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"We each had our own career interests, but we were blindsided by music," Carbine said. "When our family, friends and fans began encouraging us to become a professional duo, it was an easy decision."

After launching their duo in 2002, they soon were harmonizing before appreciative audiences in North America and Europe at such major events as the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Pete Seeger's Clearwater Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Ottawa's Westsfest and the Vancouver visit site Island Folk Festival. Earlier this year, Dala was featured in the PBS special "Girls from the Country" and along the way has cut five albums. Their original song "Horses" from their fourth album, "Everyone Is Someone," was nominated by the National Public Radio as one of the Top 20 Folk Songs of 2008.

They wrote that song for a fan, a young man who had a freak accident while a teenager. He lost abilities everyone takes for granted, and when they visited him, they were so moved to be in his presence, that they were inspired to write that song.