The Montvales play stripped-down, banjo-and-harmony-driven songs that stick with you. Their shows will take you to places both raucous and reverent, equal parts honky-tonk mischief and earnest meditation on friendship, heartbreak, and place.
Dense harmony-singing and subtle musical arrangements indelibly binds Clay Parker and Jodi James to the tradition of singer-songwriters and positions them well in the folk roots and americana strains of country music.