He Ain’t My Brother, He’s Heavy

To anyone inside the bluegrass world, Dailey & Vincent are still a fairly new act. But they’re no secret: Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent were already experienced sidemen, and their self-titled debut last year made big waves at the IBMA awards. In case it wasn’t clear that the traditional-minded bluegrass duo have the kind of knack for natural, close-harmony singing that usually belongs to brothers like the Monroes and Stanleys, the title of their upcoming album tips their hand: Brothers from Different Mothers. The tracks—bluegrass, country and gospel, along with one penned by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (who were also represented on their first album)—bear it out too. Their two voices are so sympathetic and evenly matched that it’s sometimes hard to pick out who’s singing what.
Thu., Feb. 12, 9 p.m., 2009