Americana Bluegrass Old Time Band on Tour at Gracellie's Hotel, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Tuesday17th July 2012
www.macraesisters.com
“Exhilarating listening ... top-notch sibling tight
musicianship.”
Old Time Herald
The Macrae Sisters are an old-time stringband based out of
Portland, Oregon. Combining a deep love of traditional music with top-notch
musicianship, the group features fiddlers Sophie Vitells and Marian Macrae
Herrmann, Gabrielle Macrae on banjo, Joanna Macrae on guitar, and Jamie Herrmann
on bass.
The band first took root in 2007, when sisters Marian and
Gabrielle began playing as a banjo-fiddle duo in Asheville, North Carolina. In 2009, Gabrielle moved back to Portland, the sisters’ hometown,
where Joanna joined the band on guitar and added her strong, sweet harmony
singing to the mix. The next year, their sound evolved again with the addition
of fiddler Sophie Vitells, formerly of the Crooked Jades, the Government Issue
Orchestra, and the Caleb Klauder band.
With Marian and Sophie’s driving double-fiddle sound, the band
plays a blend of high-energy dance tunes, heart-wrenching ballads, old time
gospel songs, and a few originals to boot. Their music is at once deeply
traditional and youthful in its energy and drive.
"This is serious music, serious in that it is not
superficial, not just skimming the surface and picking up a few old-timish
sounds like some old time and bluegrass bands do".
Devon Leger, Hearth Music
The Gracellie Hotel, 25 Hope Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight PO37 6ED
Doors Open at 7.30pm. Live Music from 8.30pm plus DJ
Tickets £10.00 on the door or £8 pre-booked from: http://www.wegottickets.com/owlsworld
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