Producing artists and bands like James Taylor and Ben Folds Five, Chapel Hill, North Carolina has held a reputation for being one of the music hubs of the Southeastern United States. Folk Americana duo Mandlin Orange are a part of this community and represent it well with their soulful alt-country folk and rich harmonies that sound like the perfect backdrop for backwoods campfire on a cool spring night. The band consists of Andrew Marlin (vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo) and Emily Frantz (vocals, violin, guitar) who lead listeners through chilled out southern sounding songs that feel just a little bit melancholy without diving head first into dark folk or southern gothic. With The Dead Tongues.
Thursday marked the first night of the resurrected La Semana Alegre music festival, which featured amazing performances from artists including Toadies, Girl…