falllift performs at Charlotte SHOUT in the spring of 2025. Photo courtesy of William Steven Hall and Micah Cottingham.

Music with a message is the name of the game for Falllift. The Rowan County-based folk duo released their new single “All Salt” featuring Boris “Bluz” Rogers on Friday, which focuses on the uncertainty and complexity of living in these political times.

Micah Cottingham and William Steven Hall started making music together in 2020, as their worlds were rapidly changing. Cottingham grew up in Salisbury, and Hall heralds from the Charlotte area. Both have traveled and lived far away from North Carolina but were both drawn back during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s when they found each other.

The duo creates music to make people feel something. Cottingham often writes the l

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