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About Me

Singer-songwriters Bryan Williston and Abby Zotz are Two Roads Home, a guitar and voice-based roots duo that has been performing together for twenty plus years. Their music can be characterized as warm, sophisticated folk pop with Celtic roots, but not exclusively committed to the traditional.The pair played together as kids in their hometown of Whitby, Ontario, but life took them in different directions after university â€“ Bryan focused on songwriting and performing in his duo Battered and Fried as well as running song circles for Durham-based folk societies. Meanwhile, Abby founded acclaimed a cappella trio, The MadriGALS, played in groups like Strings Attached and Kitchen Light, and built her career as an actor/singer (Street Legal, Queer as Folk, Conspiracy of Silence, Fanfare Theatre and Upper Canada Playhouse).Since regrouping in 2001, the pair has shared the stage with the likes of Michael Pickett, Katherine Wheatley, David Newland, Jory Nash and The Als, and has opened for such wonderful musicians as The Whitely Brothers, Connie Kaldor, James Keelaghan and Nancy White.TRH released their debut CD, "Dovetailing", in 2003, an homage to their performing heritage. "Sweet Shadows" (working title), to be released in the Fall of 2007, hails an exciting new direction for this pub rocker and renaissance siren. Produced by James Gordon (Tamarack) and featuring contributions from David Woodhead (Betty and the Bobs), Geoff Somers (David Francey) and Duncan Cameron (Fig for a Kiss), the CD marks their debut as collaborating singer-songwriters. Fusing elements of traditional folk with bluegrass, country, and popular music, the sound of Two Roads Home reflects the comfort and history they share.

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Member Since: 2/25/2007
Band Website: tworoadshome.com
Band Members: Abby Zotz - vocals, guitar, bodhran, recorders
Bryan Williston - vocals, guitar, harmonica, banjo, bass
Influences: Neil Finn, Nick Lowe, Suzanne Vega, Blue Rodeo, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Indigo Girls, Sarah Harmer, Murray McLauchlan, Janis Ian, Steeleye Span, David Francey, Ron Hynes, Fairport Convention, Don Williams
Sounds Like: SHE SAYS: Joan Baez does coffee with Buddy Holly
HE SAYS: The bastard children of Steeleye Span and The Partridge Family
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bryan says: Party On!!

Greetings, gentle reader! I trust this blog finds you well. Amazing, wondrous things are happening at our end. The little album that could is finally ready for the world!! We are involved...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:51:00 PST

Abby Says: Shadows to Shapes

Half our summer has been deathly quiet, and the other half - the half we're currently experiencing - has been manically busy. Our new CD is FINALLY mixed (cue the Halleluia chorus) and on its way to b...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:04:00 PST

Bryan Says: Busy Making Other Plans....

Hey there! I hope this excess bloggage finds you well, gentle reader! We two down the road are also well, with lots of life happening and a few plans thrown in, as well. Happiness ...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:00:00 PST

Abby Says: Little Lights

Little Lights is the title of a beautiful album by British folkie Kate Rusby, but I wanted to use it here as a metaphor for things that flicker in my memory; it's kind of like a light goes on in a mom...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:58:00 PST

BRYAN SAYS: Great Little Guitar!!

Hi Everyone! There is truly something wonderful about a good, cheap guitar - and by cheap, I mean inexpensive. I read an interview with Neil Young a few years ago, in which he spoke about h...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:49:00 PST

Bryan Says: Looking Up!

Hello All! Just a brief blog this evening as I wait for sleep to come. Still totally jazzed about this past Saturday's gig at the Masonic Lodge in Port Dover. We shared the bill with...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:24:00 PST

ABBY SAYS: Easter Creature Feature

I just got back from a weekend of over indulging (don't poke me, I'm full of chocolate!!). Why we find it exciting to bite the heads off of chickens and bunnies (of the chocolate variety only, tho' I ...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:55:00 PST

Bryan Says: Thrills, Chills, Fun and Excitement!

Omigawd!! My first blog! When I was a boy, toiling in the folk mines, sweating it out playing Tom Petty tunes for the punters in the good ol' Lion and Unicorn (or, according to Don Cherry,...
Posted by Two Roads Home on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:56:00 PST