Passerine

Our music is built around vocal harmonies, backed by acoustic guitar, dobro, fiddle, upright bass and occasionally mandolin. Our music is a mix of original material written by our two female vocalists, as well as a selection of traditional tunes and covers of other artists we love. Although we can do a whole set of traditional folk, we tend to live in a zone somewhere between modern folk, progressive bluegrass, and what is sometimes called “Americana” or “alt country,” with inspiration that ranges from Jimmy Rogers and Bill Monroe to Kate Wolf, Dar Williams, Lucinda Williams and Old Crow Medicine Show; from Bob Dylan and Neil Young to Cracker, the Black Keys and Amy Winehouse. By combining diverse musical interests with instrumentation associated with a traditional string band, by focusing on locating the heart of the music in vocal harmonies that sometimes step outside the usual structures, we think the result is a unique sound that has, over the last five years of live performance at festivals, coffee houses, music halls and house concerts, proven its appeal to audiences across generations.