Returning to Chattanooga for the first time since 2023 is the American folk group Chatham Rabbits, composed of husband-and-wife duo Sarah and Austin McCombie, hailing from North Carolina.
The duo will be performing on Wednesday, October 29th, at Songbirds.
The band’s name originates in part from the county that Sarah grew up in, Chatham, where wild, massive rabbits were sold and hunted. Ultimately, Sarah and Austin found out that they had bought a home in the village of Bynum, where the former husband in the home was a string player for a band called the Chatham Rabbit String Band.
From there, the name was born, and they have gone on to create beautiful folk music that is rooted deeply in tradition, heritage, and storytelling…