Tess Liautaud and Jessie Rose Shanks weave a sound as old as the hills, writing and performing folk ballads and country twangers steeped in time and place, a little bit sage, a touch playful and full to the brim with heart.

This spring, they will return from their European touring to bring their much-adored live show back to their favourite folk club.

The music of Franco-American singer-songwriter Tess Liautaud cannot be easily defined. It hangs in the balance of her voice, warm like honey; it carries a depth of raw emotion, delivered with melodic grace and old-time soul.

Having traversed the countryside for the last fifteen or so years in Aotearoa’s hardest working band The Eastern, Jessie Shanks is a renowned guitar-picking, banjo-frailing, foot stomper with a sweet southern voice.

Together, they have cultivated their own unique approach to roots music, always searching, sometimes going down deep, brushing with melancholy and finding harmony in the spaces between.