Tillinghast Mountain creates unique America music with Appalachian and Idahoan influences. Their show involves harmonious guitar, cello, banjo, thoughtful songwriting, and usually a healthy dose of off-beat humor. "Richard Tillinghast is a poet; he has traveled America and abroad with his senses open and attuned and has distilled many thoughts, impressions and feelings into beautiful, restless verse in song." (Dave Horner, Creative Loafing SC). Richard was a finalist in the Ozark Folk Festival 2024 songwriter contest.

Tova Tillinghast is a classically trained cellist and has performed with the Walla Walla Symphony, Whitman College Symphony, and the Columbia Gorge Sinfonietta. "Pairing a guitar and banjo playing singer-songwriter with a classically trained cellist is not an obvious choice, but it's a musical marriage that works beautifully." (Rodger Nichols, The Dalles Chronicle OR).

Their lyrical songs are "a deep, healing well" (Edge Magazine, South Carolina) that have made them, "a familiar name in musical circles...in the Northwest." (Jim Drake Columbia Connections, WA). Through the years, they have quietly built a reputation for warm, welcoming shows.