Two of a Kind, the award-winning husband & wife duo of David & Jenny Heitler-Klevans, is best known for their children’s/family music – which has been their focus for the last 28 years. They have released 9 CDs and a DVD for kids, garnering over 20 national awards. However, before they started making music for young audiences, they had been a folk/singer-songwriter duo for adults for a number of years, and they have continued that path on the side during all this time. They are releasing their first “grown-up” CD since 1992, entitled Lead With Love.

The CD includes mostly original songs by David and Jenny, plus covers and collaborations with other songwriters. The songs range from personal to political, with an emphasis on songs of resistance and resilience in the face of the current political landscape. Melanie DeMore’s rousing “One Foot/Lead With Love” and Jenny’s beautiful “Strength Inside” were both written shortly after the 2016 Election, and the incisively funny parody “Super Callous Fragile Sexist Racist Braggadocious” was started by Aileen Vance during the 2016 campaign, with David & Jenny adapting lyrics and adding verses. Inspired by lawn signs, David’s anthem “Hatred Has No Place” has been sung at vigils, rallies, marches and by schools and church groups. Peggy Seeger’s brilliant “B-Side” turns gender realities on their head, and feels particularly timely in the midst of the #MeToo movement. The long-range perspective and encouragement offered by Bernice Diskin’s “Catch a Second Breath” gains relevance in these times.

On the more personal side, there’s “Now Don’t You Worry” – a “don’t-sweat-the-small-stuff” co-write between Jenny and Davey O.; John Prine’s classic “Angel From Montgomery”; “Bobbin’ Along” - David’s instrumental collaboration with Acoustic Blender member Justin Solonynka; an unusual arrangement of Dido’s “Thank You” with intricate vocal parts; and David’s deceptively simple “Least Little Thing,” expressing the concept: “there is greatness in the least little thing.” The album demonstrates David & Jenny’s range and craft as songwriters and their eclectic taste as interpreters.

Two of a Kind’s 2-part vocal harmonies are doubled to full 4-part by their adult twin sons Ari & Jason (who also add French horn and trombone parts to a couple tracks), as well as their Acoustic Blender bandmates Hope Wesley Harrison and Justin Solonynka. An excellent band rounds out the sound, including Kevin Hanson and Erik Johnson (of the bands The Fractals and Huffamoose), bassist Chico Huff, and jazz pianist Dave Posmontier. The album was engineered, mixed and co-produced by Glenn Barratt of MorningStar Studios.