Artist description Three Weird Sisters... There are three of them (Brenda Sutton, Teresa Gibson Powell, and Gwen Knighton.) They are weird (or at least their collection and presentation of songs is weird, everything from Renaissance ballads to 'country on a harp' to sf with a twist.) And they are sisters of a sort (different parents, same heart.) Three Weird Sisters play the folk clubs, music fests, and sf conventions near their homeland of Atlanta, Georgia. Together these three women make a unique blend of instruments and voice that has been described as "what the Carter family would have sounded like if they'd done filk / folk / Celtic / blues / insert music type." They love singing together, and that's evident in the delivery of their material. Come listen to them and you too may become a Weirdo for Three Weird Siste

Music Style Celtic/folk acoustic, vocal harmonies

Musical Influences Cheryl Wheeler, Jean Ridpath, Andrews Sisters

Similar Artists Uncle Bonsai

Group Members Brenda Sutton has been actively involved in music her whole life, and a singer/songwriter of filk for the past twenty plus years. She also performs at sf and music conventions around the world with her well- known husband, Bill Sutton. Though rarely on time for any event, Brenda is the guitarist / percussionist who keeps Three Weird Sisters in time with her odd "Gene Krupa" style of bodhran playing. It's hard to describe how Brenda makes the sounds she gets out of a frame drum while using (I kid you not) two paint brushes held together with masking tape. Teresa Gibson Powell is, by vote of the other two sisters, the bands' hotty. This tiny lady sings in such clear tones that nightingales hearing her fall in fits of jealous depression. She plays the 3/4 upright bass, an instrument far taller and wider (and heavier) than herself. She plucks it with gusto and bows it with passion. You'll hear her bluegrass roots in many of TWS's arrangements. Teresa is an avid herbalist, Reiki Master, and possesses one of the largest and most beautiful tattoos that spans the entire canvas of her back. Gwen Knighton is the 2000 U.S. Wireharp Champion in the Journeyman Division and, as such, travels to Edinburgh, Scotland to hobnob with champion harpers from other countries. Her fingers fairly fly over the strings in amazing triplets and quadruplets and other 'lets' that are delightful to hear. What's really amazing is knowing that she's only been playing the harp for five years. Imagine what she'll sound like in ten or twenty yea

Instruments Wire harp, guitar, upright bass, bodhran

Albums Rite the First Time (2001)

Location Atlanta, GA - USA

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