Spotlight on: Cain and Annabelle, performing at Railwalk

Cain and Annabelle will perform Friday night in the Looking Glass Artist Collective's Black Box Theater, 405 N. Lee St., in Salisbury's Railwalk district.

Local favorite Jeremy Aggers will also play Friday.

Cain Crawford and Annabelle LaFoy claim the foothills of the Appalachians as their home. They met as wandering musicians and quickly discovered an undeniable musical chemistry.

Upon returning from their travels, they went their separate ways for a time, until they were once again called home to the mountains.

Then early in 2009 "Cain & Annabelle" was born as the two musicians collaborated, pouring their hearts and souls into their songs. Their debut EP "The Lake Takes" (to be released in August, originally intended as a demo) was self-recorded in a small lake cabin one snowy weekend in January. Since then, the two have been making music non-stop, whenever and wherever they can.

Cain was raised in Tennessee and North Carolina on country, bluegrass, and rock and roll music. Although he didn't begin playing an instrument until the age of 19, he always knew there was more in store musically for him than just playing deejay with his parents' old vinyl records as he did at the age of 6.

Annabelle was raised in Tennessee in a household surrounded by music. Folk music and bluegrass were always a part of her life, and she doesn't remember not being able to play the piano. She inherited the gift of hearing harmony from her grandmother, who would sing to her on the front porch.

You can see and hear them in person this Friday night in the Looking Glass Artist Collective's Black Box Theater, 405 N. Lee St., in Salisbury's Railwalk District.

This will be the pair's debut appearance in our fair city, but they will be joined by a local favorite, Jeremy Aggers, formerly of Salisbury, and now a big part of the Atlanta acoustic folk rock scene. He'll be performing along with another Salisbury son, Andrew Crawford.

The show starts at 9 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. The collective's shops and galleries will also be open.

For more information, call 704-245-2302, contact salisburyartists@gmail.com or visit www.salisburyartists.org.