Artists:Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers

Lucy Allen and Marshall Goers deliver a tasteful blend of folk music that heals and reveals. They present a combination of original, traditional and covers of other songwriters. Lucy provides strong vocals backed by the versatility of Marshall's instrumentation.

Music that reveals and heals has been a constant in Lucy Allen’s life since childhood, when her musical parents filled the house with the progressive sentiments of folk legends Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Peter, Paul and Mary. Today, as a singer-songwriter touring the western Carolinas, Allen is putting her personal stamp on songs that recount life’s struggles and illuminate the possibilities of their lessons – whether they are original tunes or well chosen covers that display her formidable guitar and vocal skills. In her rootsy live performances, Allen builds a connection with her audience by delivering these sometimes stirring, sometimes amusing, moments of truth, recognition and celebration.

Allen is joined by multi-instrumentalist Marshall Goers. Playing a wide variety of music—blues, bluegrass, old-time, folk, and rock- wasn’t quite enough for Marshall Goers. So he took an interest in playing a wide variety of instruments, too. Although rooted by guitar and mandolin, he is also comfortable with harmonica, lap dulcimer, banjo, fiddle, and even bouzouki in his hands. Since moving to South Carolina in 1990, Goers has played with a number of musical groups. He currently plays with the old time string band, the Carolina Tunecroppers as well as with partner Lucy Allen. His musical achievements include ribbons and prizes in dulcimer, mandolin, and guitar at various old-time music festivals in North and South Carolina.

Allen and Goers released a new CD, Just Passing Through, earlier this year. Producer Jim Hurst stated, “[they} have found each other musically and it shows here in this recording. A set of music that showcases their original songs, ability to style others to fit their duo, and all the while making sure the true center of the song is first and foremost…. [the recording is] representative of who they are, what they feel, and how they will sound when you hear them live. This set is a nice mixture of the serious and the lighthearted, tales of what could've been the past and what might be the present and future... all highlighted with the inclusion of heart-felt tributes to loved ones.”

-- Contributed by the artists.