Underhill Rose Live at The Ivy

Presented by DownDaRoad Productions

Harmonies. Soul-touching lyrics. Eye-catching stage presence. Underhill Rose has become synonymous with beautiful music, charming personalities, and rippling success. In the last three years, the all-female trifecta from Asheville, North Carolina has independently released two albums that have topped Americana and roots music charts alike and garnered critical acclaim from around the globe. Eleanor’s salty blues-inspired voice and Molly’s soaring range lead the group in tandem with Salley’s country twang to create three-part harmony music that is real and inspired. With song-centered music and acoustic string accompaniments, the trio has carved out a distinctive place in the Americana-folk scene.

After their second album, Something Real, shot up the Americana Music Association Airplay Chart in 2013 to #18, they launched a second successful fan-funding campaign in 2014 that brought in over $25,000 from fans and followed it with a five-week national tour and an appearance on the PBS-syndicated show, The Woodwright’s Shop, with Roy Underhill. By the summer of 2015, their third album, The Great Tomorrow, was climbing the Top 30 of the Americana Music Association Airplay Chart once again and took hold at #1 on The Roots Music Report’s Progressive Bluegrass Album Chart for over nine weeks. Glide Magazine notes, “If justice prevails, The Great Tomorrow will open the door to the wider awareness they so decidedly deserve.”

Molly Rose and Eleanor Underhill’s musical partnership is the result of a chance meeting at a makeshift performance of “Angel from Montgomery” between classes at Warren Wilson College, in the mountains of North Carolina. Molly Rose’s beautiful voice resonated with Eleanor, and the two eventually started performing live together. Their affinity for the music they make has kept them together for more than 10 years. Underhill Rose formed in 2009; the addition of Salley Williamson two years later created the foundation for an internationally-recognized female trio known for blending aspects of Americana, R&B, country, and bluegrass into an authentic sound that is all their own—“Heartfelt Country Soul.”

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