Women with Mandolins

[journeybear]

Working with Leonard Cohen? Intriguing. Of course they are far too young to be the two girls in the Isle Of Wight movie, the ones who looked like hippie street urchins but sang like angels. (If you haven't seen this movie, you should - it captures him at the peak of his powers, in the dead of night, and even though he doesn't sing a single note on pitch he is utterly compelling. I wish I could do that; I have the first part of that down cold. )

Naturally, I had never heard of them before (this IS a place of learning as well as entertainment), so I looked to see what they sound like. Hattie seems to play harp most often, but this is a nice impromptu moment. Not a fan of the strum-strum-strum accompaniment stye, but the instruments blend nicely:



This behind-the-scenes video gives you an idea of their personalities. I can't recall ever seeing a harpist dance about, but it seems to work. It's for a music video, so you're supposed to act up:

[mrmando]

Working with Leonard Cohen? Intriguing. Of course they are far too young to be the two girls in the Isle Of Wight movie, the ones who looked like hippie street urchins but sang like angels.

No, this was more recent: they were backup singers on his 2008 tour.

[Barry Wilson]

I have a picture of the Lowell sisters as my desktop. my older brother was over for Christmas, sees the picture and asks who they were. After explaining he said, hell I like bluegrass now.

[Bertram Henze]

...hell I like bluegrass now.

Nothing like breaking the stereotype of fat old men.

[Rodney Riley]

Ed and Journeybear, here are pictures of SHEL taken at the Bethalto concert
https://www.facebook.com/RuloPhotography

[Ed Goist]

Marvelous photography, just marvelous!
Thanks so much for sharing.

[journeybear]

Good stuff. Is this a friend of yours? Would he be OK with embedding some of these for posterity?

[Rodney Riley]

Not a friend. He posted the link on SHEL's Facebook page. I just copied the link and pasted it here. Maybe ask him. They were playing that night in the PBC Photograghy building in Bathalto. Picks By Chics Photography Just glad he did make them avaliable for viewing, as I had not taken any photos at all. And Ed, when Eva is shielding her eyes, she was talkig to people on the floor after the set. Could have possibly been taken about the time she and I were talking about, "Fast Eddie, why does that name sound familiar?"

[Kip Carter]

Lots of very pleasant views here in this tread but that first one way back on page one... yah.. Game over! Whew!
Kip...

[journeybear]

Alrighty then. Avalable for public viewing, available for posterity in our gallery. Here is the current "It Girl," Eva Holbrook, who performs with her sisters in their band SHEL, based in Colorado. The name comes from their first initials; that's her sister Sarah on fiddle. Not pictured here are Hannah on keyboards and Liza on drums. They could also call themselves "Girls With Hats," but then they'd have to wear them all the time. And that's not what they're all about, anyway.

[mrmando]

That third photo of Eva could be the basis for a Schwab ad campaign, if Kevin were so inclined. Great photography.

[mrmando]

OK, here's a new one: Danielle DeCosmo from Florida.



Several mandolin videos on her YouTube channel, including this:

And this:

It's just a Crafter mandolin and she strums a few basic chords, but her playing does a great job of supporting her singing, which is consistently good and occasionally brilliant.

[mrmando]

Kris Preston and her bluegrass band Coaltown Dixie.

[CES]

Dude, Danielle has got some pipes!!

[Ed Goist]

Couldn't find any pics of her in this thread, so this might be a new entry.
I'm assuming tenor guitar qualifies?
Here's a few of Lynda Kay of The Lonesome Spurs with three of her tenor guitars, including her James Trussart Tenorcaster-4 electric:

[Mike Bunting]

Sorry, this thread is for mandolins only!

[Ed Goist]

I'm sure this one will count ...
Tania Elizabeth with her JBovier EMC-5

[mrmando]

It looks like Lonesome Spurs are a thing of the past, and Lynda Kay has moved on to a 6-string.

[Rodney Riley]

SHEL has the single "Battle of Evermore" in iTunes now if interested. NFI, just FYI

[Larry S Sherman]

How 'bout some new Katzenjammer?



Larry

[JEStanek]

Nice! Thanks, Larry. They keep getting better.

Jamie

[Plamen Ivanov]

It is actually an old song by Katzenjammer. More than an year old for sure, but it is a great song and it's always good to hear it again.

[Rodney Riley]

SHEL is playing a show in Chicago, IL at 10:00 PM today at Underground Wonder Bar. Man if I'd get me Hemi up to speed I could probably make it in time.

[Martin Jonas]

Katriona Gilmore, singing and playing a tasty Mix F5 (I think -- headstock shots are fairly short and the script intricate) in a duo with Jamie Roberts. Since then, she has joined the newly reformed Albion Band (but plays mostly fiddle there).



Martin

[Bertram Henze]

That guitar player is a wizard.
They might have transposed the whole song up one step to accommodate her voice - either that or breathing at the lower end of one's pitch range has become some new fashion I missed.
I like the hint at Scarborough Fair at the end.