Paige Smith Orloff invents sisterhood from scratch.
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SISTERS BIANCA AND Sierra Casady, better known (maybe) as freak folk duo CocoRosie, offer up an otherworldly mix of vocals, strings, and sounds from children’s toys in their often haunting, undeniably original songs. The duo sometimes performs with longtime TSP fave, Antony of Antony and the Johnsons, but for many years, the girls didn’t see much of one another at all. [click to continue…]
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BROOKLYN-BASED, TEXAS-twanged sextet The Sweetback Sisters describe their music as “Honky-Tonk for the modern day cowboy and girl”, and really, who are we to argue? Watch for this fabulous band of harmonizing (non) sisters on tour. And meanwhile, sing along to one of my favorites of their tunes, “Don’t Put Her Down.” Let that one be your motto, sisters.
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I HAD TO BRING this story from the New York Times to your attention, and apologize in advance for what it will do to this month’s iTunes budget. (Mine? Already blown sky-high.) From Tracey Thorn to Sharon Jones, the Times‘ Andy Gensler nails a brilliant playlist of fantastic female singers and songwriters, perfect whether your mood is chill, or rocking.
Enjoy, and tell us what’s on your iPod for spring.
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WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, my mother did a ton of needlework. She’s a master seamstress, quilter, you name it, and for a time, she taught a group of Seventh Day Adventist missionaries how to make cloth dolls for children in Central America. How they hooked up, neither she nor I can remember, but as a result, we spent some time hanging out in the Seventh Day Adventist community. The thing that made the biggest impression (I was 6, remember) was that they were vegetarians. Maybe that’s what made my recent find of the Benton sisters’ cookbook speak to me as it does. [click to continue…]
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The Sister Project is starting to write down its rules for sisterhood. Mine follow; Marion and Anastasia have some, too. We hope you’ll add to the list.
LET’S FACE IT–cooking is more fun when it’s done with a partner. I don’t mean a husband or a boyfriend, I mean a sister, one who likes the same flavors you do, is happy to skate back and forth between top chef and sous chef, one who will chop onions for you or remember to take out the roast while you run off for a bath or a quick battle with a family member. [click to continue…]
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I AM CONSTANTLY [choose one: bemused/ amused/ frustrated/ mystified] by the dynamics between my son, known around here as the River, and my daughter, aka the Rock. That mystery, or my sense that there must be one, only intensifies when I try to understand that most unique sibling relationship, that of twins (or, for that matter other multiples–say, how about those California octuplets?) [click to continue…]
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MY KIDS: The Rock (left) and her brother, The River
First time here? Here's the idea: The Sister Project is a network of blogs about the many facets of the word sister, and the concept of sisterhood. A sisterhood of sister blogs, you could say. Whatever sister means to you, from identical twin to sister-in-law (or in friendship or in feminism), we’ll make room to listen in about it or express it on TSP. Like the slogan up top on our homepage says, “Don’t you have something to say to your sister?” We've got galleries of art and literature by and about sisters, and a Sisterpedia of sisterly trivia...but now we're getting ahead of ourselves. The quick study: Learn more about TSP, and how to find your way around. And oh—a giant, sisterly welcome.