Sister Sadie, 2020 IBMA Entertainers of the Year, 3-time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, and 2019 Grammy-nominee for Best Bluegrass Album (Sister Sadie II), announce the addition of Mary Meyer on mandolin and vocals to their musical quintet. One of Meyer’s first appearances with Sister Sadie was on the Grand Ole Opry. Prerecorded in [...]
Who are those masked women? Why it's the ladies of Sister Sadie, who found the time on Friday, March 12, to visit the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville and see the display dedicated to them. It's part of the 2021 edition of the Museum's American Currents: State of the Music exhibit [...]
Following last year's announcement from founding member Dale Ann Bradley that she was leaving the group, bluegrass powerhouse Sister Sadie has named a new member, and brought a long serving sub into the fold as well. Celebrated young vocalist Jaelee Roberts will come in on guitar, filling a very large pair of shoes, and bassist [...]
The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville celebrated the 75th anniversary of bluegrass music Saturday, marking the night in December 1945 when Earl Scruggs appeared for his debut on the Opry with Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, igniting the Ryman audience and radio listeners across several states with his five string banjo. It was [...]
Over the past few years, Sister Sadie has been a bluegrass sensation. The group, assembled as a side project in 2013, had become one of the most dominant acts in bluegrass, winning both Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year during the 2020 IBMA Bluegrass Awards. The Sadies were assembled from among [...]
Since the advent of supergroup Sister Sadie, bluegrass fans have gotten accustomed to hearing two of our music's most powerful female vocalists, Dale Ann Bradley and Tina Adair, singing together on a regular basis. The two harmonize beautifully together, and discovered last year that they enjoyed singing duets as a team. As Tina tells it... [...]
Sister Sadie has taken a page from the rock anthem songbook for their latest video - not with the music, but for the visuals. The song is 900 Miles from the current Pinecastle album, Sister Sadie II, which the ladies sing largely a cappella with only sparse fiddle accompaniment. Their version of the old folk [...]
There’s something to be said for pure, unfettered emotion, delivered with dedication and intent but sans the affectation and pretence that often seems to plague those intently aiming for attention. Happily then, Sister Sadie makes a sound spawned from the combined talent of the band’s individual members, each an accomplished musician in her own right. [...]
Pinecastle Records has released a music video from Sister Sadie, the distaff supergroup side project that is fast eclipsing the work of its individual members. The band includes two noted bluegrass vocalists, Dale Ann Bradley and Tina Adair, on guitar and mandolin, along with Gena Britt on banjo, Deanie Richardson on fiddle, and Beth Lawrence [...]
Distaff bluegrass supergroup Sister Sadie is back with a debut single from their upcoming Pinecastle album, showing why these ladies who initially got together for fun have become one of the prime draws on the festival circuit. Losing You Blues was written by mandolinist Tina Adair with Doug Bartlett, and showcases Tina's powerhouse vocals. It [...]