Gene and Gayla Mills play acoustic Americana--folk tinged with bluegrass, country, and more. “One of the best (and also one of the best-kept secrets) in the central Virginia music scene,” the duo features “impressive lead guitar, solid bass fiddle, and smooth harmonies.”

Known regionally for telling lyrical stories, Gene composes songs based on real Virginia events, people, and places. On his first CD, Oregon Hill gives a poignant history of this landmark Richmond neighborhood, while Waiting for Rain and Anna Mae describe a drought that hit central Virginia and a coal mining accident in the southwestern part of the state.

In their new release, Gene portrays recent events, from a vet’s account of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in Forgetting to the pain a woman faces in the recession after two years of unemployment in Twelve Days. In this all-original cd featured award-winning songwriter Gene Mills, Gene and Gayla’s acoustic Americana sound varies from a folk feel on Great Divide and Talking to a Stone t