Alicia Best and Robert Jackson of A Different Tread met while busking on the cobbled streets of Ireland and discovered both a musical and personal harmony that was serendipitous. Their sound is transcontinental, blending Jackson's British Folk Rock background with Best's North Carolina-bred Alt-Country melodies. Winners of the International Acoustic Music Awards, A Different Thread is a duo made up of “Warm, deep songwriters that have drank from the well of 20th century tradition.”