Moreland & Arbuckle is a blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 duo founded in Kansas, in 2002. The group, consisting of guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Aaron "Chainsaw" Moreland, and vocalist/blues harp

Blues harp

The Richter-tuned harmonica, or 10-hole harmonica or blues harp , is the most widely known type of harmonica...

 player Dustin Arbuckle. They are signed to Telarc International Corporation

Telarc International Corporation

Telarc International Corporation is an independent record label, based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods...

 a division of Concord Music Group

Concord Music Group

Concord Music Group is a record company owned by Village Roadshow formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. In 2005, the company acquired the classics and jazz label Telarc International. On December 18, 2006, Concord announced the re-launch of the soul label Stax;...

 and known for their combination of rural blues, Delta

Delta blues

The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from Memphis, Tennessee in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi in the south, Helena, Arkansas in the west to the Yazoo River on the east. The...

, and Mississippi Hill Country styles. Occasionally, Moreland can be heard playing a handmade electric cigar box guitar

Cigar box guitar

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Guitarist Aaron Moreland and vocalist/harmonica player Dustin Arbuckle met at an open mic in Wichita, Kan., in 2001, and have been playing together in various capacities ever since. Moreland & Arbuckle saw their start after reaching the finals at the 2005 International Blues Competition in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

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Awards

• May 9, 2009, Indie Acoustic Project, 2008 CD of The Year Award
• January 5, 2009, Blueswax, 2008 Artist of The Year Nominee

Studio albums

• Caney Valley Blues (2005) Moreland/Arbuckle
• 1861 (2008) NorthernBlues Music
• Flood (2010) Telarc International
• Just A Dream (2011) Telarc International