The Nickelodeon presents Pharis and Jason Romero with opener Mike Tod

They’re nice people who play folk music. Oh yeah, they’ve also won three Junos and seven Canadian Folk Music Awards. They started out together playing mostly traditional music. Over the years they’ve moved their original songwriting and nuanced singing into the forefront, and audiences have embraced their intelligent songs, the sounds of their instruments and their clear approach to being two people while singing like one. Their newest record Tell ‘Em You Were Gold is a banjo-focused release out now on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Mike Tod is a wry and raspy tenor bringing old-time music to modern audiences. He sings well-worn traditional, researches their roots, and shares them in a fashion that seems old yet contemporary at the same time. It sets a precedent for a sound that is both rooted in history and relevant to the present day.