Clawhammer banjo player Tyler Hughes and guitarist Sam Gleaves simultaneously celebrate and expand the tradition of old-time Appalachian duet singing on their first duo album. Both men come from Virginia and are deeply conversant with the varied musical history of their natuive region, and they draw on various aspects of it here: labor songs, gospel classics, fiddle tunes, etc. Nor is all of the music from anonymous traditional sources: there’s an acerbic Tom T. Hall number, a Mother Maybelle Carter song, even a country classic from Boudleaux Bryant. But the thread of high-lonesome mountain singing binds all of these performances together. Very nice.