Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman

First brought together by Brooklyn’s tight-knit old-time music community in 2017, Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman share a rich musical partnership that belies their 20-year age difference. Brown is a singer and banjo and guitar player with a particular focus on the regional styles of banjo playing from eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Coleman is an award-winning and sought-after practitioner of Appalachian-and Midwestern-style old-time fiddle. She has recorded and toured with celebrated artists such as trailblazing all-women string band Uncle Earl, Watchhouse’s Andrew Marlin, and clawhammer banjo virtuoso Adam Hurt. Brown and Coleman recorded together on Brown’s 2019 debut album Cinnamon Tree and have performed as a duo in the United States and London, including appearances at renowned festivals such as the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Trans-Pecos Festival in Marfa, TX, Winnipeg Folk Fest, Edmonton Folk Fest, and the Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen. In 2023, they released their EP Lady of the Lake.