What’s in a name? For Couldn’t Be Happiers, the whole damn thing. This award-winning folk-rock/Americana duo out of Winston-Salem, NC, enjoys every minute of their music-making journey, and that joy is contagious.

Priding themselves on unique points of view and unexpected protagonists, their songs narrate fantastical worlds, untold histories, and vanishing folklore. But buried in each verse and chorus is their own underlying tale of two lawyers who, after failed marriages, found each other and are celebrating their second chance at music, love, and happiness.

• Official Showcase Artists - Your Roots are Showing Irish Folk Conference, Belfast, Ireland (2026)

• One of 10 finalists in the NC Songwriters Co-op Contest (2025)

• One of 15 acts selected as Grassy Hill Emerging Artists - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (2025)

• Finalists in the Great American Song Contest: "Pretty Polly" (2024)

• Semi-Finalists in the International Songwriting Competition: "Plastic Bag Odyssey (I'll Never Die)" (2024)

• Silver Award in the 40th Mid-Atlantic Song Contest: "Frankie Silver (Take It to the Grave)" (2023)

• Winner of the Nashville Songwriters Association International April Chapter Challenge (Piedmont-Triad, NC): "Plastic Bag Odyssey (I'll Never Die)"  (2023)

• Semi-Finalists/Featured Submission, “Mid-Size City” (Great River Folk Festival Songwriting Contest, 2023)

• Triad CW Local Vibe Featured Artist at Reeves Theater (2023)

MusikFest, Bethlehem, PA (upcoming, 8.02.26)

Chamber Night at MerleFest, Wilkesboro, NC (4.23.26)

The Martha Bassett Show, Elkin, NC - Reeves Theater (4.19.26)

“On Your Radar” Series at The Bitter End, New York City, NY (3.10.26)

South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival, Davie, FL (1.31.26)

Launch Conference, Dallas, TX - Official Showcase Artist (10.03.25)

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Goshen, CT - Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase (7.25.25)

Tucson Folk Festival, Tucson, AZ (4.05.25, 4.12.26)

Singer-Songwriter of Cape May, Cape May, NJ - Official Showcase Artists (3.29.25)

Front Porch Festival, Stuart, VA (8.30.24)

Water Lantern Festival, Charlotte, NC (7.13.24)

Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference, Black Mountain, NC - Official Showcase Artists (May 2024)

North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC (10.20.23)

Confluence Music Industry Conference and Festival - Showcase Artist, Charlotte, NC (10.19.23)

The Martha Bassett Show, Elkin, NC - Reeves Theater with Wyatt Easterling and Choro Das Tres (9.7.23)

Gas Hill Drinking Room, Winston-Salem, NC - Opening for The Watson Twins (8.17.23)

Enofest, Durham, NC (7.1.23)

Carolina Classic Fair, Winston-Salem, NC (10.1.22)

CenterFest, Durham, NC (9.18.22)

Reeves Theater, Elkin, NC - Opened for Anya Hinkle (2.19.22)

North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC (10.24.21)

Brewgaloo, Raleigh, NC (9.18.21)

Backwoods Beat Festival, Sparta, NC (6.22.19)

Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC - Opened for Wonky Tonk (3.28.19)

Muddy Creek Music Hall, Bethania, NC w/ The Shoaldiggers (1.25.19)

Front Porch Fest, Stuart, VA (8.31.18)

“[A] compelling voice in modern folk music,” Rotate Magazine

“Folk music for a new era,” Hit Harmony Haven

“[R]ootsy rock, with a touch of darkness and glorious vocals,” Americana Highways

“[I]t’s easy to get swept up in the earworm harmonies, heartfelt lyrics, and the sheer likability of the married couple,” Odyssey Magazine

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