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Dubl Handi Americana	There are those who say the banjo is a percussion instrument, those who say that it’s a stringed instrument, and those who say it’s a little bit of both. Brooklyn-based duo Dubl Handi are surely part of the latter group. On their debut album, Up Like the Clouds, banjo player Hilary Hawke has married the rhythms of the banjo with multi-instrumental percussionist Brian Geltner. Brian’s loping snare drum rhythms, and rollicking washboard beats (Dubl Handi is named for an old washboard company of the same name) brings a new sound to this old music. They bring in new instruments like the mellotron and the marxophone, but the key to their music is their ability to tap into the sounds of the Appalachian Mountains. Hilary has conquered the keening vocal style of the region, and with Dubl Handi’s stark and beautiful arrangements, it’s clear they’ve got one foot in the past and one foot in the future of acoustic roots music.
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