A Duo from Both Sides of the World

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There were several duos at the Fairbridge Music Festival which we attended recently. The New Macedon Rangers was one of these duos. The girl goes by the name of Ash onstage and is from New South Wales. Her onstage partner is Andrew from North Carolina. I couldn't find surnames for either of them. Appalachian folk tunes, early country tunes and original material were performed on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo. We saw them on the first day and Andrew was very solemn and seemed a bit uptight. By the third day they teamed up with some West Australians for a couple of numbers and he had relaxed completely and was having such a good time doing fiddle harmonies with another great artist. Ash has been playing an instrument for only two years but has a good voice although it has the nasal quality that seems to be mandatory for the type of music they were playing. The two have won or placed in fiddle, banjo, and folk song contests in the US as well as doing well in the mandolin category at the 2015 Australian National Bluegrass Championships. And Vince was trying out a new effect on his photo of the two of them. Do you like it? And I wonder if I dare tell him the altar isn't horizontal. It would spoil his day as he is always going on about horizons that aren't horizontal. This is the only link I can find for them: