The Country Duo - Marco Pascolini - Kasey Rausch

THE COUNTRY DUO

Kasey Rausch & Marco Pascolini

The Country Duo is Kansas City's Kasey Rausch and Marco Pascolini. Armed with acoustic and baritone guitars, a pedal steel, and a passion for good ol' country music, you'll hear them play Rausch's original tunes as well as the classics from Patsy to Merle, Gram to Emmylou. Formed in 2015, the duo has played everywhere from The Station Inn in Nashville, TN, to the Mid-Coast Takeover in Austin, TX. Their debut EP was recorded live by invitation at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, TN and was filmed for the Sun Studio Sessions television show that aired across the US and Canada on PBS stations. No Depression called Rausch's vocals "tender and intuitive" and claimed Pascolini's guitar playing "raises the stakes for everybody."

Their latest release, Little Lagoon Sessions, is their first full-length album of ten orginal songs. It was recorded by former head engineer of Sun Studio, Curry Weber, in Gulf Shores, Alabama and is available on limited edition colored vinyl and CD. 

They have shared bills with Grammy winner Roland White, Ray Bonneville, Amy LaVere & Will Sexton, Tish Hinojosa, William Elliot Whitmore, The Elders and many more.

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Little Lagoon Sessions

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Little Lagoon Sessions

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Little Lagoon Sessions is the first full-length album from The Country Duo. After releasing singles and an EP recorded at the Legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, Kasey Rausch & Marco Pascolini connected again Read more

Little Lagoon Sessions is the first full-length album from The Country Duo. After releasing singles and an EP recorded at the Legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, Kasey Rausch & Marco Pascolini connected again with the former head engineer of Sun, Curry Weber, this time in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where they lived and worked for a week in a house right on the banks of the Little Lagoon. Watching stingrays and jellyfish swim by on their breaks, and giant herons land out on the pier, 12 songs were recorded during the sessions. Ten of those songs, Rausch's originals, make up this album filled with acoustic guitar, pedal steel, baritone electric guitar, and a touch of Dobro, with meandering of harmonies throughout. Two singles, covers of a couple of their favorite songs to play, will be released as digital singles.

** As of November 26, 2024, Little Lagoon Sessions has released digitally. Physical copies will be released in 2025. Thanks for your patience!

The album was produced by Kasey Rausch, Marco Pascolini and Curry Weber. Finishing touches were recorded in Kansas City by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Sound Lab, where one special guest, Sweet Matt Brahl, offered some light percussion. Chad Meise of Oddio Hut mastered both the vinyl and digital tracks, making the album available on an LP record and Compact Disc.

BONUS: Purchase of physical CDs and/or vinyl directly from our website will come with a bonus song that will later be released as a single. "Come Back Home to You" was written by Jeff Burke & Vida Wakeman. It was previously recorded by Jeff & Vida on their 2003 album The Simplest Plans, as well as by Kasey Rausch & Friends on her 2007 album, Live How You Love.

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Louise

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Louise

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Released April 30, 2019. Written by Paul Siebel Kasey learned this song from her late music makin' Uncle Terry Rausch, who always had his boot tapping to every song he played. To honor him, a microphone was placed at Read more

Released April 30, 2019. Written by Paul Siebel

Kasey learned this song from her late music makin' Uncle Terry Rausch, who always had his boot tapping to every song he played. To honor him, a microphone was placed at Kasey's boot to capture that sound throughout the song. It was recorded at one of the oldest bars in Memphis, TN, Earnestine & Hazels by former Sun Studio Head Engineer, Curry Weber. A video is also available for the song, shot, directed and edited by Kip Cole, former Director of Photography of the Sun Studio Sessions TV show.

Kasey Rausch: vocals, acoustic guitar, boot tappin' Marco Pascolini: pedal steel Curry Weber: audio engineer, mixing Chad Meise: mastering Kip Cole: video director, photographer, editor Lorie Jo Bridges: graphic design (photo by Kasey Rausch) Recorded March 10, 2018

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Live at Sun Studio

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Live at Sun Studio

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Recorded live at Sun Studio, Memphis TN on August 14, 2016 for the Sun Studio Sessions television show as seen on PBS across the United States. Released September 1, 2017 All songs written by Kasey Rausch - vocals + Read more

Recorded live at Sun Studio, Memphis TN on August 14, 2016 for the Sun Studio Sessions television show as seen on PBS across the United States.

Released September 1, 2017

All songs written by Kasey Rausch - vocals + acoustic guitar; Marco Pascolini - pedal steel + baritone guitars

Engineered by Curry Weber, assisted by Ples Hampton - Sun Studio, Memphis, TN. Mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound, KCMO. Mastered by Chad Meise - Oddio Hut, Shawnee, KS.

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    A Girl Again

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    The Crumblin of My Heart

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    Heavy Fog

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    More Than Gold

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    Pickin' Up The Pieces

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    Wait A Little While

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    The Wrecking Crew

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Texas Without You

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Released June 24, 2017 Kasey Rausch wrote this song after she lost a close childhood friend to suicide. Addiction and mental health issues do not represent the heart of the addict or the depressed. Rather, they speak Read more

Released June 24, 2017

Kasey Rausch wrote this song after she lost a close childhood friend to suicide.

Addiction and mental health issues do not represent the heart of the addict or the depressed. Rather, they speak loudly to a situation that must be met with compassion, connection, and awareness. There is no shame in addiction and mental health instability. It's hard to know how to help those that are closest to us. Perhaps we can be brave enough to make the mistakes by being willing to have the dialogue. #UseYourVoice #SpeakUp

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255. Drug & Alcohol Recovery Hotlines: www.recovery.org Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: www.bbrfoundation.org American Mental Health Foundation: americanmentalhealthfoundation.org Alcoholics Anonymous: aa.org Support for the family members of alcoholics: www.Al-Anon.org Support for teenage family members of alcoholics: www.al-anon.org/for-alateen

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Sun Studio 45 Record - "Wait A Little While/Pickin' Up The Pieces"

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Recorded live at Sun Studio, March 13, 2016, Memphis, Tennessee. Limited edition. Released December 20, 2016 Kasey Rausch: vocals, acoustic guitar Marco Pascolini: pedal steel guitar, electric baritone guitar Head Read more

Recorded live at Sun Studio, March 13, 2016, Memphis, Tennessee.

Limited edition. Released December 20, 2016

Kasey Rausch: vocals, acoustic guitar Marco Pascolini: pedal steel guitar, electric baritone guitar Head Engineer: Curry Weber Asst. Engineer: Ples Hampton Mixed at Massive Sound by Paul Malinowski Mastered at Oddio Hut by Chad Meise Cover design by Marco Pascolini Cover hand printed in Kansas City by Rural Harvest (Grady Keller) Pressed by MusiCol, Columbus, OH All songs written by Kasey Rausch, BMI

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