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The Stairwell Sisters
Americana / Bluegrass / Roots Music

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San Francisco, California
United States

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Member Since2/16/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.stairwellsisters.com
Band MembersStephanie Prausnitz - fiddle..... Evie Ladin - banjo, clogging..... Lisa Berman - dobro, banjo, guitar..... Sue Sandlin - guitar, tiple..... Martha Hawthorne - bass.....All of the Sisters sing..... Juicy details @ http://www.stairwellsisters.com
InfluencesHazel and Alice, Tommy Jarrell, Ginny Hawker, Suzy Thompson, Arthur Smith, Laurie Lewis, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Grateful Dead, Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Rick Good, Highwoods Stringband, INXS, John Hartford, John Ashby, Public Enemy, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Flatlanders, Bruce Robison, Delmore Brothers, Stanley Brothers, Coon Creek Girls, Hot Tuna, Elton John, John Denver, Flatt & Scruggs, Rhys Jones, Red Mules, Stuart Brothers, Carter Family....
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Type of LabelIndie


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DALLAS OBSERVER Five women who attack string instruments with a veracity that rivals some of rock's most venerated fret-burners...played with a gospel spirit and an expressive playfulness...rarely have songs taken from the public domain sounded so modern and vital.

BILLY ALTMAN, THEBLUEGRASSSPECIAL.COM It's hard to say what is more striking: the Sisters' clear passion for old-time string band music, or the thoroughly modern exuberance of their performing style. It is, however, the originals that really underscore the band's distinctiveness. The Stairwell Sisters organically and emphatically connect their democratic music with their democratic values. Together with the implicit empowerment aspect of their being an all-female band, Get Off Your Money adds up to quite a statement.

GET OFF YOUR MONEY Produced By Lloyd Maines Release Date - 5/12/08

Producer Lloyd Maines recalls hearing The Stairwell Sisters for the first time: “I happened upon this tribe of women musicians, playing old-time string music, with the power and excitement of a great rock band.”

Tribe of women indeed. Evie Ladin explains what holds sway with the sisters, themes similarly found in one of their early influences, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard: “not exactly the sweet and tender ladies, but the stand up for yourself and face the world kind of women.”

Which is exactly the women that make up The Stairwell Sisters. Evie, Stephanie Prausnitz. Lisa Berman, Martha Hawthorne, and Sue Sandlin are career women, organizers, activists and mamas; making ends meet working and living in San Francisco. They also happen to crank out acoustic, old-time music with a punk-rock intensity. Somehow, between raising children, working and releasing records, they've taken their band to some rather well-regarded places - appearing on A Prairie Home Companion, festival stages from Lincoln Center (NYC) and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (SF) to Celtic Connections (UK), and many points in between.

Their third release Get Off Your Money, produced by Maines and out May 12, 2008, covers substantial ground as well. There are fiddle tunes crafted decades ago from Alabama to Scotland and points unknown. There are old songs of trains, boats and possums. One song is translated from Swahili, an all-too familiar story learned from a street musician in Tanzania. There are new songs too - original songs of trial and work, loss and love, and all-night parties. The women run all of it through the “Sister Mill.” Regardless from which era or continent the songs have traveled, The Stairwell Sisters make such heartfelt and skillfully played music that boundaries dissolve beneath the chugging force of old-time fiddle and banjo, the whomp of bass and guitar, the grit of the slide guitar, and the tight, closely interwoven harmonies.

Lloyd Maines has it right. The Stairwell Sisters are tribal; laying down their all-gal teardown wherever they go. Get Off Your Money reflects the spirit to keep the message alive in the urban evolution of country string band music.

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The Tease

The Tease
Online Now!


Nov 10 2009 1:30 AM

hey how's it goin?
Pop Haydn

Whit



Nov 6 2009 6:49 PM

New Web Site!



Check out my new website at PopHaydn.com

There you will find The True Story of Pop Haydn, cool graphics, and great videos.

Let me know what you think!
David Franks: Walkabouts Verse

David Franks: Walkabouts Verse



Nov 1 2009 5:55 PM

After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace... 

Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse
(please see my blog): 
TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001 

Where traditions are not so rare; 
    Sea, country and works scent the air; 
A multitude of monuments, 
    Planted tubs and patterned pavements. 

The longish pedestrian malls; 
    The remnants of defensive walls; 
Historic buildings are a gauge 
    Of the respect for heritage. 

Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; 
    Estuaries guarded by shields; 
Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; 
    Romantic-ruin go-betweens. 

Rivers in parts licked by trees, 
    Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, 
And crossed by practical delights - 
    Varied spans, forming pleasing sights. 

Fine churches headed at Durham; 
    Football kits ad infinitum; 
Kept castles - one for study; 
    Masonry behind masonry. 

And, with moulding-works out that way, 
It’s somewhere for a longer stay..? 

(C) David Franks 2003
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds)

Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds)



Oct 16 2009 1:49 AM

Acoustic Cuts

Acoustic Cuts



Oct 15 2009 7:58 AM

Hi,
Thanks for the friendship.Great music!
Cheers
AC
Ruby Jane

Ruby Jane



Oct 11 2009 4:36 PM

Ruby Jane Article in New York Times!!
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/who-do-these-guys-think-they-are/
AND
Check out the new pictures and video! Let me know what you think!
Ruby Jane
True Margrit

True Margrit



Oct 9 2009 6:24 PM




Thanks for the add! The big announcement:

The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J

Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds)

Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds)



Oct 2 2009 6:24 PM



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The Dusty Buskers

The Dusty Buskers



Sep 29 2009 5:45 AM

Thanks for the add!
Cheers and Godspeed from us
Sonoran Desert troubadours.


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Kurt Crasper

Kurt Crasper



Sep 18 2009 6:22 AM

The Stairwell Sisters
JOIN US FOR THE MEXXIBILLI TOUR KICKOFF FEATURING KURT CRASPER & THE WOLFTICKETS FROM 9:00 to 10:30 THEN PURO BANDIDO FROM 11:00 TO 1:30 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 AT THE WILD IDOL SALOON, 3918 MAIN STREET BYRON, CA 94514.

Bob Gainer

Robert Gainer



Sep 7 2009 2:41 PM

Curtiss

Curtiss Pflager



Sep 6 2009 6:07 PM

Have a great Labor Day weekend.
Jamie Lynn Noon

Jamie Lynn Noon
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Sep 1 2009 2:06 PM

Hey,

Thank you so much. My EP, A Moment to Break, is now available at iTunes and Amazon-- I couldn't be more grateful for the love and support!

:)

Always,

Jamie
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the peculiar pretzelmen

the peculiar pretzelmen



Sep 1 2009 7:51 AM

Peculiar Pretzel Madness descends upon San Francisco Tuesday night! Hemlock Tavern! With old and true comrades in arms Deathat and Corpus Collasum! $7!
Little Boy Blue (New Songs Up!)

Little Boy Blue (New Songs Up!)



Aug 28 2009 11:49 PM

hey Stariwell Sisters, checkitout i got all the songs from the NEW ALBUM with the full band up now on my page and @ www.littleboyblue.org. peace...
Andrea

Andrea



Aug 18 2009 2:54 PM

Hi Ladies!

Long time no see!  I'm really excited to come out to SF for the Hardly Strictly Festival.  I'll keep an eye on your schedule, because I'd love to see y'all again. :)

-Andrea

David Franks: Walkabouts Verse

David Franks: Walkabouts Verse



Aug 6 2009 5:30 PM

After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace... 

Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse
(please see my blog): 
WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN 

Once drove an old sedan, up north, 
From a place in Sydney to Cairns; 
Then to Kuranda I went forth, 
By train, to look without set plans.

I browsed through the trendy market, 
With fresh fruits of tropical kind; 
Walked to the creek through lush thicket - 
Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.

I dined in a scenic cafe; 
Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, 
Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, 
You go walkabout with your pen.” 

Request or question, I don’t know -
Assured voices, elderly men.
That’s now several years ago, 
And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.

(C) David Franks 2003
Punky's Gutbucket

Punky's Gutbucket



Aug 1 2009 5:03 AM

Nice to meet you.......Yers Punky....
M.U.S.I.C.

M.U.S.I.C.



Aug 1 2009 2:36 AM

Thanks for your friendship.

Hope you will participate in our celebration of learning and leave a comment/advice for students.

Peace, John

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ... I get most joy in life out of music.” ~ Albert Einstein
The American Economy

The American Economy



Jul 28 2009 12:48 AM

thanks for supporting The American Ecnomy!
Los Santos

Los Santos



Jul 23 2009 7:29 AM

Ruby Jane

Ruby Jane



Jul 18 2009 5:40 PM

New pics, new videos and new tunes going up today! Let me know what you think! Sending some ATX (that's Austin Texas) love out to everyone.
Ruby Jane
Sweet Hollywaiians

Sweet Hollywaiians



Jul 17 2009 11:45 AM


"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)

"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
Will Scott

Will Scott



Jul 6 2009 4:47 PM

Will Scott's new album, GNAWBONE is here!!! The CD is available at CDBaby and other online retailers.







Over three years in the making, GNAWBONE is Scott's fully-produced studio debut and features a crack team of hand-picked musicians as well as guest performances by Jan Bell, Jolie Holland, Samantha Parton, and Preacher Boy (the album's producer).
REGIOMUSIK

Stephan Sprehe



Jun 19 2009 2:55 PM


Welcome !
Greetings from Germany
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