Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent (known jointly as the Americana/folk duo Shovels & Rope) started their career performing independently as solo artists, each releasing records under their own names in the mid-to-late aughts and early 2010’s. In 2008 they released the album titled Shovels & Rope as a collaboration and the two artists decided to tour together. Performing live, they’d play together on songs from Hearst’s Lions and Lambs (2011), Trent’s The Winner (2010), and their collaborative album, creating the first live glimpses of the band that would eventually become Shovels & Rope.

Dualtone is excited to offer Shovels & Rope fans Predecessors, an amazing package of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent's early solo albums alongside early collaborations in a triple-LP package.

• Cary Ann Hearst Lions and Lambs
• Michael Trent's The Winner
• A third LP featuring never-before-released material from Shovels & Rope's archives