When the COVID-19 pandemic triggered stay-at-home orders and cascading cancellations, Don DePoy and Martha Hills went from playing 250 dates a year to wondering how they’d reach a particularly loyal audience that already understood plenty about isolation.
The husband-and-wife team behind the musical duo Me & Martha share what they call “Americana rural roots mountain music” everywhere from concert halls to museums to libraries, and “we would go into nursing homes a lot,” Hills said. “It was a great opportunity to uplift people. When the COVID hit, we wanted to provide music for the nursing homes.”