It’s not surprising John and Michele Law kick off their sixth album Try Love with the line ‘I believe in love at first sight’. “It was actually love at first height,” they kid. The song is also the perfect introduction to the grassy folk- duo’s essence, “we are a happy positive couple and we love playing music together” — which they’ve been doing since releasing their first album 2000 and ambitiously touring over 200 dates a year both in the US and Canada. The couple recorded their tight harmony singing in one take with producer J.P. Cormier, whose musicianship embellished the songs of Waylon Jennings, Marty Stuart, Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Charlie Louvin and Vince Gill on recordings.

While John has always played music professionally, it wasn’t until meeting him that Michele picked up the guitar. “I had always been musically inclined and sang often, and then I met John and knew we were to make music together and hopefully be able to make it a career,” shares Michele. “We’d have jams and everyone there was a guitar player, so I switched to bass. I’m the third chick bass player in my family!”

John and Michele officially became “The Laws” after touring and recording with numerous artists as back-up singers and players. “People kept telling us that we had something special on stage together, that we should start writing our own songs and doing our own shows. We hadn’t really taken it seriously until one day we woke up and wrote 2 songs before breakfast….we were hooked!”

They released their first album Estimated Time of Revival in 2000, recorded at Randy Bachman’s studio, and in the ensuing three years they worked in Canada and Australia before heading to the US to tour in 2003. Two more studio albums and a live album were released between 2003 and 2006. The two spent as much time as possible writing and co-writing in Nashville and moved there for a year.

In 2007 they became first Canadians to win Merlefest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, a launching pad for previous winners Gillian Welch and Tift Merritt. Also in 07, they released their most successful album Ride It Out produced by hit songwriter Regie Hamm. The success of the record led to a songwriting deal and a feature on the PBS series, “Legends and Lyrics.”