About this Performance

From playing coffee shops in Chapel Hill, NC, to selling out legendary venues like Red Rocks and the Ryman Auditorium, Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz have earned a reputation for creating music that encompasses the unknowable mysteries, existential heartbreak, and communal joys of modern life. Since changing their band name from Mandolin Orange—which, for many, was synonymous with North Carolina music—to Watchhouse in 2021, the folk duo say they’re experiencing a “clean re-entry into the world.”

Returning to The Ford, Watchhouse performs a collection of new, original songs from their 2025 album Rituals. Marlin and Frantz describe the title track as “a leap of faith, a message to anyone struggling to leave a former self behind. When circumstances change, sometimes who we think we are changes, and then our established rituals and patterns no longer serve us.” Join them as they turn the page to a new chapter in their illustrious career.

Charlie Parr,  another humble master of the 21st century folk tradition, kicks off the evening with his own musical storytelling that celebrates community and communing with nature.

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