Carrying On

On their early albums, Kacy & Clayton sounded like they had the potential to become Canada's answer to Richard & Linda Thompson (except without the fiery romantic breakup, since they happen to be cousins), with a dash of Ian & Sylvia added in the name of national pride.

This is the fifth album in nine years from the still-young Saskatchewan folk duo, and it continues their sustained level of excellence. The...

For the Canadian duo Kacy & Clayton, the call to their homesteads in rural Saskatchewan is an ever-present siren.

Employing effortless vocal harmonies and an elegant swing, the cousins paint a tender portrait of an elderly musician hanging up a fiddle on the wall and laying a mandolin in its case, ready for the move into a care home – very likely the same centre in Moose Jaw, south Saskatchewan, where the teenage Kacy & Clayton used to play a regular Sunday evening set.