Hey there, welcome home. We're Max and Laela Dasher, a brother/sister duo, from the heart of Appalachia, Black Mountain, North Carolina. We were raised in Northeast Louisiana but relocated to the mountains when we were pre teens.
Our childhood was filled with screened-in-porch summer nights, where bluegrass ballads met the sweltering heat of the bayou. At a young age, we learned how to harmonize. within the walls of an old church, where acapella worship was the only way to worship. And voices were the only instrument needed. It was here that we discovered how truly beautiful and haunting that a harmony can be. In high school, our family uprooted to the Blue Ridge mountains, known for being the epicenter of Folk and Americana music. It was on these cool mountain evenings where our Louisiana heritage met the storytelling traditions of Appalachian folklore. Our songs weave together the intricate threads of creating a sound that is both hauntingly familiar and refreshingly unique. We pray our sound is nostalgia to you. Every lyric has a story attached to it. Every instrument is a tribute to a place. When you hear the desperate whine of the fiddle, we hope you are taken somewhere warm. When the gentle plucking of the guitar begins, we hope you smell your grandma’s cooking. When the chords of the piano strike, we hope you are transported back to that little white church that you first found God. We pray when you listen to Dasher The Band, you're not just hearing music- you're coming home.
Love,
Max & Laela