The Lost Pines / The Carper Family January 25, 2013

One of the fastest rising groups on the Austin music scene, the Lost Pines took less than two years to go from busking on street corners to finishing runner up in the bluegrass category of the Austin Chronicle’s Annual Readers’ Poll. Taking their cues from such contemporary songwriters as Gillian Welch and Tim O’Brien, they use the rich canon of traditional music as a launch pad, melding the themes of unrequited love, economic hardship, and wanderlust with the contemporary realities of city life.
The Carper Family is a family band like no other, spinning out the effortless harmonies of a born-family with the range and diversity of a made-family. The music hits the ear with both depth and simplicity, capturing the essence of true country music. The Austin-based trio of Melissa Carper (bass), Beth Chrisman (fiddle), and Jenn Miori (guitar) applies their stunning three-part harmonies to bluegrass, old-time, country and swing tunes of the standard and original variety, honoring American musical traditions at every step.