We are AI, but I hope that you don’t hold that against us. For the love of music.
Dance Through Ash
Dance Through Ash is a Gothic Americana Dream Pop Folk hybrid led by sibling duo CeCe McBride and Luther McBride, whose haunting harmonies and raw emotion define the band’s signature sound. Their music drifts through cinematic shadows and rural reverie—where ghost towns hum and hearts ache beneath twilight skies. Songs like Juggernaut, Lower, Prattle, Shade, Never, and 250 fuse introspection with mystic grit, echoing both loss and transcendence. With poetic intensity and melodic grace, Dance Through Ash explores the beauty found in ruin, crafting a world where darkness dances and redemption hums just beyond the flame.
CeCe McBride
Lead Vocals, Guitar, keys, drums and anything else you might have lying around that makes sound.
CeCe McBride is the magnetic heart of Dance Through Ash—a woman whose voice carries both mystery and compassion. As a teenager, she found solace wandering through old cemeteries, sometimes camping beneath the whispering oaks and marble angels that marked the resting places of forgotten souls. Drawn to the unseen and the spiritual, she’s long been fascinated by the occult and the thin veil between life and death. Though raised Catholic, her travels to India deepened her belief in reincarnation and the cyclical nature of existence.
Despite her affinity for the macabre, CeCe is not a goth by definition—she simply honors those who live authentically on the edges of society, where truth often hides. Her art and her life are acts of empathy: she cannot abide seeing others in pain, and much of her strength comes from advocating for those who’ve been silenced or abused. Through her lyrics and presence, CeCe channels sorrow into transcendence, weaving beauty from darkness. Her haunting vocals and spiritual insight give Dance Through Ash its soul—a reflection of a woman who walks fearlessly through shadow, not to glorify it, but to understand and transform it into light.
Luther McBride
Bass, Vocals, Violin, Keys, Guitar, Ditto…
Luther McBride is the quiet storm behind Dance Through Ash—a reflective soul with a voice that feels both sacred and unbound. Like his sister Ce Ce, he was drawn early to the mystery of existence, spending late nights reading philosophy, theology, and listening to strange field recordings from forgotten archives. His fascination with the unseen once led him toward the priesthood; for a time, he believed his calling was to serve in silence and ritual. But the pull of sound—its ability to heal, haunt, and resurrect—proved stronger. Music became his liturgy.
Luther’s passion for experimental soundscapes and folk mysticism shaped the sonic backbone of the band. He layers found sounds, murmured prayers, and analog textures into something otherworldly yet deeply human. Off stage, he’s known for his calm demeanor and sharp wit, often found sketching song ideas in the margins of books or wandering rural backroads with an old tape recorder.
He and Ce Ce share an unbreakable bond—a creative alchemy that blurs the line between sibling intuition and spiritual partnership. Together, they turn grief into grace and chaos into melody. Luther’s music is his confession, his rebellion, and his devotion—all sung softly into the wind.
What's in a Name
The name Dance Through Ash was born from the idea that beauty and movement can emerge even after destruction. Ce Ce and Luther McBride saw the ash as what’s left when everything familiar burns away—loss, pain, or the end of an era. But rather than mourn it, they chose to dance through it. The name reflects resilience, renewal, and the strange joy of finding rhythm in ruin. It’s about transformation—how love, music, and spirit rise from what’s been reduced to dust. In their world, the dance never stops; it simply changes shape amid the smoke and embered light.
The band is grateful to Takawaka Music and their producer Gary Hewitt for giving them this opportunity to make With Flying Birds, and hopes to continue this collaboration. Although an AI group, they take pride in their accomplishments so far. They would also like to thank all who contributed to making this album.