Darlingside

When the members of Darlingside (bassist Dave Senft, guitarist and banjo player Don Mitchell, classical violinist and folk mandolinist Auyon Mukharji, and cellist and guitar picker Harris Paseltiner) gather around a single microphone and let their richly-textured voices loose, it quickly becomes no wonder that the quartet was named Folk Alliance International’s “Artist of the Year” in 2015, and have won them praise from Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and NPR. Subtle musical shadings take cues from 60s folk, chamber pop, bluegrass, classical music, and modern indie rock, while aching harmonies are complemented by tones from the harmonium, frailing banjo, 12-string electric guitar, Wurlitzer, auto-chord organ, and grand piano.