability. Upon graduating high school, Nolan tirelessly gigged anywhere he could. A live video of “68” (which directly addresses the relationship with his mom and the topic of addiction) went viral and caught the attention of Atlantic Records. He gained traction with the Life & Love EP and Live From The Living Room EP.
Beyond sharing bills with everyone from The Revivalists and City and Colour to 49 Winchester, Charley Crockett, and Band of Horses he sold out his headline Cincinnati Heart Tour. He contributed “Driving You Home” to Twisters: The Album, the companion soundtrack to the blockbuster film which went on to be nominated for a GRAMMY®.
Nolan invited audiences into the heart of where he grew up (and the Heartland of the country) on his 2025 self-titled full-length debut, Nolan Taylor [Atlantic Records], and looks to expand his catalog with a new EP slated for release in 2026.
Presented by Panida Theater
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