They are married - in life and music. They sing southern song-duets and play powerful fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo tunes. They have won many awards for their playing and performed in Canada, Europe, Australia and China. They have 17 recordings between them including 2021 double-release Old-Time Sweethearts (produced by Marshall/Eddy) featuring 12 old-time music couples from across the US.
“Smokey and sweet - like the finest aged whiskey - that’s what Carl and Erynn’s singing and playing brings to brings to mind. A lovely touch in their playing and a beautiful melding of melancholy and cheerfulness which is exactly what I love to hear.“ - John Doyle
"On an album of nothing but stellar moments, the couple both honor oldtime music and find their own distinctive place within it. While it’s familiar in one sense, in another this is very much Marshall & Jones, not to be mistaken for anyone or anything else. More than ordinarily gifted, they find new truths in a musical style already notably devoid of falsehoods. You don’t hear something like this that often, and if I were you, I wouldn’t let it get past you." CD Review: Sweet Memories Never Leave - Jerome Clark, Rambles.net
Erynn Marshall lives in Hillsville, Virginia and is known internationally for her traditional music. Erynn learned the nuances of Appalachian old-time fiddling from rare recordings and visiting 80-95 year-old southern fiddlers. Her original tunes are becoming common repertoire in fiddle circles. Erynn is a vibrant performer at festivals, teaches at music camps, and tours around the globe with husband / songwriter, Carl Jones. Erynn won 1st place fiddle at Clifftop, Mt Airy, and Hoppin’ John fiddlers’ conventions. She has recorded numerous albums, appeared in five films (Voices of Virginia, the Clifftop Experience I’ll Fly Away Home, Conversations with Old-Time Musicians,” plus Never Met a Stranger), and is featured in the books "Singing at the Clothesline" and “As Has It.” For years, Erynn was program director at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, VA and Alleghany JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) in Sparta, NC. Erynn is currently coordinator for Swannanoa Old-Time Week (Swannanoa, NC) and leads her own series of online, group fiddle classes. www.dittyville.com
Carl Jones is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Macon, Georgia who lives in Hillsville, VA. He studied music near Muscle Shoals, Alabama and was influenced by seeing Roy Orbison, Steve Goodman, and Mac McAnally record there. Carl is widely respected for his instrumental talents and original songs about the joys and tribulations of life in the south. His songs have been recorded by The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Kate Campbell, Rickie Simpkins w/ Tony Rice, and others. Last Time On The Road was on the Grammy award winning album Unleashed by The Nashville Bluegrass Band. Carl played with Norman and Nancy Blake as part of the Rising Fawn String Ensemble, with fiddler, James Bryan, and today tours/records with wife, Erynn Marshall. Carl is known for his fine musicianship, charismatic teaching, sense of humor, and powerful songwriting. He has recorded on a couple dozen recordings including his original songs CD "Traveling Star" and Norman Blake's "Original Underground Music of the Mysterious South."
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