[from Austin TX] A new band formed from members of The
Maybelles and Jenny and the Corn Ponies with a regular Monday evening gig at
the Hole in the Wall for the foreseeable future. Despite newness and fluctuating
membership, they have a sound – pop-bluegrass/country – and they have a shtick
of sorts. There’s Mama on the fiddle, Sister on the guitar, Daddy on the upright
bass (Ani DiFranco looking female), and a sometimes lap steel guitarist whose
baby-face serves well as the little brother figure. Sister’s voice is pleasant
but is at its best when being harmonized with by Mama’s deeper voice. Daddy’s
my favorite, though, with her genuinely twanging voice, fierce stage energy,
and her own songs that blend light lesbian politics with traditional bluegrass
sounds. (Photo courtesy of https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2012-03-16/sxsw-music-the-carper-family/)
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