Song Sisters at Burning Bush Gallery

Three singer/songwriters walk into a bar.
No, it’s not a joke; it’s the beginning of a music group, a.k.a. “SongSisters”! The three women – Amy Dixon-Kolar, Patti Shaffner, and Sue Fink – were already friends. Initially invited to perform in-the-round, they found that their distinctive songs and styles (folk, jazz, and humor) worked very well together, like contrasting spices that somehow blend to make one very tasty stew. They began adding harmonies and instrumentation to each other’s songs. Soon they discovered their audiences enjoyed their eclectic offerings as much as they did.

Although each performer has her own CDs, the group began hearing requests for a SongSisters recording. So they invited Bruce Roper (Sons of the Never Wrong) to record two July (2013) performances at Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret (Chicago), and to capture their audiences’ enthusiasm in the mix. Back in Roper’s studio, they chose which songs to include, tweaked sound levels, and created an album that re-creates atmosphere of their live shows.

“SongSisters Live!” was released on 11/8/13 at their performance at JustGoods in Rockford, IL. Here are links to where you can find the album online:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/songsisters22
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songsisters-live!/id749498562

Here’s a partial list of SongSisters performance venues:

* Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret, Chicago
* JustGoods, Rockford, IL
* Front Porch Music, Valparaiso, IN
* The Lake County Folk Club, Gurnee, IL
* Uncommon Ground (Clark and Devon locations)
* Cornucopia Cafe, Valparaiso, IN
* Westchester Public Library (outdoor music series), Chesterton, IN
* Barrington Art Fair
* Live & Unplugged songwriter series, Barrington

Here is our creed: “Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

Influences
Four Bitchen’ Babes, The Roches, Joni Mitchell, Copper Wimmin…