Writing and performing together since 2007, Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler inevitably formed The Rough & Tumble in 2011 as the friends turned into bandmates.  In 2015, after a bad Nashville landlord left them without heat for 12 days during an ice storm, the bandmates turning spouses decided to hit the road. They sold everything they could, bought a 16’ camper, packed up their instruments, their dog, and a couple of small trinkets, and hit the road. They’ve been touring relentlessly since then.

Nominated for Best Americana Song in the 2019 Independent Music Awards for “The Hardest Part,” voted The Listening Room Network’s 2019 Artist of the Year, and Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Official Showcase Artist in 2018, Graham & Tyler play over 150 shows a year.  Gifted storytellers and perpetual collectors, The Rough & Tumble use a menagerie of instruments to illustrate the airwaves. Tyler takes the backbone with guitar, a suitcase drum & mailbox snare, adding in harmonica and percussion, while Graham multitasks with accordion, bells, banjulele, nose flutes, homemade percussion and toy piano among other oddities.  The Rough & Tumble’s voices fluctuate between power and delicacy, demonstrating restraint while sinking the accelerator to give each song its due. Their close-harmony weaves interchangeably. They aren’t afraid to take an audience from the lighthearted to the gut wrenching, and they do it seamlessly, with care for their listeners and integrity to their craft.

Their new album, We’re Only Family if You Say So, is expected for release in January 2021.

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