If Jerry Garcia and Tom Waits made an Appalachian music duo, it might sound a little like the Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs. Hailing from Winston-Salem, NC, Zack and Kendra Harding blend the traditional with the trippy to create original music they like to call folk(ish).The two have played extensively throughout the US, as well as toured internationally. Their unique blend of sounds and easygoing personalities have recently earned the duo slots at Mill Farm Music Party (UK), Front Porch Fest, Rockwood Music Hall, Piedmont Folkways, and more.
Their third album, Astronaut Music from Bedlam is representative of their growth as a band over the last seven years. Stepping into the wild and weird, the album explores everything from hundred-year-old murders, to three-month-long relationships and all spots in between.
While the Bugs know that only tacos and pets can make everyone happy, they aim to create a concoction of sounds that gets a lot of toes tapping and heads bobbing, and maybe make a few friends along the way. When not performing, the two can be found hiking the foothills and mountains of North Carolina with their two dogs, Joni and Moon Moon, and playing the nerdiest video games imaginable.