Michael Trent is an American musician from

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. He performs as a solo act and in the band

Shovels & Rope Shovels & Rope are an American folk duo from Charleston, South Carolina composed of husband and wife Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Combining threads from their individual solo careers, Shovels & Rope blends traditional folk, rock and roll ...

since 2008.

Career

Trent first performed as the lead singer in the

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band Tinker's Punishment, before moving to the

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and renaming as The Films with Kenneth Harris, Jacob Sinclair and Adam Blake in

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla ...

. The group disbanded in 2010. Trent collaborated with

Butch Walker Bradley Glenn "Butch" Walker (born November 14, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was lead guitarist for the glam metal band, SouthGang from the late 1980s to early 1990s. From 1997 to 2001, he became th ...

, performing two of his albums. He then released two solo albums. Trent recorded an album as a duo with his wife, Cary Ann Hearst, in 2008. The pair then formed the group Shovels and Rope and began touring, performing about 200 shows each year. In 2012 the couple released a second album, "O Be Joyful""Show Review: Shovels and Rope at World Cafe Live 2/2/13"
''Music Under Fire''.

Discography

Solo studio albums

Credits

References

* * * Living people American folk singers Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Denver Musicians from Charleston, South Carolina {{US-singer-stub