Oh yes... I've heard them... they are terrific! #They describe their music as "Delicious Acoustic Harmony-Driven Gender Pop" on their website (girlyman.com). #"Imagine the Indigo Girls got together with Paul Simon and created Peter, Paul and Mary - only sexier."
Anyway-- this is a gender-bending trio of very good musicians. #Their music is driven by vocal harmonies, they write their own material, and they also toss around a variety of instruments among them including guitar, banjo, mandolin, djembe (an African drum) and baritone guitar. #I would have to say of them that Nate (who plays the baritone guitar... a very interesting 5-string instrument) is the best frets player of the bunch. #But they do tasteful arrangments, in which mandolin figures from time to time, that highlight the songwriting. #They are fun performers, too.
I'd recommend their album Little Star to anyone, and their performances to the socially adventurous... not as much b/c of their performance as b/c of their fan base.
ps... if you have trouble finding their cd's locally, you can get them directly from the artists via their website.
Karen Escovitz
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Otter OM #1
Brian Dean OM #32
Old Wave Mandola #372
Phoenix Neoclassical #256
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