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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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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