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Po’ Girl is a Canadian group whose style derives from folk, country and jazz. The style of music they perform is called “urban roots.”

The interplay between Allison Russell, Awna Teixeira, Benny Sidelinger, and Mikey “Lightning” August is truly something to behold. They are distinct voices with incredible harmonies; multiple instrumentalists who bring the perfect sound to each song and songwriters who pen poetic tunes you’ll find yourself humming. Po’Girl showcases a wide array of instruments-from gutbucket bass, accordion, clarinet, banjo, dobro, guitar, to electric bass, glockenspiel, piano, harmonica, bicycle bells, drums— and they all frequently trade off instruments with each song. Their fluid and joyous musicality is one of the group’s most endearing and irresistible features.

Impossible to put this band in a tidy little box—they’re equally at home in Douala, Cameroon playing the Massao World Music Festival, as they are at the International Jazz Festival in Montreal, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Woodford Music Festival in Australia or just playing for fun for the people in Vondel Park, Amsterdam.

Suffice to say Po’Girl makes 21st Century roots music, urban roots – never derivative, not faithfully aping a beloved tradition. Russell, Teixeira, Sidelinger, and August don’t re-hash the old forms, they reshape and reinvigorate them for new ears.
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  • leinadrebuh

    Gonna feed them, shure will be fun :-)))))

    February 2012
  • strajnic

    Why they are not famous?

    February 2011
  • Tim-Wells

    I may be in love Allison Russell.

    November 2010
  • amoebapudding

    I'm loving them! Underrated.

    September 2010
  • Dunnemin

    Bought the album Follow Your Bliss. Kiss me In The Dark. Makes me happy.

    May 2010
  • Dunnemin

    I saw them today on Dutch TV. I will def buy something from them. Very nice music. Love it.

    May 2010
  • needmymusictoda

    I love the CD "Deer In the Night" - Thank You

    May 2010
  • drinkupchinaski

    sound a little like Ani Difranco. Especially in the song, "bad luck day baby."

    December 2009
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