Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
NewMusicForOldFolks says …
This is why you always check the schedule on Saturday nights on PBS. In addition to "Austin City Limits," there are other music shows and there's usually a good band that you may or may not have heard of playing. There was a show with Widespread Panic playing in a cavern somewhere in Kentucky (or possibly Tennessee). And this week it was Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds playing on "Infinity Hall Live." I hadn't heard of them and it started at 1 a.m., but that's the beauty of the DVR age. You can check it out later. It turns out I didn't know what I was missing. This is a really good soul band and I've since checked out their CDs. I recommend it all highly. Start with the most recent, a live collection called Foul Play.
Artist's Info
Website: sistersparrow.com
See them live: Tour dates
Record company: Party Fowl Records
Genre: Soul, Blues
If you like this, look into: Mingo Fishtrap, JJ Grey and Mofro, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Bio (From the artist's website)
For nearly two decades, the Catskill Mountains hid rock ‘n’ roll’s best kept secret. Then one day, singer and songwriter Arleigh Kincheloe said goodbye to her hometown hideaway and moved to New York City to start the hard soul collective, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds. “Our music is loud, fun, and it’s supposed to make you feel good,” she declares. “That’s the goal.” In the years since, the group – her brother, Jackson Kincheloe (harmonica), Sasha Brown (guitar), Josh Myers (bass), Phil Rodriguez (trumpet), Brian Graham (saxophones) and Dan Boyden (drums) – teamed with producer Randy Jackson for their debut EP, performed more than 700 shows and made their national TV debut on the Today show. They’ve released three full-length studio albums, including their most recent studio pass, the acclaimed The Weather Below. (more)
Spotify sampler
Recordings
Most Recent
FOWL PLAY (2016): Fowl Play captures the unbridled live energy for which Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds has become famous and finds the band rollicking through catalogue favorites past and present. The album also features a brand new song entitled “Frankie” and a deeply soulful, overwhelmingly powerful rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “Dr. Feelgood”.“They may be from Brooklyn, but the fiery brass- and gospel-infused funk emanating from Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds is rooted in Memphis soul,” writes the LA Times. “Their rhythmic wheelhouse combines big-city grit and down-home sweetness with a little bit of Americana twang.”
Others
Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds (2010)
Pound of Dirt (2012)
Fight EP (2013)
The Weather Below (2015)
