Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin perform together as Mandolin Orange.If you go• What: Mandolin Orange featuring Josh Oliver• When: 9 p.m. today, Oct. 16• Where: Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St.• Admission: $10• Phone: 423-267-4644• Website: www.rhythm-brews.comDiscography• 2013: “This Side of Jordan”• 2011: “Haste Make / Hard Hearted Stranger”• 2010: “Quiet Little Room”
Even when he’s on the phone, you get the impression that Andrew Marlin is just counting the seconds until he has a guitar in his hands again.
“We love to play,” says Marlin, a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who co-founded indie-folk duo Mandolin Orange with Emily Frantz.
“Even when we’re at home, we’re playing constantly, either sitting in with other bands or sitting at home hosting jams at the house,” he adds.
Frantz and Marlin – both of whom share vocal and multi-instrumental duties – formed Mandolin Orange in 2009, when they struck chords musically and romantically.