Ellie, Powell en Lily blijven wat country music betreft mijn guilty pleasure. De drie Southern Belles brengen neo-traditional country music en doen dat zéér goed. Leuke, goed in het oor liggende liedjes met prachtige melodieën en heerlijke close harmony zang. Dat allemaal nog eens met respect voor de tradities van het genre en toch met de voetjes in het heden. Mijn twijfels liggen vooral bij de wel héél lichte lead vocals van Lily die mij zelden echt raken. Vandaar dat een aantal voorafgaande singles, alsook hun debuutalbum, aan me voorbij zijn gegaan. Mijn gehoor heeft dan nood aan de momenten wanneer de drie zussen samen zingen. Muzikaal lekker geplaatst tussen The Chicks en Wilson Phillips (voor wie dit drietal met succes in de prille jaren negentig en blijkbaar opnieuw actief?) kent.
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Neo-Traditional Country music trio, The Castellows, are bringing a literal meaning to the phrase, “family tradition.” The band comprised of sisters Ellie (lead guitar), Powell (banjo) and Lily (vocals), hail from small rural Georgetown, Georgia, but now call Nashville home. The Castellows’ sound is traditional, yet modern. Authentic, yet harnessed. The common thread among the trio, other than their DNA, is their masterful three-part harmonies which blend together to create one singular, almost angelic, voice. The Castellows’ craft as songwriters is as robust as their voices, which is evident across the trio’s debut EP, A Little Goes A Long Way, releasing February 9, 2024. The band wrote/co-wrote six of the seven songs that make up the project, with the promise of much more music to come. The band began turning heads of music industry insiders in January 2023. When spring arrived, The Castellows had signed a record deal with Warner Music Nashville & Warner Records, collectively. Wasting no time on pleasantries, The Castellows immediately got to work writing, recording, and performing live. Tapping veteran producer Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Nanci Griffith, Queens of the Stone Age), the first fruits of labor to be harvested from 2023 is the debut A Little Goes A Long Way. One year later, the three sisters from a cattle farm in Georgia are still turning heads, landing on multiple 2024 ‘Watch Lists’ including CMT ‘Listen Up,’ Pandora, Country Now, and Nashville Lifestyles’ ‘Five Groups You Need To Know,” as well as announcing a 21-city tour that will begin eight days after the release of A Little Goes A Long Way....and they’re just getting started.