Brothers Scott and Seth Avett have been making music together as part of the band The Avett Brothers for almost 25 years. Early in their career, they say they worked at a relentless pace, constantly ...

The musical Swept Away, set to songs by The Avett Brothers, received rave reviews when it premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in early 2022. Now showing at Arena Stage in D.C., it's garnering the ...

The musical “Swept Away” tells the story of four whalers shipwrecked off New Bedford in 1888, making it especially resonant for local audiences, who can experience the musical drama in a well crafted ...

The Avett Brothers have always been poets. In the early days, when it was just brothers Scott and Seth and their self-taught bassist Bob Crawford playing sweaty bars, their performances were furious ...

When rehearsals for The Avett Brothers’ first musical moved into its Washington, D.C. theater this fall, the four lead actors of “Swept Away” quickly realized they had a problem. It wasn’t the ...

With songs by The Avett Brothers, "Swept Away" is inspired by the true story of a 19th century shipwreck in which seamen resorted to cannibalism to survive. The musical "Swept Away," set to songs by ...