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Jump Back Live from 3rd St Park


Selena/Swing Low Friday Night (by Duane Busick)

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Latest CD
GET OFF YOUR MONEY available HERE. Produced by Lloyd Maines.

The Bay Area based Stairwell Sisters are knocking 'em dead from the shores of Lake Wobegone to the stages of London Town with their high-energy picking and buck dancing. Their latest self released album, Get Off Your Money, was produced by Americana legend Lloyd Maines and is evenly split between traditional tunes and originals written in the old-time style, every one of them a gem. The Sisters stretch the boundaries of old-time music while still staying true to its traditional roots, and their upcoming show will undoubtedly be unruly...j.poet EAST BAY EXPRESS, 1/2009

Stairwell Sisters chosen
BEST STRING BAND
East Bay Express 2008 "Best of the East Bay-Old School"

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This third Stairwell Sisters album is their best yet. With Lloyd Maines on production the Sisters are freed to do what they do best: play the heck out of their material…mountain music with total commitment and almost unbridled energy, exuberance and abandon.
SING OUT!

With creative arrangements of traditional tunes and seven originals authentic enough to sound like they've been part of the canon for ages, the Stairwell Sisters continue to pump a vibrant energy into old-time with their third album Get Off Your Money. The five-female-piece handles multiple instruments (including feet!) with aplomb, displaying considerable chops on the upbeat “Boat’s Up the River” and “Stay All Night.” The woeful “Cinderella” is a peek into what happens when the prince doesn’t show, a memorable and pretty ballad. Get Off Your Money is both classic and timely with its penchant for up-with-the-people themes. A must-have for fans of bluegrass and old-time.
--OWL MAG
 
Together in San Francisco, offering dance, kinetic and dynamic music with a strong country feeling and vokálmi coated in old-time style.
--FROM SLOVAKIA!

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U P C O M I N G   D A T E S :


Feb 11 Lisa w/Crooked Jades @
Don Quixote's

Feb 12 SFBOT Opening Night!
Sisters @ Freight & Salvage

Feb 13 Evie, a Sweetheart of the Radio
Point Reyes Station

Feb 14 Martha @ Bird & Beckett, SF

Feb 19 Lisa w/Crooked Jades @
Noe Valley Ministry

Feb 25 Evie solo album release @
Freight & Salvage

Feb 26 Martha, square dance @
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center




Riding to the gig in style!
Riding to the gig in style!

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