At first listen, Mandolin Orange seems like the ultimate in low-key straightforwardness. The Chapel Hill duo’s records sound like Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz sitting around singing as the spirit ...

Mandolin Orange plays Cat’s Cradle Saturday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m. The Tender Fruit opens, and tickets cost $10. Last December, Mandolin Orange, the Carrboro folk-like band of Emily Frantz and Andrew ...

Watchhouse evolved from Mandolin Orange into broader folk and ambient sound. Rituals channels life events, recovery and parenthood into layered, spacious songs. Marlin and Frantz reframed identity by ...

The subtly experimental folk-rock duo Watchhouse brings a June 5 performance to the Cistern Yard. The North Carolina based duo, Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz, were previously known as Mandolin Orange ...

When Emily Frantz introduced “There Was A Time” Saturday night at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall, she called it an “old one.” The barbed, heartbreaking tune appears on 2013’s This Side of Jordan, ...

Blending the simplicity of Southern church music, the lyricism of ‘70s folk and the melodicism of traditional country music, Mandolin Orange make stunningly beautiful records that speak of modern ...

DALE, TEXAS - APRIL 12: Singers Emily Frantz (L) and Andrew Marlin of Mandolin Orange perform onstage during the Old Settler's Music Festival on April 12, 2019 in Tilmon, Texas. (Photo by Rick ...