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Po' Girl

ABOUT PO'GIRL

vagabond lullabies,beat poetry,inner-city blues. these urban minstrels pen harmony drenched melodies to warm your toes. take the bellows of the blues, the wail of the gypsy fiddle,punk-rock street poetry, a cajun love song and depression era jazz. mix it all up and add some old r&b. this music is rich with musical influences, sweetness, grit and soul. in the brief few years this group of hard travelling musical iconoclasts has released three albums to critical acclaim while touring around the world, criss-crossing the united states and canada in their sturdy old van "shaggy". they wowed audiences across the UK on four tours, and won over festival goers with their powerful, passionate and spirited live show. their fantastically successful recent performances in lugano, switzerland at the celebrated "blues to bop",utrecht,holland's highly acclaimed "blue highway",killkenny, ireland's most incredible "root's and blue's",australia's biggest "woodford folk" topping it all with their furthest adventure yet to cameroon, western africa's inspiring"massao international woman's music". and it's not stopping anytime soon.... the current line up of po'girl includes allison russell (one of the founding members), alongside virtuoso fiddler diona davies and multi-instrumentalist awna teixeira. these three ladies all sing, write and perform on a stunning array of instruments including banjo, guitar, clarinet, piano,accordion, gutbucket bass, electric bass, harmonica, penny-whistle,fiddle and much more. with this year's release "Home To You" they have hit 4 different continents and 15 different countries.