Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) is an Americana/folk duo based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group was formed in 2009 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and consists of songwriter Andrew Marlin (vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo) and Emily Frantz (vocals, violin, guitar), who are married to each other. Watchhouse has produced six albums of Marlin's original works of American roots music. In the last three years, the group has toured throughout the U.S and Europe, including appearances at Austin City Limits, South by Southwest, Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Pickathon, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Rooster Walk, MerleFest, and the Omagh Bluegrass Festival. Watchhouse was the featured artist on CBS This Morning's Saturday Morning Sessions on December 7, 2019.[2][3]
Watchhouse | |
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 Watchhouse (as Mandolin Orange) at the Folk sur le canal Festival, Montreal, Quebec, 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Mandolin Orange |
| Origin | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Tiptoe Tiger Music Yep Roc (2013-2020) |
| Members | Andrew Marlin Emily Frantz |
| Website | WatchhouseBand.com |
They signed to Yep Roc Records in 2013[4] and have produced four albums under their umbrella, This Side of Jordan, Such Jubilee, Blindfaller and Tides of a Teardrop.
Marlin recorded an instrumental album, Buried In a Cape, under his own name in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Marlin recorded his second and third instrumental albums without Frantz, Witching Hour and Fable & Fire.[3] In April 2021, the band announced that moving forward, they would change the group's name from Mandolin Orange to Watchhouse. Of the change, Marlin said "Mandolin Orange was born out of my 21-year-old mind. The name isn't what I strive for when I write" and that Watchhouse is a name that reflects their "true intentions" as a band.[5]
In 2021 the band was part of the Newport Folk Festival in July.[6]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Era | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||||||||||
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| US [7] |
US Country [8] |
US Folk [9] |
US Heat [10] |
US Rock [11] | ||||||||||||||
| Quiet Little Room | Mandolin Orange |
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| Haste Make / Hard Hearted Stranger |
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| This Side of Jordan |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Such Jubilee |
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— | — | 17 | 21 | — | ||||||||||||
| Blindfaller |
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— | — | 16 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||||
| Tides of a Teardrop |
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164 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
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| Watchhouse | Watchhouse |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Linda Fahey (2015-02-24). "Songs We Love: Mandolin Orange, 'Old Ties And Companions'". NPR. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Saturday Sessions: Mandolin Orange performs "Paper Mountain"". www.msn.com. Microsoft News. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ a b Crone, Madeline (19 February 2021). "Andrew Marlin Uses Time During Pandemic to Make Two New Albums, 'Witching Hour' and 'Fable & Fire'". American Songwriter. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Lawrence, Jordan. "Mandolin Orange's third album, This Side of Jordan, out on Aug. 6 via Yep Roc Records". Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ "Watchhouse on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "Newport Folk Festival stage schedule 2021". newportfolk.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Mandolin Orange Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Mandolin Orange Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Mandolin Orange Chart History (Americana / Folk Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Mandolin Orange Chart History (Heatseerkers Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Mandolin Orange Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 5, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums: March 5, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
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