“The Truehearts” are an Americana duo comprised of singer/songwriters Debra Buonaccorsi (vocals, guitar, accordion) & Steve McWilliams (vocals, guitar). Their music is characterized by close harmonies and close ties to the roots of American country and folk music; rich with the sound of wood and steel and stories of the everyman.  Their songs are melodic, expressive and muscular, ranging from melancholic ballads to boot-stomping rockabilly. Buonaccorsi's vocals have drawn comparisons to a wide range of artists from Emmylou Harris to Bonnie Raitt, but her sound and style are still uniquely her own. Her voice is a deep palette of colors and sounds that is both heartfelt and knowing. Debra's guitar and accordion evoke the sounds of the past and bring them to the present. Mcwilliams heart on his sleeve style of playing and singing recall the best of Springsteen and Earle. Visceral and gritty yet from deep in the soul, Steve can get a room rocking with his driving rhythm guitar or bring it to a hush with his beautiful, raw style of fingerpicking. Together, with the combination of their unique talents, vocal power and excellent musicianship, Buonaccorsi and McWilliams make musical magic. They bring to mind the tradition of great American songwriting duos of the past… Cash and Carter, Harris and Parsons…. Buonaccorsi and Mcwilliams songs are honest poetry with themes of love, life, death and alienation all wrapped up in a package of sheer musical joy.  Songs that seek answers to the same questions that confront us all. The Truehearts have performed at venues such as The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, The Barns of Wolf Trap, The Family Wash, The Kingman Island Folk & Bluegrass Festival, National Cherry Blossom Festival, and many other venues throughout Nashville and the Mid-Atlantic. As a solo performer, Steve has been nominated for 9 Wammie (Washington Area Music Association) Awards, and has recorded and released 5 critically acclaimed albums. Steve has toured the United States and Europe and has also written and performed music for The Kennedy Center, Imagination Stage, Florida Studio Theater, Ford's Theater, and Arena Stage. His music has been heard on radio throughout the US and Europe. He has charted in Ireland, and Italy. Debra is a songwriter, a poet, a playwright, a musician and a perpetual student of all things art, music and language. She arrived at her current destination in Americana music by an unexpected route. She's a classically trained instrumentalist and singer who also happens to have a theatre degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and a resume full of professional acting (Arena Stage, Ford's Theater, Signature Theater), singing ( The Doc Scantlin Orchestra), and performing experience along with critical acclaim as a playwright and songwriter. The duo began writing together in 2008 with the creation of their Helen Hayes Award winning, genre-bending rock band meets vaudevillian theatre troupe, Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue, performing at the NYMF Festival in NYC, the Kennedy Center, Capital Fringe and packing houses throughout the Mid Atlantic area. DMLRR has written and produced 4 plays and released 3 soundtrack albums. All have received critical acclaim. “The Truehearts’ rich harmony blend and honest song-craft evokes the heart and soul of another Nashville duo, Wild Ponies. Purgatory Emporium is filled with people who are finding trouble and strife while imagining a finer place. “The story’s never right or never wrong, it’s just who sings the song,” Debra and Steve sing at album’s end. These stories found the right singers.” PETER COOPER
(Grammy nominated Singer-Songwriter, Music Journalist, Author) "I've known Steve McWilliams for more years than I care to count. His music has always led from the heart, full of melody and an open spirit. With Debra, he has found a perfect partner, in voice and song and music. The Hummingbyrds make you think and make you happy. What more could you ask for?" Eric Brace (Red Beet Records, Last Train Home, Eric Brace & Peter Cooper) “The music feels good, with guitars that jangle and shimmer, vocals and harmonies that recall Emmylou, Kelly Willis and Tom Petty, Steve Earle and even The Whites, The Jayhawks and Mary Chapin Carpenter, with an occasional sidelong glance at the Beatles.” Tommy Womack Singer/Songwriter East Nashvillian Magazine "Songwriting smarts and skin-tight harmony tackle the human condition with sobriety and candor" JEFF HOAG (WSM, 650 AM Nashville)