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A Sisterly Mother’s Day Must-Listen

by paige on May 6, 2011

NEED A LAST minute gift for a sister or mother this weekend? Look, or should I say, listen, no further: we’ve got a new release from one of music’s great mamas…and her equally mesmerizing sister. [click to continue…]

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Listen Up, Sisters: Chapin Sisters

by paige on March 19, 2011

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SOMETIMES, I CAN’T help myself. OK, often, I can’t, especially when it comes to discovering heretofore-unknown (at least to me) sister singers. [click to continue…]

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Patti Smith, the River, and Me

by paige on January 23, 2011

YouTube Preview Image MY KIDS, known here as THE River and the Rock, are, of course, ever more complex than their Internet pseudonyms, and the older they get, the more I have to work to understand the passionate interests they find all on their own. I see this every morning during our ride to school, when we have to find common ground on iTunes. [click to continue…]

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Listen Up, Sisters: Twin Sister

by paige on November 15, 2010

YouTube Preview ImageLONG ISLAND SINGER Andrea Estrella and her bandmates in as-yet-unsigned Twin Sister have only been playing together a couple of years, but they’ve already drawn attention from indie music fans for their simultaneously funky and ethereal sound.

Watch for the band on tour throughout the US and Europe this fall, and visit their site to check out their new EP, Color Your Life. Estrella’s voice has been compared to both Natalie Merchant and Edie Brickell, but Twin Sister’s sound is all their own.

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Listen Up, Sisters: Sister Carol

by paige on October 22, 2010

YouTube Preview ImageSOMETIMES, THE ONLY tune I want to hear is the mellow dub of reggae, and lucky for me, there’s a sister who can sing to me. Sister Carol is Jamaica’s undisputed female reggae pioneer. [click to continue…]

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