CheekyChicago

There’s always something romantic about ‘oldies’ music. Upon simply listening to the songs of day’s past, listeners are transported to another time, immersed in a different fashion, and imagine parents and grandparents as teenagers, carelessly dancing the night away to their favorite tunes. The story is no different for siblings, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, who were inspired to form a band upon listening to their parents’ old recordings, including Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, Elvis, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. The London natives are all multi-instrumentalists and between them juggle the guitar, piano, harmonica, banjo, lapsteel, upright bass, drums, trombone, accordion and xylophone. Not too shabby, considering the youngsters are only 16 (Kitty), 19 (Lewis) and 21 (Daisy) and still live with their parents.

The trio released its self-titled debut last year and has slowly but surely gained notoriety around the music scene, including landing an opening slot on Coldplay’s national tour. (They were also booked to play Amy Winehouse’s birthday party, but the fickle songstress was a no-show!) The majority of the album is covers, including “Going Up the Country”, a Canned Heat tune, featuring the sultry vocals of sisters Kitty and Daisy and Johnny Horton’s 50’s hit, “Mean Son of a Gun.” The record’s two originals, “Buggin’ Blues” and “Swinging Hawaii” blend effortlessly into the mix of covers, maintaining the album’s infectious beats and ornate arrangements, which will undoubtedly evoke the desire to swing dance – or, at least, get your hands clappin’ and your feet stompin’. Listeners no longer have to romanticize days past – Kitty, Daisy and Lewis bring them to you.